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H.R. 4714 (111th)

National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010

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Introduced

2 March 2010

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Summary

National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Revises specified administrative requirements for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Revises the term "accident" to expand the authority of the NTSB to investigate: (1) accidents which result in the death of or serious injury to a person, regardless of whether they are accidental or not; and (2) at its discretion, incidents that affect transportation safety, but do not involve the destruction or damage of a vehicle, aircraft, or pipeline. Grants the NTSB authority to negotiate, enter into, and perform contracts, leases, or other transactions with individuals, private entities, departments, agencies, federal, state, or local governments, and governments of foreign countries to carry out NTSB functions, and require them to compensate the NTSB for the costs of facilities, goods, services, or training it provides. Requires the NTSB to establish by regulation criteria to determine whether or not it will hold a public hearing for each accident investigation and safety study it undertakes. Prohibits the NTSB from disclosing to the public a vessel's voice or video recordings or transcripts of oral communications between vessel crewmembers (including communications with the company centers) related to an accident under investigation. Allows public disclosure, in certain circumstances, of parts of a transcript or any written depiction of visual information relevant to an accident. Prohibits a party representative to a NTSB investigation from disclosing investigative information to any person who is not an NTSB employee or a party representative to the investigation. Prescribes a civil penalty for violation of such prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the use of party representatives in NTSB accident investigations. Authorizes accident investigation training of NTSB employees in theory and techniques and on transportation safety methods to advance NTSB safety recommendations. Reauthorizes appropriations to the NTSB for FY2011-FY2014. Revises the authority of the NTSB to investigate transportation accidents to include: (1) accidents in response to an international request and delegation under appropriate international conventions, coordinated through the Department of State and accepted by the NTSB; and (2) accidents involving a commercial space launch vehicle. Authorizes the NTSB, with the consent of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to delegate its authority to investigate major marine casualty accidents to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Prohibits the delegation of such authority unless Coast Guard investigators have met certain training and qualifications requirements. Revises requirements for air carrier and foreign air carrier plans for addressing the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents that incur major loss of life. Requires air carriers to make a reasonable attempt to notify the family of a passenger at least 60 days prior to the planned destruction of any unclaimed property of the passenger. Requires the NTSB and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue regulations that provide the NTSB prompt notification through the Coast Guard of all marine accidents of potential investigative interest to the NTSB.

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