1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the safety of the United States aviation system requires the highest standards for aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul work; (2) the safety of aircraft operated by United States air carriers should not be dependent on the location where maintenance, repair, and overhaul work is performed; and (3) the Federal Aviation Administration must fully enforce its standards for maintenance, repair, and overhaul work at every facility, whether in the United States or abroad, where such work is performed on aircraft operated by United States air carriers. 3. Oversight of repair stations located outside the United States (a) In general Section 44733 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading by striking Inspection and inserting Oversight ; (2) in subsection (e)— (A) by inserting , without prior notice, after annually ; and (B) by striking the last sentence and inserting The Administrator may carry out announced or unannounced inspections in addition to the annual unannounced inspection required under this subsection based on identified risks. ; (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (k)