For current legislative updates on the FQA -- Use the search words 'fastener' or
'H.R.3824'.
See http://thomas.loc.gov/
Please use your back button to return to MINA.
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage
certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.
(Reported in the House)
HR 3824 RH
Union Calendar No. 324
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3824
[Report No. 105-574, Part I]
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 11, 1998
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
June 9, 1998
Reported from the Committee on Science with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
June 9, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not later than June 9, 1998
June 9, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
[Struck out->] SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] Section 15 of the Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5414) is amended-- [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] (1) by inserting `(a) TRANSITIONAL RULE- ' before `The requirements of this Act'; and [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(b) AIRCRAFT EXEMPTION- [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(1) IN GENERAL- The requirements of this Act shall not apply to fasteners specifically manufactured or altered for use on an aircraft if the quality and suitability of those fasteners for that use has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, except as provided in paragraph (2). [<-Struck out]
[Struck out->] `(2) EXCEPTION- Paragraph (1) shall not apply to fasteners represented by the fastener manufacturer as having been manufactured in conformance with standards or specifications established by a consensus standards organization or a Federal agency other than the Federal Aviation Administration.'. [<-Struck out]
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 15 of the Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5414) is amended--
(1) by inserting `(a) TRANSITIONAL RULE- ' before `The requirements of this Act'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(1) IN GENERAL- The requirements of this Act shall not apply to fasteners specifically manufactured or altered for use on an aircraft if the quality and suitability of those fasteners for that use has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, except as provided in paragraph (2).
`(2) EXCEPTION- Paragraph (1) shall not apply to fasteners represented by the fastener manufacturer as having been manufactured in conformance with standards or specifications established by a consensus standards organization or a Federal agency other than the Federal Aviation Administration.'.
SEC. 2. DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS.
The regulations issued under the Fastener Quality Act by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on April 14, 1998, and any other regulations issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology covering the same or similar subjects, shall not take effect until after the later of June 1, 1999, or the expiration of 120 days after the Secretary of Commerce transmits to the Congress a report on--
(1) changes in fastener manufacturing processes that have occurred since the enactment of the Fastener Quality Act; and
(2) any changes in that Act that may be warranted because of the changes reported under paragraph (1).
The report required by this section shall be transmitted to the Congress by
February 1, 1999.
Union Calendar No. 324
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3824
[Report No. 105-574, Part I]
A BILL
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft.
June 9, 1998
Reported from the Committee on Science with an amendment
June 9, 1998
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not later than June 9, 1998
June 9, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
posted 6/10/98
Please use your back button to return to MINA.