Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 15, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
This bill addresses safety standards related to foreign aircraft repair stations.
Among other things, the bill
- requires that all foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to at least one unannounced safety inspection each year;
- requires air carriers to submit monthly reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alternations of an aircraft;
- sets forth minimum qualifications for mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations; and
- establishes a moratorium on FAA certification of new foreign aircraft repair stations if certain regulations are not implemented within one year.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2019 to Mar 9, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Nov 15, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Mar 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 15, 2019Markup Nov 20, 2019Reported Jul 29, 2020 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Nov 18, 2019Discharged Nov 20, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2020Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-462.
- Jul 29, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
- Nov 20, 2019Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
- Nov 20, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 20, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 19.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 10, 2020H.R. 5119, Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 20, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 183, November 15, 2019, page H8909.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-56 | THE AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT CAN BE95 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 3, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7321 | Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 11, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2020Reported in House
- Nov 15, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
