[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1089 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1089

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 1997

   Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Ford, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
  Inouye, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
 Bryan, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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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 (53 Fed. Reg. 47375 and 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.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Domestic repair station or shop.--The term ``domestic 
        repair station or shop'' means a repair station or shop that--
                    (A) is described in section 44707(a)(2) of title 
                49, United States Code; and
                    (B) is located in the United States.
            (2) Foreign repair station or shop.--The term ``foreign 
        repair station or shop'' means a repair station or shop that--
                    (A) is described in section 44707(a)(2) of title 
                49, United States Code; and
                    (B) is located outside of the United States.
    (b) Applicability of Standards.--All standards set forth in 
regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Administration that apply to 
a domestic repair station or shop and the personnel employed by a 
domestic repair station or shop shall apply to a foreign repair station 
or shop and the personnel employed by a foreign repair station or shop 
in the same manner, and to the same extent, as those standards apply to 
a domestic repair station or shop and the personnel employed by a 
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.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection, with respect to a 
        part described in paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) the term `substandard' shall have the meaning 
                given that term by the Administrator; and
                    ``(B) the term `uncertified' means that the part 
                does not conform to the requirements of an applicable 
                certificate issued under section 44702.
            ``(2) In general.--The Administrator shall issue an order 
        revoking an air agency certificate issued under section 44702 
        for a repair station or shop described in subsection (a)(2) if 
        the Administrator finds that the owner or any member of the 
        personnel of the station or shop knowingly, in the repair or 
        overhaul of an aircraft, used an uncertified or substandard--
                    ``(A) airframe, engine, propeller, or appliance; or
                    ``(B) other part.''.
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