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 114 STAT. 1886 PUBLIC LAW 106-424—NOV. 1, 2000 Deadline. 49 USC 1131 note. Deadline. 49 USC 1131 note. Reports. 49 USC 1113 note. "(2)(A) Subject to the requirements of this paragraph, an investigation"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(B) If the Attorney General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Board, determines and notifies the Board that circumstances reasonably indicate that the accident may have been caused by an intentional criminal act, the Board shall relinquish investigative priority to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The relinquishment of investigative priority by the Board shall not otherwise affect the authority of the Board to continue its investigation under this section. "(C) If a Federal law enforcement agency suspects and notifies the Board that an accident being investigated by the Board under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (1) may have been caused by an intentional criminal act, the Board, in consultation with the law enforcement agency, shall take necessary actions to ensure that evidence of the criminal act is preserved.", (b) REVISION OF 1977 AGREEMENT. —Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall revise their 1977 agreement on the investigation of accidents to take into account the amendments made by this Act. SEC. 7. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATION CLARIFICATION. Section 1131(d) is amended by striking "1134(b)(2)" and inserting "1134 (a), (b), (d), and (f)". SEC. 8. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Transportation Safety Board and the United States Coast Guard shall revise their Memorandum of Understanding governing major marine accidents— (1) to redefine or clarify the standards used to determine when the National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation; and (2) to develop new standards to determine when a major marine accident involves significant safety issues relating to Coast Guard safety functions. SEC. 9. TRAVEL BUDGETS. 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. SEC. 10. CfflEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. Section 1111 is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:

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