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Union Calendar No. 324
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3824
[Report No. 105–574, Part I]
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain
fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1998
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, and Mr. COOK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science,
and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
JUNE 9, 1998
Reported from the Committee on Science with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
JUNE 9, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not
later than June 9, 1998
JUNE 9, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its cov-
erage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation
Administration for use in aircraft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 15 of the Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C.
5414) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—’’
before ‘‘The requirements of this Act’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) AIRCRAFT EXEMPTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this
Act shall not apply to fasteners specifically manufac-
tured or altered for use on an aircraft if the quality
and suitability of those fasteners for that use has
been approved by the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, except as provided in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2)
EXCEPTION.—Paragraph
(1)
shall
not
apply to fasteners represented by the fastener manu-
facturer as having been manufactured in conform-
ance with standards or specifications established by
a consensus standards organization or a Federal
agency other than the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion.’’.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 15 of the Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C.
5414) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—’’
before ‘‘The requirements of this Act’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) AIRCRAFT EXEMPTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this Act
shall not apply to fasteners specifically manufactured
or altered for use on an aircraft if the quality and
suitability of those fasteners for that use has been ap-
proved by the Federal Aviation Administration, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to fasteners represented by the fastener manu-
facturer as having been manufactured in conformance
with standards or specifications established by a con-
sensus standards organization or a Federal agency
other than the Federal Aviation Administration.’’.
SEC. 2. DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS.
The regulations issued under the Fastener Quality Act
by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on
April 14, 1998, and any other regulations issued by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology covering the
same or similar subjects, shall not take effect until after
the later of June 1, 1999, or the expiration of 120 days
after the Secretary of Commerce transmits to the Congress
a report on—
(1) changes in fastener manufacturing processes
that have occurred since the enactment of the Fastener
Quality Act; and
(2) any changes in that Act that may be war-
ranted because of the changes reported under para-
graph (1).
The report required by this section shall be transmitted to
the Congress by February 1, 1999.
Union Calendar No. 324
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3824
[Report No. 105–574, Part I]
A BILL
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from
its coverage certain fasteners approved by the
Federal Aviation Administration for use in air-
craft.
JUNE 9, 1998
Reported from the Committee on Science with an
amendment
JUNE 9, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a
period ending not later than June 9, 1998
JUNE 9, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed