{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7321","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7321","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 49, United States Code, to require certain air carriers to provide reports with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 49, United States Code, to require certain air carriers to provide reports with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-03-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h467","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act","result":"Passed","yea":374,"nay":52,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll467.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2022-10-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill addresses safety standards related to foreign aircraft repair stations."},{"k":"p","t":"Among other things, the bill"},{"k":"li","t":"requires that all foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to at least one unannounced safety inspection each year;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requires air carriers to submit annual reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to heavy maintenance work on aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines) performed outside the United States;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"sets forth minimum qualifications for mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"directs the FAA to convene a foreign repair station working group with other civil aviation authorities to conduct a review of the certification and oversight of the stations and to identify any future enhancements to strengthen oversight of such stations; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibits FAA officials from traveling internationally if previously mandated final rules on drug and alcohol testing and a threat assessment of employees at foreign repair stations are not implemented, with specified exceptions.","d":1}],"words":160},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of aircraft repair stations located outside the United States, including inspections, carrier reporting, certification requirements, and an international working group.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#H2EA2A5772C3C4A6E9189380C13C3EEC3"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#H0266A5C921794393B4ABF66D25B316D8"}]},"core_areas":["FAA inspections and oversight of repair stations outside the United States","Air carrier reports on heavy maintenance performed outside the United States","Certification requirements for personnel at foreign repair stations","International working group on foreign repair station oversight","Conditions on FAA employee international travel"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 44733 of title 49, United States Code, to require the annual inspection of repair stations outside the United States to be carried out without prior notice to those repair stations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"}},{"text":"Requires an air carrier operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to report to the FAA at least once every year on heavy maintenance work on aircraft, including on-wing aircraft engines, performed in the preceding year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"}},{"text":"Bars the FAA Administrator from approving a new part 145 application from a person located or headquartered in a country classified as Category 2 under the International Aviation Safety Assessment program, and bars air carriers from entering new heavy maintenance contracts with such a person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator, within 1 year of enactment, to require that supervisory personnel and personnel who approve articles for return to service at each covered repair station hold a mechanic or repairman certificate under part 65 or an equivalent certification or licensing regime.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator to convene a foreign repair station working group with other civil aviation authorities within 60 days of enactment to review the certification and oversight of foreign repair stations and make recommendations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#H2EA2A5772C3C4A6E9189380C13C3EEC3"}},{"text":"Beginning 24 months after enactment, bars the Administrator from approving international travel for any FAA employee until a final rule under section 2112(b) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 is published, with exceptions determined individual by individual.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#H0266A5C921794393B4ABF66D25B316D8"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#HA5C34652152C49E5B36A3C098B6736DE"},"heading":"FAA oversight of repair stations located outside the United States","effect":"Bars FAA approval of new part 145 repair station applications, and new heavy maintenance contracts by part 121 air carriers, for persons in countries classified as Category 2; renewals of existing certificates are excepted from the application bar.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an application for the renewal of a certificate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh#H0266A5C921794393B4ABF66D25B316D8"},"heading":"Alcohol and drug testing and background checks","effect":"Bars FAA approval of international travel for FAA employees until a final rule is published, starting 24 months after enactment, but exempts travel the Administrator determines individually to be for safety inspection, aviation safety oversight, or vital to U.S. national interests.","amount":null,"quote":"The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to international travel that is determined by the Administrator on an individual by individual basis to be—"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7321.png","v":"ac7a15f2c50a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7321, 117th Congress: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act. House: 374 Yea, 52 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Sep 2022."}}