ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCES FOR FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS.

SEC. 755. ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCES FOR FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS. (a) Study.—The Administrator shall conduct a study on the need for an alternative power source for on-board flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders. (b) Report.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study. (c) Coordination With NTSB.—before submitting the report, the Administrator determines, after consultation with the National Transportation Safety Board, that the Board is preparing 114 STAT. 183 recommendations with respect to the matter to be studied under this section and will issue the recommendations within a reasonable period of time, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report containing the Administrator’s comments on the Board’s recommendations rather than conducting a separate study under this section.