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[CITE: 49USC44723]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                     CHAPTER 447--SAFETY REGULATION
 
Sec. 44723. Annual report

    Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the 
safety enforcement activities of the Federal Aviation Administration 
during the fiscal year ending the prior September 30th. The report shall 
include--
        (1) a comparison of end-of-year staffing levels by operations, 
    maintenance, and avionics inspector categories to staffing goals and 
    a statement on how staffing standards were applied to make 
    allocations between air carrier and general aviation operations, 
    maintenance, and avionics inspectors;
        (2) schedules showing the range of inspector experience by 
    various inspector work force categories, and the number of 
    inspectors in each of the categories who are considered fully 
    qualified;
        (3) schedules showing the number and percentage of inspectors 
    who have received mandatory training by individual course, and the 
    number of inspectors by work force categories, who have received all 
    mandatory training;
        (4) a description of the criteria used to set annual work 
    programs, an explanation of how these criteria differ from criteria 
    used in the prior fiscal year and how the annual work programs 
    ensure compliance with appropriate regulations and safe operating 
    practices;
        (5) a comparison of actual inspections performed during the 
    fiscal year to the annual work programs by field location and, for 
    any field location completing less than 80 percent of its planned 
    number of inspections, an explanation of why annual work program 
    plans were not met;
        (6) a statement of the adequacy of Administration internal 
    management controls available to ensure that field managers comply 
    with Administration policies and procedures, including those on 
    inspector priorities, district office coordination, minimum 
    inspection standards, and inspection followup;
        (7) the status of efforts made by the Administration to update 
    inspector guidance documents and regulations to include 
    technological, management, and structural changes taking place in 
    the aviation industry, including a listing of the backlog of all 
    proposed regulatory amendments;
        (8) a list of the specific operational measures of effectiveness 
    used to evaluate--
            (A) the progress in meeting program objectives;
            (B) the quality of program delivery; and
            (C) the nature of emerging safety problems;

        (9) a schedule showing the number of civil penalty cases closed 
    during the 2 prior fiscal years, including the total initial and 
    final penalties imposed, the total number of dollars collected, the 
    range of dollar amounts collected, the average case processing time, 
    and the range of case processing time;
        (10) a schedule showing the number of enforcement actions taken 
    (except civil penalties) during the 2 prior fiscal years, including 
    the total number of violations cited, and the number of cited 
    violation cases closed by certificate suspensions, certificate 
    revocations, warnings, and no action taken; and
        (11) schedules showing the safety record of the aviation 
    industry during the fiscal year for air carriers and general 
    aviation, including--
            (A) the number of inspections performed when deficiencies 
        were identified compared with inspections when no deficiencies 
        were found;
            (B) the frequency of safety deficiencies for each air 
        carrier; and
            (C) an analysis based on data of the general status of air 
        carrier and general aviation compliance with aviation 
        regulations.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1202.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44723.................................  49:308 (note).                   Dec. 2
2, 1987, Pub. L. 100-202, Sec.
                                                                          317(a
), 101 Stat. 1329-380.
                                                                         Sept. 
30, 1988, Pub. L. 100-457, Sec.
                                                                          317(a
), 102 Stat. 2148.
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    In clauses (4) and (7), the word ``regulations'' is substituted for 
``Federal regulations'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (5), the words ``by field location'' are substituted for 
``disaggregated to the field locations'' for clarity.
    In clause (8), before subclause (A), the words `` `best proxies' 
standing between the ultimate goal of accident prevention and ongoing 
program activities'' are omitted as surplus.
    In clause (9), the words ``penalties imposed'' are substituted for 
``assessments'' for consistency in the revised title and with other 
titles of the United States Code.
    In clause (11)(C), the words ``aviation regulations'' are 
substituted for ``Federal Aviation Regulations'' for consistency in the 
revised title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 46301 of this title.
