(d) To assist in carrying out duties and powers under part A of subtitle VII of this title, the Secretary of Transportation shall maintain separate cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the timely exchange of information on their programs, policies, and requirements directly related to carrying out that part. § 330. Research contracts (a) The Secretary of Transportation may make contracts with educational institutions, public and private agencies and organizations, and persons for scientific or technological research into a problem related to programs carried out by the Secretary. Before making a contract, the Secretary must require the institution, agency, organization, or person to show that it is able to carry out the contract. (b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall (1) give advice and assistance the Secretary believes will best carry out the duties and powers of the Secretary; (2) participate in coordinating all research started under this section; (3) indicate the lines of inquiry most important to the Secretary; and (4) encourage and assist in establishing and maintaining cooperation by and between contractors and between them and other research organizations, the Department of Transportation, and other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government. (c) The Secretary may distribute publications containing information the Secretary considers relevant to research carried out under this section. § 331. Service, supplies, and facilities at remote places (a) When necessary and not otherwise available, the Secretary of Transportation may provide for, construct, or maintain the following for officers and employees of the Department of Transportation and their dependents stationed in remote places: (1) emergency medical services and supplies. (2) food and other subsistence supplies. (3) messing facilities. (4) motion picture equipment and film for recreation and training. (5) living and working quarters and facilities. (6) reimbursement for food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies provided by an officer or employee in an emergency for the temporary relief of individuals in distress. (b) The Secretary shall prescribe reasonable charges for medical treatment provided under subsection (a)(1) of this section and for supplies and services provided under subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section. Amounts received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure was made. (c) When appropriations for a fiscal year for aviation duties and powers have not been made before June 1 immediately before the beginning of the fiscal year, the Secretary may designate an officer, and authorize that officer, to incur obligations to buy and transport supplies to carry out those duties and powers at installations outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia. The amount obligated under this subsection in a fiscal year may be not more than 75 percent of the amount available for buying and transporting supplies to those installations for the then current fiscal year. Payment of obligations under this subsection shall be made from appropriations for the next fiscal year when available. 1111. General organization. 1112. Special boards of inquiry on air transportation safety. 1113. Administrative. 1114. Disclosure, availability, and use of information. 1115. Training. 1116. Reports and studies. 1117. Annual report. 1118. Authorization of appropriations. 1119. Accident and safety data classification and publication. 1131. General authority, SUBCHAPTER III-AUTHORITY 1132. Civil aircraft accident investigations. 1133. Review of other agency action. 1134. Inspections and autopsies. 1135. Secretary of Transportation's responses to safety recommendations. 1136. Assistance to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents. 1137. Authority of the Inspector General. SUBCHAPTER IV-ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES 1151. Aviation enforcement. 1152. Joinder and intervention in aviation proceedings. 1153. Judicial review. 1154. Discovery and use of cockpit and surface vehicle recordings and transcripts. 1155. Aviation penalties. SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL § 1101. Definitions Section 2101(17a) of title 46 and section 40102(a) of this title apply to this chapter. In this chapter, the term "accident" includes damage to or destruction of vehicles in surface or air transportation or pipelines, regardless of whether the initiating event is accidental or otherwise. SUBCHAPTER II-ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE § 1111. General organization (a) ORGANIZATION.-The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent establishment of the United States Government. |