Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/1136
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49 U.S. Code § 1136 - Assistance to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 1136. Assistance to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents
49 U.S. Code § 1136. Assistance to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents
(a)In General.—As soon as practicable after being notified of an aircraft accident involving an air carrier or foreign air carrier, resulting in any loss of life, and for which the National Transportation Safety Board will serve as the lead investigative agency, the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board shall—
The term “aircraft accident” means any aviation disaster, regardless of its cause or suspected cause, for which the National Transportation Safety Board is the lead investigative agency.
an employee of an air carrier or foreign air carrier aboard an aircraft;
any other person aboard the aircraft without regard to whether the person paid for the transportation, occupied a seat, or held a reservation for the flight; and
any other person injured or killed in the aircraft accident, as determined appropriate by the Board.
(Added Pub. L. 104–264, title VII, § 702(a)(1), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3265; amended Pub. L. 106–181, title IV, § 401(a)(1), (b)–(d), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 129; Pub. L. 108–168, § 3(a), Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2033; Pub. L. 115–254, div. C, § 1109(c), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3434.)
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1109(c)(1), in introductory provisions, substituted “aircraft accident involving an air carrier or foreign air carrier, resulting in any loss of life, and for which the National Transportation Safety Board will serve as the lead investigative agency” for “aircraft accident within the United States involving an air carrier or foreign air carrier and resulting in a major loss of life”.
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1109(c)(2)(A), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘aircraft accident’ means any aviation disaster regardless of its cause or suspected cause.”
Subsec. (h)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1109(c)(2)(B), added subpar. (C).