Assistance to passengers involved in rail passenger accidents and families of such passengers

As soon as practicable after being notified of a rail passenger accident within the United States involving a rail passenger carrier and resulting in any loss of life, and for which the National Transportation Safety Board will serve as the lead investigative agency, the Chairman of the Board shall— The Board shall have primary Federal responsibility for— communicating with the families of passengers involved in the accident as to the roles, with respect to the accident and the post-accident activities, of— The organization designated for an accident under subsection (a)(2) shall have the following responsibilities with respect to passengers involved in the accident and the families of such passengers: The director of family support services may not release to any person information on a list obtained under subparagraph (A), except that the director may, to the extent the director considers appropriate, provide information on the list about a passenger to— In the course of its investigation of an accident described in subsection (a), the Board shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the families of passengers involved in the accident— In this section: The term “rail passenger accident” means any rail passenger disaster that— occurs in the provision of— The term “rail passenger carrier” means a rail carrier providing— The term “passenger” includes—