PUBLIC LAW 104-264—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3255 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE. —I t is the sense of the Senate that if evidence establishes beyond a clear and reasonable doubt that any act of hostility towards any United States citizen was an act of international terrorism sponsored, organized, condoned, or directed by any nation, a state of war should be considered to exist or to have existed between the United States and that nation, beginning as of the moment that the act of aggression occurs. TITLE IV—AVIATION SAFETY SEC. 401. ELIMINATION OF DUAL MANDATE. (a) SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN PUBLIC INTEREST. — (1) SAFETY AS HIGHEST PRIORITY. — Section 40101(d) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; and (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: "(1) assigning, maintaining, and enhancing safety and security as the highest priorities in air commerce.". (2) ELIMINATION OF PROMOTION.— Section 40101(d) is further amended— (A) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (I)(A) of this subsection, by striking "its development and"; and (B) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (i) by striking "promoting, encouraging," and inserting "encouraging"; and (ii) by inserting before the period at the end ", including new aviation technology. (b) FAA SAFETY MISSION. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 40104 is amended— (A) by inserting "safety of before "air commerce" in the section heading; (B) by inserting "SAFETY OF" before "AIR COMMERCE" in the heading of subsection (a); and (C) by inserting "safety of before "air commerce" in subsection (a). (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections for chapter 401 is amended by striking the item relating to section 40104 and inserting the following: "40104. Promotion of civil aeronautics and safety of air commerce.". SEC. 402. PROTECTION OF VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED INFORMATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 401, as amended by section 253 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
- § 40123. Protection of voluntarily submitted information
"(a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, nor any agency receiving information from the Administrator, shall disclose voluntarily-provided safety or security related information if the Administrator finds that— "(1) the disclosure of the information would inhibit the voluntary provision of that t3^e of information and that the
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