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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3140 

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 

OCTOBER 6, 2011 

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 (e) 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

12 PRIORITIZATION.— 

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

14 it a priority to assign officers and intelligence ana15 lysts under this section from the Department, in16 cluding the Transportation Security Administration, 

17 to participating State and urban area fusion centers 

18 located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit 

19 systems in order to enhance the security of such 

20 mass transit systems by assisting Federal, State, 

21 local, and tribal law enforcement authorities in iden22 tifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting per23 sons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to 

24 homeland security. 

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1 scribed in subsection (d), officers and intelligence 

2 analysts assigned to participating State and urban 

3 area fusion centers under this section shall have, as 

4 a primary responsibility, the creation of mass transit 

5 intelligence products that— 

6 ‘‘(A) assist State, local, and tribal law en7 forcement agencies in deploying their resources 

8 most efficiently to help detect and interdict ter9 rorists, weapons of mass destruction, and con10 traband at mass transit systems of the United 

11 States; 

12 ‘‘(B) promote more consistent and timely 

13 dissemination of mass transit security-relevant 

14 information among jurisdictions with mass 

15 transit systems; and 

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

17 awareness with respect to the threat of acts of 

18 terrorism at or involving mass transit systems 

19 of the United States.’’. 

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