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[USC07] 49 USC 1113: Administrative
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49 USC 1113: Administrative Text contains those laws in effect on June 17, 2019
From Title 49-TRANSPORTATIONSUBTITLE II-OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIESCHAPTER 11-NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDSUBCHAPTER II-ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE
(a) General Authority.-(1) The National Transportation Safety Board, and when authorized by it, a member of the Board, an administrative law judge employed by or assigned to the Board, or an officer or employee designated by the Chairman of the Board, may conduct hearings to carry out this chapter, administer oaths, and require, by subpoena or otherwise, necessary witnesses and evidence.
(b) Additional Powers.-(1) The Board may-
(c) Submission of Certain Copies to Congress.-When the Board submits to the President or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a budget estimate, budget request, supplemental budget estimate, other budget information, a legislative recommendation, prepared testimony for congressional hearings, or comments on legislation, the Board must submit a copy to Congress at the same time. An officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government may not require the Board to submit the estimate, request, information, recommendation, testimony, or comments to another officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for approval, comment, or review before being submitted to Congress. The Board shall develop and approve a process for the Board's review and comment or approval of documents submitted to the President, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or Congress under this subsection.
(d) Liaison Committees.-The Chairman may determine the number of committees that are appropriate to maintain effective liaison with other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, State and local governmental authorities, and independent standard-setting authorities that carry out programs and activities related to transportation safety. The Board may designate representatives to serve on or assist those committees.
(e) Inquiries.-The Board, or an officer or employee of the Board designated by the Chairman, may conduct an inquiry to obtain information related to transportation safety after publishing notice of the inquiry in the Federal Register. The Board or designated officer or employee may require by order a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government, a State or local governmental authority, or a person transporting individuals or property in commerce to submit to the Board a written report and answers to requests and questions related to a duty or power of the Board. The Board may prescribe the time within which the report and answers must be given to the Board or to the designated officer or employee. Copies of the report and answers shall be made available for public inspection.
(f) Regulations.-The Board may prescribe regulations to carry out this chapter.
(g) Overtime Pay.-
(1) In general.-Subject to the requirements of this section and notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5542(a) of title 5, for an employee of the Board whose basic pay is at a rate which equals or exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for GS–10 of the General Schedule, the Board may establish an overtime hourly rate of pay for the employee with respect to work performed at the scene of an accident (including travel to or from the scene) and other work that is critical to an accident investigation in an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay of the employee. All of such amount shall be considered to be premium pay.
(2) Limitation on overtime pay to an employee.-An employee of the Board may not receive overtime pay under paragraph (1), for work performed in a calendar year, in an amount that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay of the employee for such calendar year.
(3) Limitation on total amount of overtime pay.-The Board may not make overtime payments under paragraph (1) for work performed in any fiscal year in a total amount that exceeds 1.5 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this chapter for that fiscal year.
(4) Basic pay defined.-In this subsection, the term "basic pay" includes any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5 (or similar provision of law) and any special rate of pay under section 5305 of title 5 (or similar provision of law).
(5) Annual report.-Not later than January 31, 2002, and annually thereafter, the Board shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee a report identifying the total amount of overtime payments made under this subsection in the preceding fiscal year, and the number of employees whose overtime pay under this subsection was limited in that fiscal year as a result of the 15 percent limit established by paragraph (2).
( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 747 ; Pub. L. 106–424, §§3(a), (b)(1), 4, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1883 , 1884; Pub. L. 109–443, §9(e)–(g), Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3301 ; Pub. L. 111–350, §5(o)(2), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3853 ; Pub. L. 115–254, div. C, §1112(c)–(e), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3437 , 3438.)
1113(a) 49 App.:1903(b)(1), (3). Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, §304(a)(1)(A), (b)(1), (3), (4), (7)–(9), 88 Stat. 2168 , 2169, 2170; July 19, 1988, Pub. L. 100–372, §4, 102 Stat. 876 .
1113(b)(1)(A) 49 App.:1441(b) (words before semicolon). Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, §701(b), 72 Stat. 781 .
49 App.:1903(b)(6)(A). Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, §304(b)(6), 88 Stat. 2170 ; July 19, 1988, Pub. L. 100–372, §5, 102 Stat. 877 .
1113(f) 49 App.:1903(b)(12). Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, §304(b)(12), 88 Stat. 2171 ; July 19, 1988, Pub. L. 100–372, §4, 102 Stat. 876 ; Nov. 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101–641, §6, 104 Stat. 4656 .
2018-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–254, §1112(e), substituted "subpoena" for "subpena".
2011-Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 111–350 substituted "section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41" for "section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)".
2006-Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109–443, §9(e), substituted "subpoena" for "subpena".
2000-Subsec. (b)(1)(I). Pub. L. 106–424, §3(a), amended subpar. (I) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (I) read as follows: "require that the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, State and local governments, and governments of foreign countries provide appropriate consideration for the reasonable costs of goods and services supplied by the Board."
Pub. L. 108–168, §4, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2033 , as amended by Pub. L. 109–443, §3, Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3298 , provided that:
"(a) In General.-The National Transportation Safety Board may enter into agreements or contracts under the authority of section 1113(b)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, for investigations conducted under section 1131 of that title without regard to any other provision of law requiring competition if necessary to expedite the investigation.
"(b) Report on Usage.-On July 1 of each year, as part of the annual report required by section 1117 of title 49, United States Code, the National Transportation Safety Board shall transmit a report to the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform [now Committee on Oversight and Government Reform], the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs that-
Pub. L. 106–424, §9, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1886 , provided that: "The Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board shall establish annual fiscal year budgets for non-accident-related travel expenditures for Board members which shall be approved by the Board and submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and to the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure together with an annual report detailing the non-accident-related travel of each Board member. The report shall include separate accounting for foreign and domestic travel, including any personnel or other expenses associated with that travel."