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Union Calendar No. 604 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5766 

[Report No. 115–778] 

To improve the security of public areas of transportation facilities, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2018 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 22, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To improve the security of public areas of transportation 

facilities, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Securing Public Areas 

5 of Transportation Facilities Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR STAKE9 HOLDERS.—The term ‘‘public and private sector 

10 stakeholders’’ has the meaning given such term in 

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

12 (2) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSET.—The 

13 term ‘‘surface transportation asset’’ includes facili14 ties, equipment, or systems used to provide transpor15 tation services by— 

16 (A) a public transportation agency (as 

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

18 Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

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

20 6 U.S.C. 1131(5))); 

21 (B) a railroad carrier (as such term is de22 fined in section 20102(3) of title 49, United 

23 States Code); 

24 (C) an owner or operator of— 


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1 (i) an entity offering scheduled, fixed2 route transportation services by over-the 

3 road bus (as such term is defined in sec4 tion 1501(4) of the Implementing Rec5 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 

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

7 1151(4))); or 

8 (ii) a bus terminal; or 

9 (D) other transportation facilities, equip10 ment, or systems, as determined by the Sec11 retary. 

12 SEC. 3. PUBLIC AREA SECURITY WORKING GROUP. 

13 (a) WORKING GROUP.—The Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security shall establish a working group to promote col15 laborative engagement between the Department of Home16 land Security and public and private sector stakeholders 

17 to develop non-binding recommendations for enhancing se18 curity in public areas of transportation facilities (including 

19 facilities that are surface transportation assets), including 

20 recommendations regarding the following topics: 

21 (1) Information sharing and interoperable com22 munication capabilities among the Department of 

23 Homeland Security and public and private stake24 holders with respect to terrorist or other threats. 

25 (2) Coordinated incident response procedures. 


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1 (3) The prevention of terrorist attacks and 

2 other incidents through strategic planning, security 

3 training, exercises and drills, law enforcement pa4 trols, worker vetting, and suspicious activity report5 ing. 

6 (4) Infrastructure protection through effective 

7 construction design barriers and installation of ad8 vanced surveillance and other security technologies. 

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

10 the establishment of the working group under subsection 

11 (a) and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary 

12 of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on 

13 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

14 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

15 of the Senate on the working group’s organization, partici16 pation, activities, findings, and non-binding recommenda17 tions for the immediately preceding 12-month period. The 

18 Secretary may publish a public version of such report that 

19 describes the working group’s activities and such related 

20 matters as would be informative to the public, consistent 

21 with section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (c) INAPPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY

23 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

24 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group es25 tablished under subsection (a) or any subsidiary thereof. 


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1 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu3 rity shall— 

4 (1) inform owners and operators of surface 

5 transportation assets about the availability of tech6 nical assistance, including vulnerability assessment 

7 tools and cybersecurity guidelines, to help protect 

8 and enhance the resilience of public areas of such 

9 assets; and 

10 (2) subject to the availability of appropriations, 

11 provide such technical assistance to requesting own12 ers and operators of surface transportation assets. 

13 (b) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than one year after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security shall publish on the Department of 

16 Homeland Security’s website and widely disseminate, as 

17 appropriate, best practices for protecting and enhancing 

18 the resilience of public areas of transportation facilities 

19 (including facilities that are surface transportation as20 sets), including associated frameworks or templates for 

21 implementation. Such best practices shall be updated peri22 odically. 

23 SEC. 5. REVIEW. 

24 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than one year after the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

26 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 


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1 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

3 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 

4 includes a review of regulations, directives, policies, and 

5 procedures issued by the Administrator regarding the 

6 transportation of a firearm and ammunition, and, as ap7 propriate, information on plans to modify any such regula8 tion, directive, policy, or procedure based on such review. 

9 (b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report re10 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator of the 

11 Transportation Security Administration shall consult with 

12 the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established 

13 pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, United States Code) 

14 and appropriate public and private sector stakeholders. 


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Union Calendar No. 604 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5766 

[Report No. 115–778] 

A BILL 

To improve the security of public areas of 

transportation facilities, and for other purposes. 

JUNE 22, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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