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a safety assessment system for all part 145 repair stations 
based on the type, scope, and complexity of work being per-
formed. The system shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that repair stations outside the 
United States are subject to appropriate inspections 
based on identified risk and consistent with existing 
United States requirements; 
‘‘(2) consider inspection results and findings 
submitted by foreign civil aviation authorities oper-
ating under a maintenance safety or maintenance 
implementation agreement with the United States in 
meeting the requirements of the safety assessment sys-
tem; and 
‘‘(3) require all maintenance safety or mainte-
nance implementation agreements to provide an op-
portunity for the Federal Aviation Administration to 
conduct independent inspections of covered part 145 
repair stations when safety concerns warrant such in-
spections. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS.—The 
Administrator shall notify the Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Rep-
resentatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture within 30 days after initiating formal negotiations 
with foreign aviation authorities or other appropriate for-
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eign government agencies on a new maintenance safety or 
maintenance implementation agreement. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall pub-
lish an annual report on the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion’s oversight of part 145 repair stations and implemen-
tation of the safety assessment system required by subsection 
(a). The report shall— 
‘‘(1) describe in detail any improvements in the 
Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to identify 
and track where part 121 air carrier repair work is 
performed; 
‘‘(2) include a staffing model to determine the 
best placement of inspectors and the number of in-
spectors needed; 
‘‘(3) describe the training provided to inspectors; 
and 
‘‘(4) include an assessment of the quality of mon-
itoring and surveillance by the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration of work provided by its inspectors and 
the inspectors of foreign authorities operating under 
a maintenance safety or implementation agreement. 
‘‘(d) ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TEST-
ING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of State and 
Transportation jointly shall request the governments
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of foreign countries that are members of the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization to establish 
international standards for alcohol and controlled 
substances testing of persons that perform safety sen-
sitive maintenance functions upon commercial air 
carrier aircraft. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
TO
PART
121 
AIRCRAFT 
WORK.—Within 1 year after the date of enactment of 
the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safe-
ty Improvement Act the Administrator shall promul-
gate a proposed rule requiring that all part 145 re-
pair station employees responsible for safety-sensitive 
functions on part 121 air carrier aircraft are subject 
to an alcohol and controlled substance testing pro-
gram determined acceptable by the Administrator and 
consistent with the applicable laws of the country in 
which the repair station is located. 
‘‘(e) BIANNUAL
INSPECTIONS.—The Administrator 
shall require part 145 repair stations to be inspected twice 
each year by Federal Aviation Administration safety in-
spectors, regardless of where the station is located, in a 
manner consistent with United States obligations under 
international agreements. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) PART 121 AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘part 
121 air carrier’ means an air carrier that holds a 
certificate issued under part 121 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(2) PART 145 REPAIR
STATION.—The term 
‘part 145 repair station’ means a repair station that 
holds a certificate issued under part 145 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 447 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
‘‘44730. Inspection of foreign repair stations’’. 
SEC. 522. NON-CERTIFICATED MAINTENANCE PROVIDERS. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall issue regulations requir-
ing that all covered maintenance work on aircraft used to 
provide air transportation under part 121 of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations, be performed by individuals in ac-
cordance with subsection (b). 
(b) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM CERTAIN 
WORK.—No individual may perform covered maintenance 
work on aircraft used to provide air transportation under 
part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations unless that 
individual is employed by— 
(1) a part 121 air carrier;
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(2) a part 145 repair station or a person author-
ized under section 43.17 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations; 
(3) a person that provides contract maintenance 
workers or services to a part 145 repair station or 
part 121 air carrier, and the individual— 
(A) meets the requirements of the part 121 
air carrier or the part 145 repair station; 
(B) performs the work under the direct su-
pervision and control of the part 121 air carrier 
or the part 145 repair station directly in charge 
of the maintenance services; and 
(C) carries out the work in accordance with 
the part 121 air carrier’s maintenance manual; 
(4) by the holder of a type certificate, production 
certificate, or other production approval issued under 
part 21 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
the holder of such certificate or approval— 
(A) originally produced, and continues to 
produce, the article upon which the work is to be 
performed; and 
(B) is acting in conjunction with a part 
121 air carrier or a part 145 repair station. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) COVERED MAINTENANCE WORK.—The term 
‘‘covered maintenance work’’ means maintenance 
work that is essential maintenance, regularly sched-
uled maintenance, or a required inspection item, as 
determined by the Administrator. 
(2) PART 121 AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘part 
121 air carrier’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 44730(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code. 
(3) PART 145 REPAIR STATION.—The term ‘‘part 
145 repair station’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 44730(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code. 
SUBTITLE B—FLIGHT SAFETY 
SEC. 551. FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE. 
(a) RECORDS
OF EMPLOYMENT
OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.—Section 44703(h) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(16) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall 
cease to be effective on the date specified in regula-
tions issued under subsection (i).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAA PILOT RECORDS DATA-
BASE.—Section 44703 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(i) FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before allowing an indi-
vidual to begin service as a pilot, an air carrier shall 
access and evaluate, in accordance with the require-
ments of this subsection, information pertaining to 
the individual from the pilot records database estab-
lished under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish an electronic database (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘database’) containing the 
following records: 
‘‘(A) FAA RECORDS.—From the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(i) records that are maintained by the 
Administrator concerning current airman 
certificates, including airman medical cer-
tificates and associated type ratings and in-
formation on any limitations to those cer-
tificates and ratings; 
‘‘(ii) records that are maintained by 
the Administrator concerning any failed at-
tempt of an individual to pass a practical 
test required to obtain a certificate or type 
rating under part 61 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations; and
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‘‘(iii) summaries of legal enforcement 
actions resulting in a finding by the Ad-
ministrator of a violation of this title or a 
regulation prescribed or order issued under 
this title that was not subsequently over-
turned. 
‘‘(B) AIR CARRIER AND OTHER RECORDS.— 
From any air carrier or other person (except a 
branch of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, 
or a reserve component of the Armed Forces) that 
has employed an individual as a pilot of a civil 
or public aircraft, or from the trustee in bank-
ruptcy for such air carrier or person— 
‘‘(i) records pertaining to the indi-
vidual that are maintained by the air car-
rier (other than records relating to flight 
time, duty time, or rest time), including 
records under regulations set forth in— 
‘‘(I) section 121.683 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(II) paragraph (A) of section VI, 
appendix I, part 121 of such title; 
‘‘(III) paragraph (A) of section 
IV, appendix J, part 121 of such title;
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30305(b)(8) of this title, from the chief driver li-
censing official of a State, information con-
cerning the motor vehicle driving record of the 
individual. 
‘‘(3) WRITTEN CONSENT; RELEASE FROM LIABIL-
ITY.—An air carrier— 
‘‘(A) shall obtain the written consent of an 
individual before accessing records pertaining to 
the individual under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) may, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law or agreement to the contrary, re-
quire an individual with respect to whom the 
carrier is accessing records under paragraph (1) 
to execute a release from liability for any claim 
arising from accessing the records or the use of 
such records by the air carrier in accordance 
with this section (other than a claim arising 
from furnishing information known to be false 
and maintained in violation of a criminal stat-
ute). 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTING BY ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
Administrator shall enter data described in 
paragraph (2)(A) into the database promptly to 
ensure that an individual’s records are current.
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‘‘(B) REPORTING
BY
AIR
CARRIERS
AND 
OTHER PERSONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Air carriers and 
other persons shall report data described in 
paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) to the Ad-
ministrator promptly for entry into the 
database. 
‘‘(ii) DATA
TO
BE
REPORTED.—Air 
carriers and other persons shall report, at a 
minimum, under clause (i) the following 
data described in paragraph (2)(B): 
‘‘(I) Records that are generated by 
the air carrier or other person after the 
date of enactment of the FAA Air 
Transportation 
Modernization 
and 
Safety Improvement Act. 
‘‘(II) Records that the air carrier 
or other person is maintaining, on 
such date of enactment, pursuant to 
subsection (h)(4). 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT
TO
MAINTAIN
RECORDS.— 
The Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall maintain all records entered into 
the database under paragraph (2) pertaining to
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an individual until the date of receipt of notifi-
cation that the individual is deceased; and 
‘‘(B) may remove the individual’s records 
from the database after that date. 
‘‘(6) RECEIPT OF CONSENT.—The Administrator 
shall not permit an air carrier to access records per-
taining to an individual from the database under 
paragraph (1) without the air carrier first dem-
onstrating to the satisfaction of the Administrator 
that the air carrier has obtained the written consent 
of the individual. 
‘‘(7) RIGHT
OF
PILOT
TO
REVIEW
CERTAIN 
RECORDS
AND
CORRECT
INACCURACIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or agreement, the 
Administrator, upon receipt of written request from 
an individual— 
‘‘(A) shall make available, not later than 30 
days after the date of the request, to the indi-
vidual for review all records referred to in para-
graph (2) pertaining to the individual; and 
‘‘(B) shall provide the individual with a 
reasonable opportunity to submit written com-
ments to correct any inaccuracies contained in 
the records.
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‘‘(8) REASONABLE
CHARGES
FOR
PROCESSING 
REQUESTS AND FURNISHING COPIES.—The Adminis-
trator may establish a reasonable charge for the cost 
of processing a request under paragraph (1) or (7) 
and for the cost of furnishing copies of requested 
records under paragraph (7). 
‘‘(9) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) USE
OF
RECORDS.—An air carrier 
that accesses records pertaining to an individual 
under paragraph (1) may use the records only to 
assess the qualifications of the individual in de-
ciding whether or not to hire the individual as 
a pilot. The air carrier shall take such actions 
as may be necessary to protect the privacy of the 
individual and the confidentiality of the records 
accessed, including ensuring that information 
contained in the records is not divulged to any 
individual that is not directly involved in the 
hiring decision. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
by clause (ii), information collected by the 
Administrator under paragraph (2) shall be 
exempt from the disclosure requirements of 
section 552 of title 5.
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‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 
not apply to— 
‘‘(I) de-identified, summarized in-
formation to explain the need for 
changes in policies and regulations; 
‘‘(II) information to correct a con-
dition that compromises safety; 
‘‘(III) information to carry out a 
criminal investigation or prosecution; 
‘‘(IV) information to comply with 
section 44905, regarding information 
about threats to civil aviation; and 
‘‘(V) such information as the Ad-
ministrator determines necessary, if 
withholding the information would not 
be consistent with the safety respon-
sibilities of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(10) PERIODIC
REVIEW.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the FAA Air 
Transportation Modernization and Safety Improve-
ment Act, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, 
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a state-
ment that contains, taking into account recent devel-
opments in the aviation industry—
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‘‘(A) recommendations by the Administrator 
concerning proposed changes to Federal Aviation 
Administration records, air carrier records, and 
other records required to be included in the data-
base under paragraph (2); or 
‘‘(B) reasons why the Administrator does 
not recommend any proposed changes to the 
records referred to in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(11) REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION AND SE-
CURITY OF RECORDS.—The Administrator shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary— 
‘‘(A) to protect and secure— 
‘‘(i) the personal privacy of any indi-
vidual whose records are accessed under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) 
the 
confidentiality 
of 
those 
records; and 
‘‘(B) to preclude the further dissemination 
of records received under paragraph (1) by the 
person who accessed the records. 
‘‘(12) 
GOOD
FAITH
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier may allow an 
individual to begin service as a pilot, without first 
obtaining information described in paragraph (2)(B) 
from the database pertaining to the individual, if—
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Modernization and Safety Improvement 
Act; 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator shall maintain 
records in accordance with paragraph (5) 
beginning on the date of enactment of that 
Act; and 
‘‘(iii) air carriers and other persons 
shall maintain records to be reported to the 
database under paragraph (4)(B) in the pe-
riod beginning on such date of enactment 
and ending on the date that is 5 years after 
the requirements of subsection (h) cease to 
be effective pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(15) SPECIAL RULE.—During the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the requirements 
of this section become effective pursuant to paragraph 
(15)(B), paragraph (7)(A) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘45 days’ for ‘30 days’.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; PREEMPTION OF 
STATE
LAW.—Section 44703(j) (as redesignated by 
subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘LIMITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)—