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[CITE: 49USC1119]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE II--OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
 
            CHAPTER 11--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 1119. Accident and safety data classification and 
        publication
        
    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the National Transportation Safety Board 
shall, in consultation and coordination with the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration, develop a system for classifying air 
carrier accident data maintained by the Board.
    (b) Requirements for Classification System.--
        (1) In general.--The system developed under this section shall 
    provide for the classification of accident and safety data in a 
    manner that, in comparison to the system in effect on the date of 
    the enactment of this section, provides for safety-related 
    categories that provide clearer descriptions of accidents associated 
    with air transportation, including a more refined classification of 
    accidents which involve fatalities, injuries, or substantial damage 
    and which are only related to the operation of an aircraft.
        (2) Public comment.--In developing a system of classification 
    under paragraph (1), the Board shall provide adequate opportunity 
    for public review and comment.
        (3) Final classification.--After providing for public review and 
    comment, and after consulting with the Administrator, the Board 
    shall issue final classifications. The Board shall ensure that air 
    travel accident covered under this section is classified in 
    accordance with the final classifications issued under this section 
    for data for calendar year 1997, and for each subsequent calendar 
    year.
        (4) Publication.--The Board shall publish on a periodic basis 
    accident and safety data in accordance with the final 
    classifications issued under paragraph (3).
        (5) Recommendations of the administrator.--The Administrator 
    may, from time to time, request the Board to consider revisions 
    (including additions to the classification system developed under 
    this section). The Board shall respond to any request made by the 
    Administrator under this section not later than 90 days after 
    receiving that request.

(Added Pub. L. 104-264, title IV, Sec. 407(a)(1), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3257.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. 
(a) and (b)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 104-264, which was 
approved Oct. 9, 1996.


                             Effective Date

    Except as otherwise specifically provided, section applicable only 
to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1996, and not to be construed 
as affecting funds made available for a fiscal year ending before Oct. 
1, 1996, see section 3 of Pub. L. 104-264, set out as an Effective Date 
of 1996 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.
