factors, and documentation to act in accordance with 
the best investigation practices of Federal and non- 
Federal entities. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING.—The Board and 
the Secretary shall jointly prescribe regulations governing 
the notification and reporting of marine casualties to the 
Board. 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION OF COMMANDANT IN MARINE IN-
VESTIGATIONS.—The Board shall provide for the participa-
tion of the Commandant of the Coast Guard in an inves-
tigation by the Board of a major marine casualty under 
section 1131(a)(1)(E) if such participation is necessary to 
carry out the duties and powers of the Commandant, except 
that the Commandant may not participate in establishing 
the probable cause of the marine casualty (other than as 
provided in section 1131(b)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 11 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1132 the following: 
‘‘ 1132a. Maritime casualty investigations.’’. 
SEC. 12. INSPECTIONS AND AUTOPSIES. 
Section 1134(a) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘officer or employee’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘officer, employee, or Federal designee’’; and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘in the conduct of any accident 
investigation or study’’ after ‘‘National Transpor-
tation Safety Board’’. 
SEC. 13. DISCOVERY AND USE OF COCKPIT AND SURFACE 
VEHICLE RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS. 
Section 1154(a)(1)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’. 
SEC. 14. FAMILY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) FAMILY ASSISTANCE IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION 
ACCIDENTS.—Section 41113(b)(7) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and that at 
least 60 days before the planned destruction of any un-
claimed possession of a passenger a reasonable attempt will 
be made to notify the family of the passenger’’. 
(b) FAMILY ASSISTANCE IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION 
ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING
FOREIGN
CARRIERS.—Section 
41313(c)(7) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and that at least 60 days before 
the planned destruction of any unclaimed possession of a 
passenger a reasonable attempt will be made to notify the 
family of the passenger’’. 
SEC. 15. COAST GUARD NOTIFICATION. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the National Transportation Safety Board and 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
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is operating shall issue regulations to provide the Board 
prompt notification through the Coast Guard of all marine 
casualties of potential investigative interest to the Board. 
SEC. 16. USE OF BOARD NAME, LOGO, INITIALS, AND SEAL. 
Section 709 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of the paragraph 
immediately preceding the paragraph that begins 
‘‘Shall be punished as follows:’’; and 
(2) by inserting the following before the para-
graph that begins ‘‘Shall be punished as follows:’’: 
‘‘Whoever, except with the written permission of the 
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
knowingly uses the words ‘National Transportation Safety 
Board’, the logo of the Board, the initials ‘NTSB’, or the 
official seal of the Board, or any colorable imitation of such 
words, logo, initials, or seal, in connection with any adver-
tisement, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, or 
any play, motion picture, broadcast, telecast, or other pro-
duction, in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the 
impression that such advertisement, circular, book, pam-
phlet, or other publication, or such play, motion picture, 
broadcast, telecast, or other production, is approved, en-
dorsed, or authorized by the National Transportation Safe-
ty Board;’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 356 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4714 
[Report No. 111–613] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to author-
ize appropriations for the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board for fiscal years 2011 
through 2014, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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