Sec. 4. International standards for safety oversight of foreign repair stations
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Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall convene a foreign repair station working group with other civil aviation authorities (hereinafter referred to as repair station working group ) to conduct a review of the certification and oversight of foreign repair stations and to identify any future enhancements that might be appropriate to strengthen oversight of such repair stations. The repair station working group shall consist of— technical representatives from the FAA; and such other civil aviation authorities or international intergovernmental aviation safety organizations as the Administrator shall invite that are willing to participate, including— civil aviation authorities responsible for certificating foreign repair stations; and civil aviation authorities of countries in which foreign repair stations are located.
In conducting the review under this section, the repair station working group shall, as appropriate, consult with relevant experts and stakeholders. The repair station working group shall make recommendations with respect to any future enhancements that might be appropriate to— strengthen oversight of foreign repair stations; and better leverage the resources of other civil aviation authorities to conduct such oversight. Not later than 1 year after the date of the first meeting of the repair station working group, the repair station working group shall submit to the Administrator a report containing the findings of the review and each recommendation made under subsection (d).
The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the report required under paragraph
(1)as soon as is practicable after the receipt of such report. Not later than 45 days after receipt of the Report under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing— a statement of whether the Administrator concurs or does not concur with each recommendation contained in the report required under paragraph (1); for any recommendation with which the Administrator does not concur, a detailed explanation as to why the Administrator does not concur; a plan to implement each recommendation related to FAA oversight of foreign repair stations contained in such report with which the Administrator concurs; and a plan to work with the international community to implement the recommendations applicable to both the FAA as well as other civil aviation authorities. The repair station working group shall terminate on the earlier of the date of submission of the report under subsection (e)(1) or on the date that is 2 years after the repair station working group is commissioned under subsection (a). In this section, the term foreign repair station means a repair station that performs heavy maintenance work on an aircraft (including on-wing engines) and that is located outside of the territory of the country of the civil aviation authority which certificated the repair station, including repair stations certified under part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, which are located outside the United States and the territories of the United States.