S. 3090: Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008
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S. 3090: Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-06-05 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-06-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008
Plain summary
Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008 or the SAFE AIR Act of 2008 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) prescribe regulations requiring maintenance work on passenger aircraft to be performed by certain authorized individuals; (2) certify to Congress that the FAA has inspected each foreign repair station that has performed work on U.S. air carrier aircraft or components at least twice in the preceding year and tested persons who perform safety-sensitive functions at such stations for use of alcohol or controlled substances; and (3) develop a plan to identify all noncertified maintenance providers that have performed maintenance work on such aircraft. Prohibits the Administrator from certifying a foreign repair station unless it complies with certain final security regulations.
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Official text
Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · 3 cosponsors
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3090.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3090 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110