109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4582
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require employment investigations
for employees of aircraft repair stations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 16, 2005
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require employment investigations
for employees of aircraft repair stations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Aircraft Repair Station Security Enhancement
Act of 2005'.
SEC. 2. SECURITY OF AIRCRAFT REPAIR STATIONS.
(a) Employment Investigation Requirement- Section 44936(a) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and
(E), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
`(C) REPAIR STATION EMPLOYEES- The Under Secretary shall require by
regulation that an employment investigation (including a criminal history
record check and a review of available law enforcement data bases and
records of other governmental and international agencies to the extent
determined practicable by the Under Secretary) be conducted for individuals
at repair stations who perform maintenance on aircraft or components
(or both) used in conducting operations under part 121 of title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).'; and
(3) in subparagraph (D)(i) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection)
by inserting before the period at the end the following: `and any individual
who is employed in a position described in subparagraph (C) on the date
of enactment of the Aircraft Repair Station Security Enhancement Act of
2005'.
(b) Repair Station Operators-
(1) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EMPLOYERS- Section 44936 of such title
is amended in each of subsections (a)(2), (b)(1), and (b)(3) by inserting
`repair station operator,' after `airport operator,'.
(2) REPAIR STATION DEFINED- Section 44936 of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following:
`(f) Repair Station Defined- In this section, the term `repair station'
means a domestic or foreign repair station certificated under part 145 of
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), a fixed
base operator, a maintenance repair or overhaul facility, an aircraft manufacturer
(including a subsidiary), an airframe or engine manufacturer, and a structural
or component manufacturer.'.
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