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[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1462 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1462

   To establish the Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.

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                   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

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                                 A BILL

 
   To establish the Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Emergency Transportation 
Coordination Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Establishment.--(1) Chapter 1 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 114. Federal Emergency Transportation Administration
    ``(a) In General.--The Federal Emergency Transportation 
Administration shall be an administration of the Department of 
Transportation.
    ``(b) Administrator.--The head of the Administration shall be the 
Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall report 
directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
    ``(c) Responsibilities.--Subject to the direction and control of 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Administration shall have the 
following responsibilities:
            ``(1) To coordinate domestic transportation during a 
        national emergency, including aviation, rail and other surface 
        transportation, and maritime transportation (including port 
        security).
            ``(2) To coordinate and oversee during a national emergency 
        the transportation-related responsibilities of other 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government other than 
        the Department of Defense and the military departments.
            ``(3) To establish uniform national standards and practices 
        for transportation during a national emergency.
            ``(4) To coordinate and provide notice to other departments 
        and agencies of the Federal Government, and appropriate 
        agencies of State and local governments, including departments 
        and agencies for transportation, law enforcement, and border 
        control, about threats to transportation during a national 
        emergency.
            ``(5) To carry out such other duties, and exercise such 
        other powers, relating to transportation during a national 
        emergency as the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe.
    ``(d) Relationship to Other Transportation Authority.--The 
authority of the Administration under subsection (c) to coordinate and 
oversee transportation and transportation-related responsibilities 
during a national emergency shall not supersede the authority of any 
other department or agency of the Federal Government under law with 
respect to transportation or transportation-related matters, whether or 
not during a national emergency.
    ``(e) Annual Report.--The Administrator shall submit to Congress on 
an annual basis a report on the activities of the Administration during 
the preceding year.
    ``(f) National Emergency.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
prescribe in regulations the circumstances constituting a national 
emergency for purposes of this section.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 113 the 
following new item:

``114. Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.''.
    (b) Pay of Administrator.--Section 5314 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
            ``Administrator of the Federal Emergency Transportation 
        Administration.''.
    (c) Regulations.--(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall 
prescribe the regulations for the Federal Emergency Transportation 
Administration required by section 114 of title 49, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a)), not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (2) In prescribing the regulations referred to in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government with responsibilities for matters 
covered by the Federal Emergency Transportation Administration.
    (d) Comptroller General Review.--(1) Not later than one year after 
the effective date of the regulations for Federal Emergency 
Transportation Administration required by section 114 of title 49, 
United States Code (as so added), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a comprehensive review of the establishment and 
operations of the Administration.
    (2) The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on 
the review conducted under paragraph (1). The report shall set forth 
the results of the review, together with any findings and 
recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
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