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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1831

[Report No. 104– ]

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for

fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 for the National Transportation Safety

Board, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 4, 1996

Mr. PRESSLER (for himself, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. LOTT, Mr. FORD, and Mr.

STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

JULY ——,1996

Reported by Mr. PRESSLER, WITHOUT AMENDMENT

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 for the

National Transportation Safety Board, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Transpor5 tation Safety Board Amendments of 1996.’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS.

2 Section 1114 of title 49, United States Code, is

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) and (c)’’ in subsection (a)

5 and inserting ‘‘(b), (c), and (e)’’; and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(e) FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

9 provision of law, neither the Board, nor any agency

10 receiving information from the Board, shall disclose

11 records or information relating to its participation in

12 foreign aircraft accident investigations; except

13 that—

14 ‘‘(A) the Board shall release records per15 taining to such an investigation when the coun16 try conducting the investigation issues its final

17 report or 2 years following the date of the acci18 dent, whichever occurs first; and

19 ‘‘(B) the Board may disclose records and

20 information when authorized to do so by the

21 country conducting the investigation.

22 ‘‘(2) SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS.—Nothing in

23 this subsection shall restrict the Board at any time

24 from referring to foreign accident investigation in25 formation in making safety recommendations.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION OF IN2 FORMATION.

3 Section 1114(b) of title 49, United States Code, is

4 amended by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(3) PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION

6 OF INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro7 vision of law, neither the Board, nor any agency re8 ceiving information from the Board, shall disclose

9 voluntarily provided safety-related information if

10 that information is not related to the exercise of the

11 Board’s accident or incident investigation authority

12 under this chapter and if the Board finds that the

13 disclosure of the information would inhibit the vol14 untary provision of that type of information.’’.

15 SEC. 4. TRAINING.

16 Section 1115 of title 49, United States Code, is

17 amended by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(d) TRAINING OF BOARD EMPLOYEES AND

19 OTHERS.—The Board may conduct training of its

20 employees in those subjects necessary for the proper

21 performance of accident investigation. The Board

22 may also authorize attendance at courses given

23 under this subsection by other government person24 nel, personnel of foreign governments, and personnel

25 from industry or otherwise who have a requirement

26 for accident investigation training. The Board may
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1 require non-Board personnel to reimburse some or

2 all of the training costs, and amounts so reimbursed

3 shall be credited to the appropriation of the ‘Na4 tional Transportation Safety Board, Salaries and

5 Expenses’ as offsetting collections.’’.

6 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 1118(a) of title 49, United States Code, is

8 amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and

10 (2) by inserting before the period at the end of

11 the first sentence the following: ‘‘, $42,400,00 for

12 fiscal year 1997, $44,400,000 for fiscal year 1998,

13 and $46,600,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.

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