# 116-hr-5119: Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act

116-hr-5119, Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5119
- Congress: 116
- Title: Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
- Introduced: 2019-11-15
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards 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 monthly reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alternations of an aircraft; sets forth minimum qualifications for mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations; and establishes a moratorium on FAA certification of new foreign aircraft repair stations if certain regulations are not implemented within one year.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2019-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2019-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-1108: Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5119 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5119)

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- [116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1773)
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