WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is requiring airplane manufacturers to submit and disclose safety critical information to the agency during the certification process after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes.

The draft policy, which is open to public comment through Aug. 25, was mandated by Congress in 2020 as part of sweeping reforms of the certification process following the 2018 and 2019 Boeing crashes that killed 346 people.

The FAA said Wednesday it "will establish milestones throughout the certification process that will help the agency assess whether any design changes to airplane systems should be considered novel or unusual, and therefore require additional scrutiny."

(Reporting by David Shepardson)