Sec. 526. Flight data recovery from overwater operations
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The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall direct the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee in this section) to review regulations regarding flight data recovery for aircraft— operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and used in extended overwater operations. In carrying out the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee shall provide to the Administrator any consensus recommendations for the equipage of aircraft described in subsection
(a)with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder that— provide a means, in the event of an accident, to recover mandatory flight data parameters in a manner that does not require the underwater retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder; is equipped with a tamper-resistant method to broadcast sufficient information to a ground station to establish the location where an aircraft terminates flight as the result of an accident within 6 nautical miles of the point of impact of the aircraft; and is equipped with an airframe low-frequency underwater locating device that functions for at least 90 days and that can be detected by appropriate equipment. Not later than 18 months after tasking the aviation rulemaking advisory committee under subsection (a), the committee shall submit to the Administrator any consensus recommendations developed under subsection (b). Not later than 1 year after receiving any recommendations pursuant to subsection (c), the Administrator shall initiate a rulemaking activity based on such consensus recommendations, if determined appropriate. If the Administrator decides not to issue a final rule with respect to the rulemaking initiated under subsection (d), the Administrator shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the justification for such decision.