DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES.

SEC. 227. DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES. (a) [49 U.S.C. 44702 note] 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) [49 U.S.C. 44704 note] 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. * * * * * * *