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PUBLIC LAW 93-633-JAN. 3, 1975

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(A) aviation; (B) highway and motor vehicle; (C) railroad and tracked vehicle; and (D) pipeline. The Board shall, in addition, establish and maintain any other such office as is needed, including an office to investigate and report on the safe transportation of hazardous materials. (c) GENERAL.—(1) The General Services Administration shall furnish the Board with such offices, equipment, supplies, and services as it is authorized to furnish to any other agency or instrumentality of the United States. (2) The Board shall have a seal which shall be judicially recognized. (3) Subject to the civil service and classification laws, the Board is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, including investigators, attorneys, and administrative law judges, as shall be necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this title. GENERAL PROVISIONS

49 USC 1903.

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gj,^_ 304. (a) DUTIES OF BOARD.—The Board shall— (1) investigate or cause to be investigated (in such detail as it shall prescribe), and determine the facts, conditions, and circumstances and the cause or probable cause or causes of any— (A) aircraft accident which is within the scope of the functions, powers, and duties transferred from the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 6(d) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 4655(d)) pursuant to title VII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1441); (B) highway accident, including any railroad grade crossing accident, that it selects in cooperation with the States; (C) railroad accident in which there is a fatality, substantial property damage, or which involves a passenger train; (D) pipeline accident in which there is a fatality or substantial property damage; (E) major marine casualty, except one involving only public vessels, occurring on the navigable waters or territorial seas of the United States, or involving a vessel of the United States, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed jointly by the Board and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to eliminate or diminish any responsibility under any other Federal statute of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: Provided, That any marine accident involving a public vessel and any other vessel shall be investigated and the facts, conditions, and circumstances, and the cause or probable cause determined and made available to the public by either the Board or the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and (F) other accident which occurs in connection with the transportation of people or property^ which, in the judgment of the Board, is catastrophic, involves problems of a recurring character, or would otherwise carry out the policy of this title. The Board may request the Secretary of Transportation (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Secretary") to make investigations with regard to such accidents and to report to the

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