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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1716 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require certain air carriers to 
provide reports with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, 
or alterations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2023 
Mr. MOLINARO
(for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BACON, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mrs. 
CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. 
LEE of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. GARCI´A of 
Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CARL, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Ms. CRAIG) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require certain 
air carriers to provide reports with respect to mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Aircraft Main-
tenance Safety Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the safety of the global aviation system re-
quires the highest standards for aircraft mainte-
nance, repair, and overhaul work; 
(2) the safety of aircraft operated by United 
States air carriers should not be dependent on the 
location where maintenance, repair, and overhaul 
work is performed; and 
(3) the Federal Aviation Administration must 
fully enforce, in a manner consistent with United 
States obligations under international agreements, 
Federal Aviation Administration standards for main-
tenance, repair, and overhaul work at every facility, 
whether in the United States or abroad, where such 
work is performed on aircraft operated by United 
States air carriers. 
SEC. 3. FAA OVERSIGHT OF REPAIR STATIONS LOCATED 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44733 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘Inspection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Oversight’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, without prior notice to 
such repair stations,’’ after ‘‘annually’’; 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and the applicable laws 
of the country in which a repair station is lo-
cated’’ after ‘‘international agreements’’; and 
(C) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting ‘‘The Administrator may carry out an-
nounced or unannounced inspections in addition 
to the annual unannounced inspection required 
under this subsection based on identified risks 
and in a manner consistent with United States 
obligations under international agreements and 
with the applicable laws of the country in which 
a repair station is located.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (j); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) DATA ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier conducting 
operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, shall, if applicable, provide to the 
appropriate office of the Administration, not less 
than once every year, a report containing the infor-
mation described in paragraph (2) with respect to 
heavy maintenance work on aircraft (including on- 
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wing aircraft engines) performed in the preceding 
year. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—A report under 
paragraph (1) shall contain the following informa-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The location where any heavy mainte-
nance work on aircraft (including on-wing air-
craft engines) was performed outside the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) A description of the work performed 
at each such location. 
‘‘(C) The date of completion of the work 
performed at each such location. 
‘‘(D) A list of all failures, malfunctions, or 
defects affecting the safe operation of such air-
craft identified by the air carrier within 30 days 
after the date on which an aircraft is returned 
to service, organized by reference to aircraft 
registration number, that— 
‘‘(i) requires corrective action after 
the aircraft is approved for return to serv-
ice; and 
‘‘(ii) results from the work performed 
on such aircraft. 
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