[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 145 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 145

  To terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign 
 repair station rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Borski (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
Brown of Florida, Mr. Evans, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Clement, Mr. 
 Diaz-Balart, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Costello, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Holden, 
Mr. Frost, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, 
    Mr. Spratt, Mr. Ney, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Nadler) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign 
 repair station rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aircraft Repair Station Safety Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN REPAIR STATION RULES.

    The amendments published by the Federal Aviation Administration on 
November 22, 1988 (43 Fed. Reg. 47375-47376), to parts 135 and 145 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not be effective after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.

    All standards set forth in regulations issued before, on, or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act by the Federal Aviation 
Administration that apply to a domestic repair station or shop 
described in section 44707(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, and 
the personnel employed by the domestic repair station or shop shall 
apply to a foreign repair station or shop described in such section and 
the personnel employed by the foreign repair station or shop in the 
same manner and to the same extent as such standards apply to the 
domestic repair station or shop and the personnel employed by the 
domestic repair station or shop.

SEC. 4. REVOCATION OF REPAIR STATION CERTIFICATES FOR USE OF 
              UNCERTIFIED OR SUBSTANDARD PARTS.

    Section 44707 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
        Administrator''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Revocation of Repair Station Certificates for Use of 
Uncertified or Substandard Parts.--The Administrator shall issue an 
order revoking a certificate issued under section 44703 to a repair 
station or shop described in subsection (a)(2) if the Administrator 
finds that the station or shop knowingly used an uncertified or 
substandard airframe, engine, propeller, appliance, or any other part 
in the repair or overhaul of an aircraft.''.
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