S. 1256 · 118th Congress
Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
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This bill addresses safety standards related to foreign aircraft repair stations.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 25, 2023
Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
This bill addresses safety standards related to foreign aircraft repair stations.
Specifically, the bill requires that all foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to at least one unannounced safety inspection each year.
Further, mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations are required to meet certain minimum certification or licensing standards.
Air carriers must submit annual reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to heavy maintenance work on aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines) performed outside the United States.
The bill also prohibits FAA officials from traveling internationally if a previously mandated final rule on drug and alcohol testing of employees at repair stations has not been published, with specified exceptions. In addition, the bill requires the FAA to initiate rulemaking to require certain employees of foreign repair stations to undergo security threat assessments.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
Latest action (Apr 25, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 25, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.