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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5089 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To improve threat information sharing, integrated operations, 

and law enforcement training for transportation security, 

and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Local 

3 Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR STAKE7 HOLDERS.—The term ‘‘public and private sector 

8 stakeholders’’ has the meaning given such term in 

9 section 114(u)(1)(C) of title 49, United States Code. 

10 (2) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSET.—The 

11 term ‘‘surface transportation asset’’ includes facili12 ties, equipment, or systems used to provide transpor13 tation services by— 

14 (A) a public transportation agency (as 

15 such term is defined in section 1402(5) of the 

16 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

17 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 

18 6 U.S.C. 1131(5))); 

19 (B) a railroad carrier (as such term is de20 fined in section 20102(3) of title 49, United 

21 States Code); 

22 (C) an owner or operator of— 

23 (i) an entity offering scheduled, fixed24 route transportation services by over-the25 road bus (as such term is defined in sec26 tion 1501(4) of the Implementing RecVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:28 Mar 23, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5089.RFS H5089

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1 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

2 of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 

3 1151(4))); or 

4 (ii) a bus terminal; or 

5 (D) other transportation facilities, equip6 ment, or systems, as determined by the Sec7 retary. 

8 (3) TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.—The term 

9 ‘‘transportation facility’’ means a bus terminal, 

10 intercity or commuter passenger rail station, airport, 

11 multi-modal transportation center, or other trans12 portation facility, as determined by the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security. 

14 SEC. 3. THREAT INFORMATION SHARING. 

15 (a) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security shall prioritize the assignment of officers and in17 telligence analysts under section 210A of the Homeland 

18 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) from the Transpor19 tation Security Administration and, as appropriate, from 

20 the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 

21 of Homeland Security, to locations with participating 

22 State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions 

23 with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to 

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1 ing timely sharing of classified information regarding ter2 rorist and other threats. 

3 (b) INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS.—Officers and intel4 ligence analysts assigned to locations with participating 

5 State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section 

6 shall participate in the generation and dissemination of 

7 transportation security intelligence products, with an em8 phasis on terrorist and other threats to surface transpor9 tation assets that— 

10 (1) assist State, local, and tribal law enforce11 ment agencies in deploying their resources, including 

12 personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, 

13 investigate, apprehend, and respond to terrorist and 

14 other threats; 

15 (2) promote more consistent and timely sharing 

16 of threat information among jurisdictions; and 

17 (3) enhance the Department of Homeland Secu18 rity’s situational awareness of such terrorist and 

19 other threats. 

20 (c) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu21 rity shall make available to appropriate owners and opera22 tors of surface transportation assets, and any other person 

23 that the Secretary determines appropriate to foster great24 er sharing of classified information relating to terrorist 

25 and other threats to surface transportation assets, the 


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1 process of application for security clearances under Execu2 tive Order No. 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; relating to a 

3 classified national security information program) or any 

4 successor Executive order. 

5 SEC. 4. INTEGRATED AND UNIFIED OPERATIONS CENTERS. 

6 (a) FRAMEWORK.—Not later than 120 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

8 the Transportation Security Administration, in consulta9 tion with the heads of other appropriate offices or compo10 nents of the Department of Homeland Security, shall 

11 make available to public and private sector stakeholders 

12 a framework for establishing an integrated and unified op13 erations center responsible for overseeing daily operations 

14 of a transportation facility that promotes coordination for 

15 responses to terrorism, serious incidents, and other pur16 poses, as determined appropriate by the Administrator. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

19 Transportation Security Administration shall report to the 

20 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

22 and Transportation of the Senate regarding the establish23 ment and activities of integrated and unified operations 

24 centers at transportation facilities at which the Transpor25 tation Security Administration has a presence. 


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1 SEC. 5. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TRAINING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu3 rity, in consultation with public and private sector stake4 holders, may develop, through the Federal Law Enforce5 ment Training Centers, a training program to enhance the 

6 protection, preparedness, and response capabilities of law 

7 enforcement agencies with respect to terrorism and other 

8 serious incidents at a surface transportation asset. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary of Homeland 

10 Security develops the training program described in sub11 section (a), such training program shall— 

12 (1) be informed by current information regard13 ing terrorist tactics; 

14 (2) include tactical instruction tailored to the 

15 diverse nature of the surface transportation asset 

16 operational environment; and 

17 (3) prioritize training officers from law enforce18 ment agencies that are eligible for or receive grants 

19 under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Secu20 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) and 


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1 officers employed by railroad carriers that operate 

2 passenger service, including interstate passenger 

3 service. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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