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H.R. 7321: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act

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H.R. 7321: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-31 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 467 (2022): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR7321 (2022-09-29), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act

Plain summary

Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement 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 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; sets forth minimum qualifications for mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations; 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 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.

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Official text

Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 24 cosponsors

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Don Bacon (R-NE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Darren Soto (D-FL), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr7321 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117