Title 49 — Transportation
Chapter 11 — National Transportation Safety Board
§ 1112. Special boards of inquiry on air transportation safety
Statutory text
Establishment.—
If an accident involves a substantial question about public safety in air transportation, the National Transportation Safety Board may establish a special board of inquiry composed of—
one member of the Board acting as chairman; and
2 members representing the public, appointed by the President on notification of the establishment of the special board of inquiry.
Qualifications and Conflicts of Interest.—
The public members of a special board of inquiry must be qualified by training and experience to participate in the inquiry and may not have a pecuniary interest in an aviation enterprise involved in the accident to be investigated.
Authority.—
A special board of inquiry has the same authority that the Board has under this chapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(d) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 1112
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 747.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 747.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1112 | 49 App.:1443. | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 703, 72 Stat. 782. |
| 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), 88 Stat. 2168. | |
In subsection (c), the words “when convened to investigate an accident certified to it by the National Transportation Safety Board” are omitted as surplus.