[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1981 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1981

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to issue regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair 
   stations performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air 
                            transportation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2007

    Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to issue regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair 
   stations performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air 
                            transportation.

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

SECTION 1. REPAIR STATION SECURITY.

    (a) Security Standards.--Section 44924 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Security Standards.--
            ``(1) Applicability of security standards to maintenance 
        work performed at aircraft repair stations.--In issuing the 
        regulations under subsection (f), the Assistant Secretary shall 
        ensure that comparable security standards apply to maintenance 
        work performed by employees of air carriers under part 121 of 
        title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and maintenance work 
        performed by employees of repair stations certified under part 
        145 of that title.
            ``(2) Employment investigations and restrictions.--The 
        regulations shall ensure that an individual employed in a 
        position at a repair station certified under part 145 of title 
        14, Code of Regulations, in which the individual performs 
        maintenance of aircraft used to provide air transportation is 
        subject the employment requirements and restrictions of section 
        44936 in the same manner as an individual in a position 
        described in section 44936(a)(1).
    ``(i) Failure To Meet Regulation Deadline.--If the Assistant 
Secretary does not issue final regulations under subsection (f) on or 
before the 60th day following the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Assistant Secretary shall issue an order prohibiting the use, after 
such 60th day, of foreign repair stations certified under part 145 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for the maintenance of aircraft 
used to provide air transportation, except in the case of an emergency. 
The Assistant Secretary may revoke the order after the date of issuance 
of such regulations.''.
    (b) 9-Month Deadline for Security Review and Audit.--Subsections 
(a) and (d) of section 44924 of such title are amended by striking ``18 
months'' and inserting ``9 months''.
    (c) References to Under Secretary.--Section 44924 of such title is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``Under Secretary for 
        Border and Transportation Security of the Department of 
        Homeland Security'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary of 
        Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration)''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``Under Secretary'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Assistant Secretary''.
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