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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1462

To establish the Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 25, 2001

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To establish the Federal Emergency Transportation

Administration.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Emergency

5 Transportation Coordination Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY TRANS7 PORTATION ADMINISTRATION.

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) Chapter 1 of title 49,

9 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the

10 following new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 114. Federal Emergency Transportation Adminis2 tration

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Emergency Trans4 portation Administration shall be an administration of the

5 Department of Transportation.

6 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the Administra7 tion shall be the Administrator who shall be appointed by

8 the President, by and with the advice and consent of the

9 Senate. The Administrator shall report directly to the Sec10 retary of Transportation.

11 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the direction

12 and control of the Secretary of Transportation, the Ad13 ministration shall have the following responsibilities:

14 ‘‘(1) To coordinate domestic transportation dur15 ing a national emergency, including aviation, rail

16 and other surface transportation, and maritime

17 transportation (including port security).

18 ‘‘(2) To coordinate and oversee during a na19 tional emergency the transportation-related respon20 sibilities of other departments and agencies of the

21 Federal Government other than the Department of

22 Defense and the military departments.

23 ‘‘(3) To establish uniform national standards

24 and practices for transportation during a national

25 emergency.
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1 ‘‘(4) To coordinate and provide notice to other

2 departments and agencies of the Federal Govern3 ment, and appropriate agencies of State and local

4 governments, including departments and agencies

5 for transportation, law enforcement, and border con6 trol, about threats to transportation during a na7 tional emergency.

8 ‘‘(5) To carry out such other duties, and exer9 cise such other powers, relating to transportation

10 during a national emergency as the Secretary of

11 Transportation shall prescribe.

12 ‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER TRANSPORTATION

13 AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Administration under

14 subsection (c) to coordinate and oversee transportation

15 and transportation-related responsibilities during a na16 tional emergency shall not supersede the authority of any

17 other department or agency of the Federal Government

18 under law with respect to transportation or transpor19 tation-related matters, whether or not during a national

20 emergency.

21 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall

22 submit to Congress on an annual basis a report on the

23 activities of the Administration during the preceding year.

24 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The Secretary of

25 Transportation shall prescribe in regulations the cir-
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1 cumstances constituting a national emergency for pur2 poses of this section.’’.

3 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of that

4 chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating

5 to section 113 the following new item:

‘‘114. Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.’’.

6 (b) PAY OF ADMINISTRATOR.—Section 5314 of title

7 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

8 the following new item:

9 ‘‘Administrator of the Federal Emergency

10 Transportation Administration.’’.

11 (c) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Transpor12 tation shall prescribe the regulations for the Federal

13 Emergency Transportation Administration required by

14 section 114 of title 49, United States Code (as added by

15 subsection (a)), not later than 180 days after the date of

16 the enactment of this Act.

17 (2) In prescribing the regulations referred to in para18 graph (1), the Secretary shall consult with the heads of

19 other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern20 ment with responsibilities for matters covered by the Fed21 eral Emergency Transportation Administration.

22 (d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—(1) Not

23 later than one year after the effective date of the regula24 tions for Federal Emergency Transportation Administra25 tion required by section 114 of title 49, United States
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1 Code (as so added), the Comptroller General of the United

2 States shall conduct a comprehensive review of the estab3 lishment and operations of the Administration.

4 (2) The Comptroller General shall submit to Con5 gress a report on the review conducted under paragraph

6 (1). The report shall set forth the results of the review,

7 together with any findings and recommendations that the

8 Comptroller General considers appropriate.

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