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Union Calendar No. 327 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3140 

[Report No. 112–467] 

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 

MAY 8, 2012 

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 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. 


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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 ‘‘Mass Transit Intel5 ligence Prioritization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIZATION. 

7 Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

8 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended— 

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

10 as subsections (e) through (l), respectively; 

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

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

13 (j)’’; and 

14 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol15 lowing new subsection (f): 

16 ‘‘(f) MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE

17 PRIORITIZATION.— 

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

19 it a priority to assign officers and intelligence ana20 lysts under this section from the Department, in21 cluding the Transportation Security Administration, 

22 to participating State and urban area fusion centers 

23 located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit 

24 systems in order to enhance the security of such 

25 mass transit systems by assisting Federal, State, 


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1 local, and tribal law enforcement authorities in iden2 tifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting per3 sons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to 

4 homeland security. 

5 ‘‘(2) MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PROD6 UCTS.—When performing the responsibilities de7 scribed in subsection (d), officers and intelligence 

8 analysts assigned to participating State and urban 

9 area fusion centers under this section shall have, as 

10 a primary responsibility, the creation of mass transit 

11 intelligence products that— 

12 ‘‘(A) assist State, local, and tribal law en13 forcement agencies in deploying their resources 

14 most efficiently to help detect and interdict ter15 rorists, weapons of mass destruction, and con16 traband at mass transit systems of the United 

17 States; 

18 ‘‘(B) promote more consistent and timely 

19 dissemination of mass transit security-relevant 

20 information among jurisdictions with mass 

21 transit systems; and 

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

23 awareness with respect to the threat of acts of 

24 terrorism at or involving mass transit systems 

25 of the United States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 327 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3140 

[Report No. 112–467] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

enhance the security of mass transit systems. to certain State and urban area fusion centers to prioritize the assignment of officers and analysts direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

MAY 8, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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