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[H.R. 3824 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3824

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
 Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain 
  fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in 
                                aircraft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 subsection:
    ``(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 approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, 
    except as provided in paragraph (2).
        ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to fasteners 
    represented by the fastener manufacturer as having been 
    manufactured in conformance with standards or specifications 
    established by a consensus 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 National Institute of Standards and 
Technology pursuant to the Fastener Quality Act, 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 Committee on Science 
and the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a 
report on--
        (1) changes in fastener manufacturing processes that have 
    occurred since the enactment of the Fastener Quality Act;
        (2) a comparison of the Fastener Quality Act to other 
    regulatory programs that regulate the various categories of 
    fasteners, and an analysis of any duplication that exists among 
    programs; and
        (3) any changes in that Act that may be warranted because of 
    the changes reported under paragraphs (1) and (2).
The report required by this section shall be transmitted to the 
Committee on Science and the Committee on Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, by February 1, 1999.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.