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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1210 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to prioritize the assignment of officers and analysts 

to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance the security 

of mass transit systems. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2013 

Ms. SPEIER (for herself and Mr. MEEHAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the 

assignment of officers and analysts to certain State and 

urban area fusion centers to enhance the security of 

mass transit systems. 

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 ‘‘Mass Transit Intel5 ligence Prioritization Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIZATION. 

2 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

3 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) 

5 as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; 

6 (2) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by 

7 striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

8 (j)’’; and 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol10 lowing new subsection (f): 

11 ‘‘(f) MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PRIORITY.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 

13 it a priority to assign officers and intelligence ana14 lysts under this section from the Department, in15 cluding the Transportation Security Administration, 

16 to participating State and urban area fusion centers 

17 located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit 

18 systems in order to enhance the security of such 

19 mass transit systems by assisting Federal, State, 

20 local, and tribal law enforcement authorities in iden21 tifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting per22 sons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to 

23 homeland security. 

24 ‘‘(2) MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PROD25 UCTS.—When performing the responsibilities de26 scribed in subsection (d), officers and intelligence 

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1 analysts assigned to participating State and urban 

2 area fusion centers under this section shall have, as 

3 a primary responsibility, the creation of mass transit 

4 intelligence products that— 

5 ‘‘(A) assist State, local, and tribal law en6 forcement agencies in deploying their resources 

7 most efficiently to help detect and interdict ter8 rorists, weapons of mass destruction, and con9 traband at mass transit systems of the United 

10 States; 

11 ‘‘(B) promote more consistent and timely 

12 dissemination of mass transit security-relevant 

13 information among jurisdictions with mass 

14 transit systems; and 

15 ‘‘(C) enhance the Department’s situational 

16 awareness with respect to the threat of acts of 

17 terrorism at or involving mass transit systems 

18 of the United States.’’. 

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