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read and interpret any recording device or recorded 
information pertinent to the accident; and 
‘‘(3) require a manufacturer or the vendors, 
suppliers, or affiliates of such manufacturer, to pro-
vide to the Board, without delay, data and other in-
tellectual property the Board determines necessary 
to enable the Board to perform independent physics- 
based simulations and analyses of the accident situa-
tion.’’. 
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 acci-
dents’’ and inserting ‘‘to passengers involved 
in aircraft accidents and families of such 
passengers’’; 
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(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-
logical, and spiritual care and support 
services’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the families of pas-
sengers involved in the accident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘passengers involved in the acci-
dent 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 
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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 
accident and the families of such pas-
sengers who have traveled to the location 
of the accident’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ be-
fore ‘‘affected families’’; and 
(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 
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the best available 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 
subparagraph (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 where-
abouts or welfare of a passenger. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY DES-
IGNATED ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DESIGNATED ORGANI-
ZATION.—The organization designated for an 
accident under subsection (a)(2) may request 
from the air carrier or foreign air carrier in-
volved in the accident a passenger list. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
INFORMATION.—The des-
ignated organization may not release to any 
person 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 ex-
tent the organization considers appropriate.’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)(1) by striking ‘‘the fami-
lies of passengers involved in the accident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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’’; 
(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 infor-
mation at the time of a request, of the name of each 
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passenger aboard the aircraft involved in the acci-
dent.’’; 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 chap-
ter 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— 
(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 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the families of passengers 
involved in the accident’’ and inserting ‘‘pas-
sengers involved in the accident and the fami-
lies 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 
‘‘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 
accident and the families of such pas-
sengers who have traveled to the location 
of the accident’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘passengers and’’ be-
fore ‘‘affected families’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘pas-
sengers and’’ before ‘‘families’’; 
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(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 acci-
dent a passenger list, which is based on the best 
available 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 
subparagraph (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 where-
abouts or welfare of a passenger. 
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‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS BY DES-
IGNATED ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DESIGNATED ORGANI-
ZATION.—The organization designated for an 
accident under subsection (a)(2) may request 
from the rail passenger carrier involved in the 
accident a passenger list. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
INFORMATION.—The des-
ignated organization may not release to any 
person information on a passenger list but may 
provide information on the list about a pas-
senger to the family of the passenger to the ex-
tent the organization considers appropriate.’’; 
(6) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘the fami-
lies of passengers involved in the accident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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-
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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 infor-
mation at the time of the request, of the name of 
each passenger aboard the rail passenger carrier’s 
train involved in the accident. A rail passenger car-
rier shall use reasonable efforts, with respect to its 
unreserved trains, and passengers not holding res-
ervations on its other trains, to ascertain the names 
of passengers aboard a train involved in an acci-
dent.’’. 
(d) PLANS TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF FAMILIES OF 
PASSENGERS
INVOLVED
IN
RAIL
PASSENGER
ACCI-
DENTS.—Section 24316(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a major’’ and inserting 
‘‘any’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 11 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended 
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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 
amended— 
(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 in-
serting ‘‘section 1136(g), or 1139(g)’’. 
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 Transpor-
tation Safety Board shall make all records included in the 
public docket of an accident or incident investigation con-
ducted by the Board (or the public docket of a study, re-
port, 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 
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the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 1119 
note) or such other publicly available database as the 
Board determines 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 
briefing on the implementation of this section until re-
quirements of subsection (a) are fulfilled. Such briefings 
shall include— 
(1) the number of public dockets that have been 
made electronically available pursuant to this sec-
tion; and 
(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 employees, including employees in safety or security 
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