[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2792 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2792

   To modernize training programs at aviation maintenance technician 
                                schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2018

 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Inhofe) 
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 modernize training programs at aviation maintenance technician 
                                schools.

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

SECTION 1. MODERNIZATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AT AVIATION MAINTENANCE 
              TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration (in this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') 
shall issue final regulations to modernize training programs at 
aviation maintenance technician schools governed by part 147 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Review and Periodic Updates.--The Administrator shall ensure 
training programs referred to in subsection (a) are revised and updated 
in correlation with aviation maintenance technician airman 
certification standards as necessary to reflect current technology and 
maintenance practices.
    (c) Report to Congress.--If the Administrator does not issue such 
final regulations by the deadline specified in subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall, not later than 30 days after such deadline, submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report containing--
            (1) an explanation as to why such final regulations were 
        not issued by such deadline; and
            (2) a schedule for issuing such final regulations.
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