TARAM analyses

(a) Assessment (1) In general The Administrator shall conduct a Transport Airplane Risk Assessment Methodology (in this section referred to as TARAM) analysis with respect to any transport airplane accidents in the United States that result in a fatality, regardless of whether an aircraft design or a manufacturing issue is believed to have contributed to the accident. (2) Report Not later than 30 days after conducting a TARAM analysis in accordance with paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the results of the analysis, together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Administrator determines appropriate. (3) Employee designation Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall designate multiple employees of the FAA as experts for the TARAM analysis process who shall be responsible for the advocacy, maintenance, and training of TARAM guidance and processes, including updating FAA Policy Statement PS–ANM–25–05, Risk Assessment Methodology for Transport Category Airplanes (dated November 4, 2011) to reflect, among other things, current National Transportation Safety Board accident rates. (b) Required updates Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall revise FAA Policy Statement PS–ANM–25–05, Risk Assessment Methodology for Transport Category Airplanes (dated November 4, 2011) and any successor policy statement in accordance with the requirements of this section. (c) Conforming amendment Section 130(c) of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 2349) is amended to read as follows: (c) Required notice The Administrator shall provide notice to the congressional committees of jurisdiction on the findings and recommendations of a TARAM conducted following a transport airplane accident in which a loss of life occurred..