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 PUBLIC LAW 108–176—DEC. 12, 2003

117 STAT. 2531

by subsection (a)(2) had been in effect when such service was performed, exceeds (ii) the unrefunded deductions or deposits actually made under subchapter II of chapter 84 of such title with respect to such service. An amount under this subparagraph shall include interest, computed under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8334(e) of such title 5. (B) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED.—This paragraph applies with respect to any service performed by an individual before the effective date of this section as an employee described in section 8401(35)(B) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)(2)).

Applicability.

SEC. 227. DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES.—Effective on the last day of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, section 44702(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘design organization certificates,’’ after ‘‘airman certificates,’’. (b) DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES.— (1) PLAN.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan for the development and oversight of a system for certification of design organizations to certify compliance with the requirements and minimum standards prescribed under section 44701(a) of title 49, United States Code, for the type certification of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances. (2) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.—Section 44704 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(e) DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES.— ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Beginning 7 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator may issue a design organization certificate to a design organization to authorize the organization to certify compliance with the requirements and minimum standards prescribed under section 44701(a) for the type certification of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances. ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—On receiving an application for a design organization certificate, the Administrator shall examine and rate the design organization submitting the application, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Administrator, to determine whether the design organization has adequate engineering, design, and testing capabilities, standards, and safeguards to ensure that the product being certificated is properly designed and manufactured, performs properly, and meets the regulations and minimum standards prescribed under section 44701(a). ‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF TYPE CERTIFICATES BASED ON DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator may rely on certifications of compliance by a design organization when making a finding under subsection (a).

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