Second Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R980918.01 JBB
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Reeser;
also SENATOR J. Johnson.
TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-1036
WHEREAS, The Aircraft Repair Station Safety Act of
1997 pending in the federal congress would require all aircraft
maintenance facilities, whether domestic or abroad, to adhere
to the same safety and operating procedures; and
WHEREAS, The Aircraft Repair Station Safety Act of
1997 would provide for more stringent standards for certification
of foreign aircraft repair stations by the Federal Aviation Administration
and would revoke the certification of any repair facility that
knowingly uses defective parts; and
WHEREAS, There are over five hundred fifty persons
with a combined annual income of over twentynine million
dollars employed in the aircraft repair industry in Colorado whose
jobs are at risk of being moved out of the United States unless
foreign aircraft repair stations are required to adhere to our
safety and operating procedures; and
WHEREAS, On January 9, 1997, House Resolution No.
145 was introduced in the House of Representatives of the United
States by Representative Robert Borski; and
WHEREAS, On July 30, 1997, a companion bill, S. 1089,
was introduced in the Senate of the United States by Senator Arlen
Specter; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 145 and S. 1089 both propose to enact
the Aircraft Repair Station Safety Act of 1997; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado,
the Senate concurring herein:
That the General Assembly requests the United States
Congress to enact and the President to sign the Aircraft Repair
Station Safety Act of 1997.
Be It Further Resolved, that copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to the President and VicePresident of the United States, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to each member of the Congressional delegation from Colorado.