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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-579
AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION REFORM AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
NOVEMBER 16, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DEFAZIO, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 8408]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 8408) to direct the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration to require certain safety stand-
ards relating to aircraft, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose of L egislation ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 4
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ......................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 5
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 6
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 12
PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 8408, the Aircraft Certification Reform and
Accountability Act, is to improve aviation safety by reforming the
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