[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3824 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3824

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 1998

Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mrs. Morella, and Mr. Cook) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.''.
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