1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the safety of the global 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, in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements, Federal Aviation Administration 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. FAA 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 to such repair stations, after annually ; (B) by inserting and the applicable laws of the country in which a repair station is located after international agreements ; and (C) 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 and in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements and with the applicable laws of the country in which a repair station is located. ; (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (j)