Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Disclosure Act of 2018

Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Disclosure Act of 2018

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to require an air carrier providing scheduled passenger air transportation to: (1) disclose to the public the date and location of the most recent heavy maintenance for specific flights, and (2) provide a similar disclosure for its entire fleet.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3026 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3026

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
disclose the date and location of the most recent aircraft maintenance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2018

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
disclose the date and location of the most recent aircraft maintenance.

    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 Maintenance Outsourcing 
Disclosure Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE MOST RECENT AIRCRAFT 
              MAINTENANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44736. Disclosure of the date and location of most recent 
              aircraft maintenance
    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall require, beginning the 
day after the end of the 12-month period following the date of 
enactment of this section, an air carrier providing scheduled passenger 
air transportation to inform the public about its aircraft maintenance 
practices pursuant to the requirements described in subsections (b) and 
(c).
    ``(b) Disclosure Regarding Specific Flights.--
            ``(1) In general.--The requirement described in this 
        subsection is that an air carrier providing scheduled passenger 
        air transportation shall display a notice that provides an 
        individual with information on--
                    ``(A) the location at which the aircraft used for a 
                scheduled flight most recently underwent heavy 
                maintenance; and
                    ``(B) the date of such maintenance.
            ``(2) Requirements for information.--The information 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) prominently displayed in clear and plain 
                language and in an easily readable font size on--
                            ``(i) the air carrier website accompanying 
                        each scheduled flight;
                            ``(ii) the air carrier website at the point 
                        of ticket purchase;
                            ``(iii) the electronic confirmation of a 
                        ticket purchase; and
                            ``(iv) passenger boarding documents;
                    ``(B) communicated clearly prior to the point of 
                ticket purchase on the air carrier telephone 
                reservation system; and
                    ``(C) communicated clearly by an airline 
                representative at a ticket counter.
    ``(c) General Disclosure for Entire Fleet.--
            ``(1) In general.--The requirement described in this 
        subsection is that an air carrier providing scheduled passenger 
        air transportation shall display on its Internet website a list 
        of--
                    ``(A) all of the locations at which aircraft in its 
                fleet have undergone heavy maintenance in the past 5 
                years; and
                    ``(B) all of the locations at which the air carrier 
                has an existing contract for aircraft in its fleet to 
                undergo heavy maintenance.
            ``(2) Requirements for information.--The information 
        described in paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) prominently displayed in clear and plain 
                language and in an easily readable font size; and
                    ``(B) updated appropriately.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(1) Heavy maintenance.--The term `heavy maintenance' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 44733(g)(1).
            ``(2) Location.--The term `location' means the city and 
        country in which the facility at which heavy maintenance on an 
        aircraft was performed is located.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 447 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``44736. Disclosure of the date and location of most recent aircraft 
                            maintenance''.
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