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49 U.S.C. § 1135 — Secretary of Transportation’s responses to safety recommendations

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49 U.S.C. § 1135 — Secretary of Transportation’s responses to safety recommendations

**(a) General.—** When the National Transportation Safety Board submits a recommendation about transportation safety to the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary shall give to the Board a formal written response to each recommendation not later than 90 days after receiving the recommendation. The response shall indicate whether the Secretary intends— (1) to carry out procedures to adopt the complete recommendation; (2) to carry out procedures to adopt a part of the recommendation; or (3) to refuse to carry out procedures to adopt the recommendation. **(b) Timetable for Completing Procedures and Reasons for Refusals.—** A response under subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section shall include a copy of a proposed timetable for completing the procedures. A response under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall detail the reasons for the refusal to carry out procedures on the remainder of the recommendation. A response under subsection (a)(3) of this section shall detail the reasons for the refusal to carry out procedures. **(c) Public Availability.—** The Board shall make a copy of each recommendation and response available to the public— (1) in electronic form at no cost in a publicly accessible database on a website of the Board; and (2) if the electronic form required in paragraph (1) is not printable, in printed form upon a reasonable request at a reasonable cost. **(d) Annual Report on Air Carrier Safety Recommendations.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Board, on an annual basis, a report on the recommendations made by the Board to the Secretary regarding air carrier operations conducted under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. (2) **Recommendations to be covered.—** — The report shall cover— (A)

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**(a) General.—** When the National Transportation Safety Board submits a recommendation about transportation safety to the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary shall give to the Board a formal written response to each recommendation not later than 90 days after receiving the recommendation. The response shall indicate whether the Secretary intends— (1) to carry out procedures to adopt the complete recommendation; (2) to carry out procedures to adopt a part of the recommendation; or (3) to refuse to carry out procedures to adopt the recommendation. **(b) Timetable for Completing Procedures and Reasons for Refusals.—** A response under subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section shall include a copy of a proposed timetable for completing the procedures. A response under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall detail the reasons for the refusal to carry out procedures on the remainder of the recommendation. A response under subsection (a)(3) of this section shall detail the reasons for the refusal to carry out procedures. **(c) Public Availability.—** The Board shall make a copy of each recommendation and response available to the public— (1) in electronic form at no cost in a publicly accessible database on a website of the Board; and (2) if the electronic form required in paragraph (1) is not printable, in printed form upon a reasonable request at a reasonable cost. **(d) Annual Report on Air Carrier Safety Recommendations.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Board, on an annual basis, a report on the recommendations made by the Board to the Secretary regarding air carrier operations conducted under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. (2) **Recommendations to be covered.—** — The report shall cover— (A) any recommendation for which the Secretary has developed, or intends to develop, procedures to adopt the recommendation or part of the recommendation, but has yet to complete the procedures; and (B) any recommendation for which the Secretary, in the preceding year, has issued a response under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) refusing to carry out all or part of the procedures to adopt the recommendation. (3) **Contents.—** (A) *Plans to adopt recommendations.—* — For each recommendation of the Board described in paragraph (2)(A), the report shall contain— (i) a description of the recommendation; (ii) a description of the procedures planned for adopting the recommendation or part of the recommendation; (iii) the proposed date for completing the procedures; and (iv) if the Secretary has not met a deadline contained in a proposed timeline developed in connection with the recommendation under subsection (b), an explanation for not meeting the deadline. (B) *Refusals to adopt recommendations.—* — For each recommendation of the Board described in paragraph (2)(B), the report shall contain— (i) a description of the recommendation; and (ii) a description of the reasons for the refusal to carry out all or part of the procedures to adopt the recommendation.

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49 U.S.C. § 101 — Purpose

**(a)** The national objectives of general welfare, economic growth and stability, and security of the United States require the development of transportation policies and programs that contribute to providing fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation at the lowest cost consistent with those and other national objectives, including the efficient use and conservation of the resources of the United States. **(b)** A Department of Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to— (1) ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government; (2) make easier the development and improvement of coordinated transportation service to be provided by private enterprise to the greatest extent feasible; (3) encourage cooperation of Federal, State, and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested persons to achieve transportation objectives; (4) stimulate technological advances in transportation, through research and development or otherwise; (5) provide general leadership in identifying and solving transportation problems; and (6) develop and recommend to the President and Congress transportation policies and programs to achieve transportation objectives considering the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and national defense.

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49 U.S.C. § 44701 — General requirements

**(a) Promoting Safety.—** The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall promote safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing— (1) minimum standards required in the interest of safety for appliances and for the design, material, construction, quality of work, cybersecurity, and performance of aircraft, aircraft engines, and propellers; (2) regulations and minimum standards in the interest of safety for— (A) inspecting, servicing, and overhauling aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances; (B) equipment and facilities for, and the timing and manner of, the inspecting, servicing, and overhauling; and (C) a qualified private person, instead of an officer or employee of the Administration, to examine and report on the inspecting, servicing, and overhauling; (3) regulations required in the interest of safety for the reserve supply of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, and aircraft fuel and oil, including the reserve supply of fuel and oil carried in flight; (4) regulations in the interest of safety for the maximum hours or periods of service of airmen and other employees of air carriers; and (5) regulations and minimum standards for cybersecurity and other practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce and national security. **(b) Prescribing Minimum Safety Standards.—** The Administrator may prescribe minimum safety standards for— (1) an air carrier to whom a certificate is issued under [section 44705 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44705&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) operating an airport serving any passenger operation of air carrier aircraft designed for at least 31 passenger seats. **(

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49 U.S.C. § 1135 — Secretary of Transportation’s responses to

Page 170 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 1135 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES—CONTINUED Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence). Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(d) (1st sentence), 80 Stat. 938. 49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A). Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, § 304(a)(1)(A), (b)(5), 88 Stat. 2168, 2170. 1134(c) ........ 49 App.:1903(b)(2) (1st sentence words after 3d comma, 2d sen- tence). 1134(d) ........ 49 App.:1903(b)(2) (5th, last sen- tences). 1134(e) ........ 49 App.:1903(b)(2) (4th sentence). 1134(f) ........ 49 App.:1441(c) (last sentence). 49 App.:1655(d) (1st sentence). 49 App.:1903(a)(1)(A), (b)(5). In subsection (a), before clause (1), the word ‘‘officer’’ is added for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (b)(1), the words ‘‘investigating an air- craft accident’’ are substituted for ‘‘carrying out its duties’’ in 49 App.:1441(c) for clarity. The words ‘‘in- spect and test’’ are substituted for ‘‘examine and test’’ for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In subsection (c), before clause (1), the words ‘‘In car- rying out subsection (a)(1) of this section, an officer or employee’’ are added because of the restatement. The words ‘‘or any part of any such item’’ are omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘when such examination or testing is determined to be required for purposes of such inves- tigation’’ are omitted as unnecessary because of the words ‘‘do anything necessary to conduct an investiga- tion’’ in subsection (a)(1) of this section. In clause (1), the word ‘‘obstruct’’ is omitted as being included in ‘‘interfere’’. In subsection (d), the word ‘‘individuals’’ is sub- stituted for ‘‘persons’’ the 2d time that word is used for c

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