[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5, Parts 400 to 999]
[Revised as of October 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR835.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 835--TESTIMONY OF BOARD EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 835.1  Purpose.

    This part prescribes the policies and procedures regarding the 
testimony of employees of the National Transportation Safety Board 
(Board) in suits or actions for damages and criminal proceedings arising 
out of transportation accidents. The purpose of this part is to ensure 
that the time of Board employees is used only for official purposes, to 
avoid embroiling the Board in controversial issues that are not related 
to its duties, to avoid spending public funds for non-Board purposes, to 
preserve the impartiality of the Board, and to prohibit the discovery of 
opinion testimony.