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fying such accident report and the reasons for which such 
report has not been completed. The Board shall report 
progress toward completion of the accident report to each 
such Committees every 90 days thereafter, until such time 
as the accident report is completed.’’. 
SEC. 916. ENSURING ACCESS TO DATA. 
Section 1134 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) RECORDERS AND DATA.—In investigating an ac-
cident under this chapter, the Board may— 
‘‘(1) obtain any recorder or recorded information 
pertinent to the accident; 
‘‘(2) require a manufacturer or the vendors, sup-
pliers, or affiliates of such manufacturer, to provide 
to the Board, without delay, information the Board 
determines necessary to enable the Board to read and 
interpret any recording device or recorded informa-
tion pertinent to the accident; and 
‘‘(3) require a manufacturer or the vendors, sup-
pliers, or affiliates of such manufacturer, to provide 
to the Board, without delay, data and other intellec-
tual property the Board determines necessary to en-
able the Board to perform independent physics-based 
simulations and analyses of the accident situation.’’. 
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SEC. 917. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF SAFETY RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
Section 1135(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘public at reasonable cost.’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘public— 
‘‘(1) in printed form at reasonable cost; and 
‘‘(2) in electronic form in a publicly accessible 
database on a website of the Board at no cost.’’. 
SEC. 918. IMPROVING DELIVERY OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS.—Section 1136 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘to families of 
passengers involved in aircraft accidents’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to passengers involved in air-
craft accidents and families of such pas-
sengers’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘within United States air-
space or airspace delegated to the United States’’ 
after ‘‘aircraft accident’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘National Transportation 
Safety Board shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Board 
shall’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘emotional care and 
support’’ and inserting ‘‘emotional, psycho-
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logical, and spiritual care and support serv-
ices’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the families of pas-
sengers involved in the accident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘passengers involved in the accident 
and the families of such passengers’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘the families of passengers involved 
in the accident’’ and inserting ‘‘passengers in-
volved in the accident and the families of such 
passengers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘mental 
health and counseling services’’ and inserting 
‘‘emotional, psychological, and spiritual care 
and support services’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the families who have 
traveled to the location of the accident’’ and 
inserting ‘‘passengers involved in the acci-
dent and the families of such passengers 
who have traveled to the location of the acci-
dent’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ be-
fore ‘‘affected families’’; and 
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(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘pas-
sengers and’’ before ‘‘families’’; 
(4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) PASSENGER LISTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY THE 
DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DIRECTOR OF FAMILY 
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—It shall be the responsi-
bility of the director of family support services 
designated for an accident under subsection 
(a)(1) to request, as soon as practicable, from the 
air carrier or foreign air carrier involved in the 
accident a passenger list, which is based on the 
best available information at the time of the re-
quest. 
‘‘(B) USE OF INFORMATION.—The director 
of family support services may not release to any 
person information on a list obtained under sub-
paragraph (A), except that the director may, to 
the extent the director considers appropriate, 
provide information on the list about a pas-
senger to— 
‘‘(i) the family of the passenger; or 
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‘‘(ii) a local, State, or Federal agency 
responsible for determining the whereabouts 
or welfare of a passenger. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY DES-
IGNATED ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DESIGNATED ORGANIZA-
TION.—The organization designated for an acci-
dent under subsection (a)(2) may request from 
the air carrier or foreign air carrier involved in 
the accident a passenger list. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
INFORMATION.—The des-
ignated organization may not release to any per-
son information on a passenger list but may 
provide information on the list about a pas-
senger to the family of the passenger to the extent 
the organization considers appropriate.’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)(1) by striking ‘‘the families 
of passengers involved in the accident’’ and inserting 
‘‘passengers involved in the accident and the families 
of such passengers’’; 
(6) in subsection (g)(3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking 
‘‘PREVENT MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PREVENT
CERTAIN
CARE
AND 
SUPPORT’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘providing mental health 
and counseling services’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
viding emotional, psychological, and spiritual 
care and support’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ before 
‘‘families’’; 
(7) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘National Transportation 
Safety’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PASSENGER LIST.—The term ‘passenger list’ 
means a list based on the best available information 
at the time of a request, of the name of each passenger 
aboard the aircraft involved in the accident.’’; and 
(8) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘the families of 
passengers involved in an aircraft accident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘passengers involved in the aircraft accident 
and the families of such passengers’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
11 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by 
striking the item relating to section 1136 and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘1136. Assistance to passengers involved in aircraft accidents and families of such 
passengers.’’. 
(c) RAIL ACCIDENTS.—Section 1139 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘to families of 
passengers involved in rail passenger ac-
cidents’’ and inserting ‘‘to passengers in-
volved in rail passenger accidents and 
families of such passengers’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘National 
Transportation Safety Board shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board shall’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘emotional care and sup-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘emotional, psychological 
and spiritual care and support services’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the families of passengers 
involved in the accident’’ and inserting ‘‘pas-
sengers involved in the accident and the families 
of such passengers’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by striking ‘‘the families of passengers involved 
in the accident’’ and inserting ‘‘passengers in-
volved in the accident and the families of such 
passengers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘mental 
health and counseling services’’ and inserting 
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‘‘emotional, psychological, and spiritual care 
and support services’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the families who have 
traveled to the location of the accident’’ and 
inserting ‘‘passengers involved in the acci-
dent and the families of such passengers 
who have traveled to the location of the acci-
dent’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ be-
fore ‘‘affected families’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘pas-
sengers and’’ before ‘‘families’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) PASSENGER LISTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY THE 
DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DIRECTOR OF FAMILY 
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—It shall be the responsi-
bility of the director of family support services 
designated for an accident under subsection 
(a)(1) to request, as soon as practicable, from the 
rail passenger carrier involved in the accident a 
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passenger list, which is based on the best avail-
able information at the time of the request. 
‘‘(B) USE OF INFORMATION.—The director 
of family support services may not release to any 
person information on a list obtained under sub-
paragraph (A), except that the director may, to 
the extent the director considers appropriate, 
provide information on the list about a pas-
senger to— 
‘‘(i) the family of the passenger; or 
‘‘(ii) a local, State, or Federal agency 
responsible for determining the whereabouts 
or welfare of a passenger. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY DES-
IGNATED ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DESIGNATED ORGANIZA-
TION.—The organization designated for an acci-
dent under subsection (a)(2) may request from 
the rail passenger carrier involved in the acci-
dent a passenger list. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
INFORMATION.—The des-
ignated organization may not release to any per-
son information on a passenger list but may 
provide information on the list about a pas-
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senger to the family of the passenger to the extent 
the organization considers appropriate.’’; 
(6) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘the families 
of passengers involved in the accident’’ and inserting 
‘‘passengers involved in the accident and the families 
of such passengers’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)(3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘PREVENT MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PREVENT
CERTAIN
CARE
AND 
SUPPORT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘providing mental health 
and counseling services’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
viding emotional, psychological, and spiritual 
care and support’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ before 
‘‘families’’; and 
(8) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘National Transportation 
Safety’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PASSENGER LIST.—The term ‘passenger list’ 
means a list based on the best available information 
at the time of the request, of the name of each pas-
senger aboard the rail passenger carrier’s train in-
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volved in the accident. A rail passenger carrier shall 
use reasonable efforts, with respect to its unreserved 
trains, and passengers not holding reservations on its 
other trains, to ascertain the names of passengers 
aboard a train involved in an accident.’’. 
(d) PLANS TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF FAMILIES OF PAS-
SENGERS INVOLVED IN RAIL PASSENGER ACCIDENTS.— 
Section 24316(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘a major’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
11 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by 
striking the item relating to section 1139 and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘1139. Assistance to passengers involved in rail passenger accidents and families 
of such passengers.’’. 
SEC. 919. UPDATING CIVIL PENALTY AUTHORITY. 
Section 1155 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Aviation 
penalties’’ and inserting ‘‘Penalties’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or section 
1136(g) (related to an aircraft accident)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 1136(g), or 1139(g)’’. 
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SEC. 920. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC DOCKET 
RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the National Transportation 
Safety Board shall make all records included in the public 
docket of an accident or incident investigation conducted 
by the Board (or the public docket of a study, report, or 
other product issued by the Board) electronically available 
in a publicly accessible database on a website of the Board, 
regardless of the date on which such public docket or record 
was created. 
(b) DATABASE.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Board may utilize the multimodal accident database man-
agement system established pursuant to section 1108 of the 
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 1119 note) 
or such other publicly available database as the Board de-
termines appropriate. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.—The Board shall provide the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate an annual brief-
ing on the implementation of this section until requirements 
of subsection (a) are fulfilled. Such briefings shall include— 
(1) the number of public dockets that have been 
made electronically available pursuant to this section; 
and 
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(2) the number of public dockets that were un-
able to be made electronically available, including all 
reasons for such inability. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘public 
docket’’ and ‘‘record’’ have the same meanings given such 
terms in section 801.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 921. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the National Transportation Safety Board shall 
implement a drug testing program applicable to Board em-
ployees, including employees in safety or security sensitive 
positions, in accordance with Executive Order 12564 (51 
Fed. Reg. 32889). 
SEC. 922. ACCESSIBILITY IN WORKPLACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the National Transportation 
Safety Board shall conduct an assessment of the head-
quarters and regional offices of the Board to determine bar-
riers to accessibility to facilities. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the assessment under 
subsection (a), the Board shall consider— 
(1) compliance with— 
(A) the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4151 et seq.) and the corresponding 
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accessibility guidelines established under part 
1191 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations; 
and 
(B) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 
(2) the best accessibility practices that exceed the 
requirements and recommendations of the Acts and 
guidelines described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 923. MOST WANTED LIST. 
(a) TERMINATION OF PUBLICATION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair-
man of the National Transportation Safety Board shall ter-
minate publication of the Most Wanted List and any activi-
ties associated with production of any future Most Wanted 
List. 
(b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prohibit the Board from— 
(1) conducting advocacy activities unrelated to 
the Most Wanted List that the Board had the author-
ity to conduct prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) maintaining materials related to previously 
issued Most Wanted Lists. 
(c) MOST WANTED LIST DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Most Wanted List’’ has the meaning given such 
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term in section 1102 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
2018 (49 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
SEC. 924. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL TRANSPOR-
TATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘expenditures 
of the National Transportation Safety’’ and inserting ‘‘ex-
penditures of the’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE.—The anal-
ysis for chapter 11 of title 49, United States Code, is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking the items relating to sections 117 
and 1117; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 
1116 the following: 
‘‘1117. Methodology.’’. 
(c) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.—The analysis 
for subtitle II of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to chapter 11 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘13. Surface Transportation Board.’’. 
TITLE X—FREEDOM TO FLY ACT 
OF 2023 
SECTION 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to Fly Act 
of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 1002. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VAC-
CINATION MANDATE. 
The Administrator may not implement or enforce any 
requirement that employees of air carriers be vaccinated 
against COVID–19. 
SEC. 1003. PROHIBITION ON VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS 
FOR FAA CONTRACTORS. 
The Administrator may not require any contractor to 
mandate that employees of such contractor obtain a 
COVID–19 vaccine or enforce any condition regarding 
COVID–19 vaccination status of employees of a contractor. 
SEC. 1004. PROHIBITION ON VACCINE MANDATE FOR FAA 
EMPLOYEES. 
The Administrator may not implement or enforce any 
requirement that employees of the Administration be vac-
cinated against COVID–19. 
SEC. 1005. PROHIBITION ON VACCINE MANDATE FOR PAS-
SENGERS OF AIR CARRIERS. 
The Administrator may not implement or enforce any 
requirement that passengers of air carriers be vaccinated 
against COVID–19. 
SEC. 1006. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A MASK 
MANDATE. 
The Administrator may not implement or enforce any 
requirement that employee of air carriers wear a mask. 
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