PUBLIC LAW 106-424—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1885 (b) SURFACE VEHICLE RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1114 is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: "(d) SURFACE VEHICLE RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS.— "(1) CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDINGS. — ^The Board may not disclose publicly any part of a surface vehicle voice or video recorder recording or transcript of oral communications by or among drivers, train employees, or other operating employees responsible for the movement and direction of the vehicle or vessel, or between such operating employees and company communication centers, related to an accident investigated by the Board. However, the Board shsill make public any part of a transcript or any written depiction of visual information that the Board decides is relevant to the accident— "(A) if the Board holds a public hearing on the accident, at the time of the hearing; or "(B) if the Board does not hold a public hearing, at the time a majority of the other factual reports on the accident are placed in the public docket. " (2) REFERENCES TO INFORMATION IN MAKING SAFETY REC- OMMENDATIONS.— ^This subsection does not prevent the Board from referring at any time to voice or video recorder information in making safety recommendations.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —^The first sentence of section 1114(a) is amended by striking "and (e)" and inserting "(d), and (f)". (c) DISCOVERY AND USE OF COCKPIT AND SURFACE VEHICLE RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1154 is amended— (A) by striking the section heading and inserting the following: "§ 1154. Discovery and use of cockpit and surface vehicle recordings and transcripts"; (B) by striking "cockpit voice recorder" each place it appears in subsection (a) and inserting "cockpit or surface vehicle recorder"; (C) by striking "section 1114(c)" each place it appears in subsection (a) and inserting "section 1114(c) or 1114(d)"; and (D) by adding at the end the following: "(6) In this subsection: "(A) RECORDER. —^The term 'recorder' means a voice or video recorder. "(B) TRANSCRIPT.— The term 'transcript' includes any written depiction of visual information obtained from a video recorder.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— ^The chapter analysis for chapter 11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1154 and inserting the following: "1154. Discovery and use of cockpit and surface vehicle recordings and transcripts.". SEC. 6. PRIORITY OF INVESTIGATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1131(a)(2) is amended— (1) by striking "(2) An investigation" and inserting:
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