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[CITE: 49USC1132]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE II--OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
 
            CHAPTER 11--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 1132. Civil aircraft accident investigations

    (a) General Authority.--(1) The National Transportation Safety Board 
shall investigate--
        (A) each accident involving civil aircraft; and
        (B) with the participation of appropriate military authorities, 
    each accident involving both military and civil aircraft.

    (2) A person employed under section 1113(b)(1) of this title that is 
conducting an investigation or hearing about an aircraft accident has 
the same authority to conduct the investigation or hearing as the Board.
    (b) Notification and Reporting.--The Board shall prescribe 
regulations governing the notification and reporting of accidents 
involving civil aircraft.
    (c) Participation of Secretary.--The Board shall provide for the 
participation of the Secretary of Transportation in the investigation of 
an aircraft accident under this chapter when participation is necessary 
to carry out the duties and powers of the Secretary. However, the 
Secretary may not participate in establishing probable cause.
    (d) Accidents Involving Only Military Aircraft.--If an accident 
involves only military aircraft and a duty of the Secretary is or may be 
involved, the military authorities shall provide for the participation 
of the Secretary. In any other accident involving only military 
aircraft, the military authorities shall give the Board or Secretary 
information the military authorities decide would contribute to the 
promotion of air safety.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 753.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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1132(a)(1)............................  49 App.:1441(a)(2).              Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Secs.
                                                                          701(a
)(1), (2), (c) (1st sentence),
                                                                          (g), 
702, 72 Stat. 781, 782.
                                        49 App.:1442(a).
                                        49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence).  Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(d) 
(1st sentence), 80 Stat. 938.
                                        49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A).           Jan. 3
, 1975, Pub. L. 93-633, Sec.
                                                                          304(a
)(1)(A), 88 Stat. 2168.
1132(a)(2)............................  49 App.:1441(c) (1st sentence).
                                        49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence).
                                        49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A).
1132(b)...............................  49 App.:1441(a)(1).
                                        49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence).
                                        49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A).
1132(c)...............................  49 App.:1441(g).
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).              Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(c)(
1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec.  7(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2444.
                                        49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence).
                                        49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A).
1132(d)...............................  49 App.:1442(b), (c).
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1), (d) (1st
                                         sentence).
                                        49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A).
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    In subsection (a)(1)(A), the words ``and report the facts, 
conditions, and circumstances related to each accident and the probable 
cause thereof'' in 49 App.:1441(a)(2) are omitted as unnecessary because 
of section 1131(d) of the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(1)(B), the words ``provide for'' in 49 
App.:1442(a) are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``any member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board or any officer or employee of the National 
Transportation Safety Board'' in 49 App.:1441(c) are omitted as 
unnecessary because of sections 1113 and 1134 of the revised title.
    In subsections (c) and (d), the words ``Secretary of 
Transportation'' and ``Secretary'' are substituted for ``Administrator'' 
in sections 701(g) and 702(b) and (c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (Public Law 85-726, 72 Stat. 782) for consistency. Section 6(c)(1) 
of the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89-670, 80 Stat. 
938) transferred all duties and powers of the Federal Aviation Agency 
and the Administrator to the Secretary of Transportation. However, the 
Secretary was to carry out certain provisions through the Administrator. 
In addition, various laws enacted since then have vested duties and 
powers in the Administrator. All provisions of law the Secretary is 
required to carry out through the Administrator are included in 
49:106(g).
    In subsection (c), the words ``and his representatives'' in 49 
App.:1441(g) are omitted because of 49:322(b). The words ``when 
participation is necessary to carry out the duties and powers'' are 
substituted for ``In order to assure the proper discharge . . . of his 
duties and responsibilities'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words 
``or his representatives'' are omitted because of 49:322(b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 1131, 1151, 1152, 1155 
of this title.
