[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3975 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3975

    To require the National Transportation Safety Board to include 
 affordable alternative recommendations and corrective actions in its 
                                reports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2009

 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, and Mr. Connolly of Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the National Transportation Safety Board to include 
 affordable alternative recommendations and corrective actions in its 
                                reports.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AFFORDABLE INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Section 1116 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Affordable Interim Recommendations.--In the reports submitted 
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), if the Board recommends 
replacement of major equipment or operating systems that require 
significant funding or time, the Board shall also include, if 
available, safe interim recommendations and corrective actions that a 
State or local governmental authority is able to afford and implement 
in a timely manner.''.
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