ENSURING ACCESS TO DATA.

SEC. 1213. ENSURING ACCESS TO DATA. Section 1134 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(g) Recorders and Data.—In investigating an accident under this chapter, the Board may require from a transportation operator or equipment manufacturer or the vendors, suppliers, subsidiaries, or parent companies of such manufacturer, or operator of a product or service which is subject to an investigation by the Board— “(1) any recorder or recorded information pertinent to the accident; “(2) without undue delay, information the Board determines necessary to enable the Board to read and interpret any recording device or recorded information pertinent to the accident; and “(3) design specifications or data related to the operation and performance of the equipment the Board determines necessary to enable the Board to perform independent physics-based simulations and analyses of the accident situation.” .