Increase transparency if safety recommendations are not adopted.
Increase transparency when aviation safety recommendations are not adopted.
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Evidence
GovInfo identifies the measure as the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, Public Law 118-63, with short title including the National Transportation Safety Board Amendments Act of 2024.
Section 1209 requires an annual list of each NTSB recommendation to the Secretary of Transportation or Coast Guard Commandant that was closed in an unacceptable status, including explanations received and the Board's explanation why alternate means were inadequate.
Section 1214 amends 49 U.S.C. 1135(c) to require NTSB safety recommendations to be public in electronic form at no cost in a publicly accessible database on a Board website.
The House vote on H.R. 3935 passed 387-26; the Clerk lists Davids (KS), Democratic, Kansas, voting Yea.
Assessments
The promised transparency increase was enacted in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 during Davids' current federal House tenure. Sections 1209 and 1214 require public reporting/database access for NTSB safety recommendations, including recommendations closed as unacceptable or not adopted, which directly matches the claim. Davids voted for the bill that became law, providing candidate credit for materially advancing the enacted outcome in office.