# 117-hr-7321: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act

117-hr-7321, Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7321
- Congress: 117
- Title: Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced: 2022-03-31
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 24
- 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 (24)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2022-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-09-29T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 374 | 52 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7321 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7321)

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