Amends the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from certain testing and certification requirements 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 (FAA). Declares that such exemption 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 FAA.
Declares that regulations issued under such Act by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on April 14, 1998 (including any other regulations issued by them), shall not take effect until after the later of June 1, 1999, or 120 days after the Secretary of Commerce reports to specified congressional committees on: (1) changes in fastener manufacturing processes that have occurred since enactment of the Act; (2) a comparison of the Act to other regulatory programs that regulate the various categories of fasteners, and an analysis of any duplication that exists among programs; and (3) any further revisions to the Act that may be warranted because of such reported changes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with amendments. With written report No. 105-267.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with amendments. With written report No. 105-267.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9655)
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9655)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendments.
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H7297-7298)
On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H7297-7298)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 105-234.
Became Public Law No: 105-234.
Enacted as Public Law 105-234
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