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PUBLIC LAW 89-670-OCT. 15, 1966

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and other activities under this subsection, including any legislative recommendations which they determine to be desirable. The Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall study and report within one year after the effective date of this Act to the President and the Congress on the logical and efficient organization and location of urban mass transportation functions in the Executive Branch. N A T I O N A L TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established within the Department a National Transportation Safety Board (referred to hereafter in this" Act as "Board"). (b) There are hereby transferred to, and it shall be the duty of the duties. Board to exercise, the functions, powers, and duties transferred to the Secretary by sections 6 and 8 of this Act with regard to— (1) determining the cause or probable cause of transportation accidents and reporting the facts, conditions, and circumstances relating to such accidents; and (2) reviewing on appeal the suspension, amendment, modification, revocation, or denial of any certificate or license issued by the Secretary or by an Administrator, (c) The Board shall exercise the functions, powers, and duties relating to aircraft accident investigations transferred to the Secretary by section 6(d) of this Act. (d) The Board is further authorized to— (1) make such recommendations to the Secretary or Administrators on the basis of the exercise of its functions, powers, and duties which, in its opinion, will tend to prevent transportation accidents and promote transportation safety; (2) conduct special studies on matters pertaining to safety in transportation and the prevention of accidents; (3) insure that in cases in which it is required to determine cause or probable cause, reports of investigation adequately state the circumstances of the accident involved; (4) initiate on its own motion or conduct rail, highway, or pipeline accident investigations as the Board deems necessary or appropriate; (5) make recommendations to the Secretary or Administrators concerning rules, regulations, and procedures for the conduct of accident investigations; (6) request the Secretary or Administrators to initiate specific accident investigations or conduct further investigations as the Board determines to be necessary or appropriate; (7) arrange for the personal participation of members or other ersonnel of the Board in accident investigations conducted by the ecretary or Administrators in such cases as it deems appropriate; and (8) request from the Secretary or Administrators notification of transportation accidents and reports of such accidents as the Board deems necessary. (e) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Board shall make et<f ^^v'^iiabli-^' public all reports, orders, decisions, rules, and regulations issued pur- uy." ^""^^ ^ suant to sections 5(b)(1) and 5(b)(2), and the Board shall also make public— (1) every recommendation made to the Secretary or an Administrator; (2) every special study conducted; and (3) every action of the Board requesting the Secretary or an Administrator to take Eiction, pursuant to section 5(d)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), or (8).

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