Sec. 312. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION PROCESS REVIEW AND REFORM
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## SEC. 312 AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION PROCESS REVIEW AND REFORM **[**[49 U.S.C. 44704 note](/us/usc/t49/s44704)**]** ###
(a)In General The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with representatives of the aviation industry, shall conduct an assessment of the certification and approval process under section 44704 of title 49, United States Code. ###
(b)Contents In conducting the assessment, the Administrator shall consider— ####
(1)the expected number of applications for product certifications and approvals the Administrator will receive under section 44704 of such title in the 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods following the date of enactment of this Act; ####
(2)process reforms and improvements necessary to allow the Administrator to review and approve the applications in a fair and timely fashion; ####
(3)the status of recommendations made in previous reports on the Administration’s certification process; ####
(4)methods for enhancing the effective use of delegation systems, including organizational designation authorization; ####
(5)methods for training the Administration’s field office employees in the safety management system and auditing; and ####
(6)the status of updating airworthiness requirements, including implementing recommendations in the Administration’s report entitled “Part 23—Small Airplane Certification Process Study” (OK-09-3468, dated July 2009). ###
(c)Recommendations In conducting the assessment, the Administrator shall make recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce costs through streamlining and reengineering the certification process under section 44704 of such title to ensure that the Administrator can conduct certifications and approvals under such section in a manner that supports and enables the development of new products and technologies and the global competitiveness of the United States aviation industry. ###
(d)Report to Congress Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 on the results of the assessment, together with an explanation of how the Administrator will implement recommendations made under subsection
(c)and measure the effectiveness of the recommendations. ###
(e)Implementation of Recommendations Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall begin to implement the recommendations made under subsection (c).
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AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION PROCESS REVIEW AND REFORM
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