[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4374 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4374

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
 disclose information on aircraft maintenance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2019

 Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Zeldin, and Mr. Cisneros) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
 disclose information on aircraft maintenance, 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 Maintenance Outsourcing 
Disclosure Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.

    Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``Sec. 44741. Disclosure of information on recent aircraft maintenance
    ``(a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall require an air carrier providing 
scheduled passenger or cargo air transportation to disclose publicly 
the aircraft maintenance practices of the air carrier, as described in 
this section.
    ``(b) Information on Passenger Aircraft.--
            ``(1) In general.--An air carrier providing scheduled air 
        transportation to passengers shall provide, in the manners 
        described in paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) the specific location where the aircraft 
                providing scheduled air transportation most recently 
                underwent heavy maintenance; and
                    ``(B) the date of such maintenance.
            ``(2) Provision of information.--The information described 
        in paragraph (1) shall be prominently displayed in clear and 
        plain language and in an easily readable font size on, to the 
        greatest extent practicable, tickets or electronic passenger 
        boarding documents.
            ``(3) Fleet maintenance for scheduled flights.--An air 
        carrier providing scheduled air transportation to passengers 
        shall disclose the percentage of airframes in the fleet of the 
        air carrier typically assigned to each specific route that are 
        maintained in the United States and the percentage of such 
        airframes maintained abroad, including the 3 most common 
        countries in which such airframes are maintained abroad, listed 
        by workhours. Such information shall be--
                    ``(A) made available, to the greatest extent 
                practicable, on--
                            ``(i) the air carrier's publicly accessible 
                        website accompanying each scheduled flight;
                            ``(ii) the air carrier's publicly 
                        accessible website at the point of ticket 
                        purchase; and
                            ``(iii) the electronic confirmation of a 
                        ticket purchase sent by the air carrier or 
                        ticket agent;
                    ``(B) communicated clearly prior to the point of 
                ticket purchase on the air carrier telephone 
                reservation system, upon request by the passenger and 
                to the greatest extent practicable; and
                    ``(C) communicated clearly to an individual 
                purchasing a ticket by an airline representative at a 
                ticket counter, upon request by the passenger and to 
                the greatest extent practicable.
    ``(c) General Disclosure of Heavy Maintenance for Entire Fleet.--
            ``(1) In general.--An air carrier providing scheduled 
        passenger or cargo air transportation shall display on the 
        publicly accessible website of the air carrier a list of--
                    ``(A) all of the specific locations where aircraft 
                in its fleet have undergone heavy maintenance in the 
                past 3 years, listed by total workhours; and
                    ``(B) all of the specific locations where heavy 
                maintenance is carried out for the air carrier under an 
                existing contract.
            ``(2) Requirements for information.--The information 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) prominently displayed in clear and plain 
                language and in an easily readable font size; and
                    ``(B) updated regularly and appropriately.
    ``(d) Annual Reporting Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, each air 
        carrier shall submit to the Administrator (by uploading such 
        information to the online repository established under 
        paragraph (2)) a report containing--
                    ``(A) a minimum of 1 year of maintenance history, 
                including line maintenance, for each aircraft that has 
                operated in scheduled passenger or cargo air 
                transportation during the previous year;
                    ``(B) the percentage and total number of mechanics 
                carrying out maintenance on aircraft for the air 
                carrier during the previous year who are employees and 
                who are not employees of the air carrier;
                    ``(C) the percentage and total number of mechanics 
                certified by the Federal Aviation Administration 
                carrying out maintenance on aircraft for the air 
                carrier during the previous year who are based and who 
                are not based in the United States;
                    ``(D) the percentage and total number of mechanics, 
                regardless of certification, carrying out maintenance 
                on aircraft for the air carrier during the previous 
                year who are based and who are not based in the United 
                States;
                    ``(E) the percentage and total number of mechanics 
                carrying out maintenance on aircraft for the air 
                carrier during the previous year who are certified and 
                who are not certified by the Federal Aviation 
                Administration; and
                    ``(F) other information provided by the air carrier 
                regarding maintenance, safety, and the aircraft fleet 
                of the carrier that is of interest to the traveling 
                public, as determined appropriate by the Administrator.
            ``(2) Report disclosure.--The Administrator shall establish 
        an online repository for information submitted under paragraph 
        (1) that--
                    ``(A) allows an air carrier to electronically 
                upload the data required to be submitted under 
                paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) makes the data submitted by an air carrier 
                publicly accessible on the website of the Federal 
                Aviation Administration.
    ``(e) Heavy Maintenance Defined.--In this section, the term `heavy 
maintenance' has the meaning given the term in section 44733(g).''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 44737.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amending by redesignating the second section 44737 (as added by section 
581 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018) as section 44740.
    (b) Analysis.--The analysis for chapter 447 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the second section 
        44737 (as added by section 581 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 
        of 2018); and
            (2) by inserting after section 44739 the following:

``44740. Special rule for certain aircraft operations.
``44741. Disclosure of information on recent aircraft maintenance.''.
    (c) Special Rule for Certain Aircraft Operations.--Section 44740 of 
title 49, United States Code, (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking the period at the end;
            (2) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``chapter'' and 
        inserting ``section'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``(1)'' the second 
        place it appears; and
            (4) in subsection (c)(2) by adding a period at the end.
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