117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1870 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize 
strengthening of local transportation security capabilities 
by assigning certain officers and intelligence analysts 
to State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdic-
tions with a high-risk surface transportation asset and 
improving the timely sharing of information regarding 
threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted 
violence, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Local 
Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘international terrorism’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2331 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(3) PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE
SECTOR
STAKE-
HOLDERS.—The term ‘‘public and private sector 
stakeholders’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 114(u)(1)(c) of title 49, United States Code. 
(4) SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION
ASSET.—The 
term ‘‘surface transportation asset’’ includes facili-
ties, equipment, or systems used to provide transpor-
tation services by— 
(A) a public transportation agency (as 
such term is defined in section 1402(5) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
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Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 
6 U.S.C. 1131(5))); 
(B) a railroad carrier (as such term is de-
fined in section 20102(3) of title 49, United 
States Code); 
(C) an owner or operator of— 
(i) an entity offering scheduled, fixed- 
route transportation services by over-the- 
road bus (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 1501(4) of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 
of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 
1151(4))); or 
(ii) a bus terminal; or 
(D) other transportation facilities, equip-
ment, or systems, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(5) TARGETED VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘targeted 
violence’’ means an incident of violence in which an 
attacker selected a particular target in order to in-
flict mass injury or death with no discernable polit-
ical or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or 
death. 
(6) TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘terrorism’’ means 
domestic terrorism and international terrorism. 
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SEC. 3. THREAT INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall prioritize the assignment of officers and in-
telligence analysts under section 210A of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) from the Transpor-
tation Security Administration and, as appropriate, from 
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
of Homeland Security, to locations with participating 
State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions 
with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to 
enhance the security of such assets, including by improv-
ing timely sharing, in a manner consistent with the protec-
tion of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, of 
information regarding threats of terrorism and other 
threats, including targeted violence. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS.—Officers and intel-
ligence analysts assigned to locations with participating 
State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section 
shall participate in the generation and dissemination of 
transportation security intelligence products, with an em-
phasis on such products that relate to threats of terrorism 
and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface 
transportation assets that— 
(1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies in deploying their resources, including 
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personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, 
investigate, apprehend, and respond to such threats; 
(2) promote more consistent and timely sharing 
with and among jurisdictions of threat information; 
and 
(3) enhance the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’s situational awareness of such threats. 
(c) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall make available to appropriate owners and opera-
tors of surface transportation assets, and to any other per-
son that the Secretary determines appropriate to foster 
greater sharing of classified information relating to 
threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted 
violence, to surface transportation assets, the process of 
application for security clearances under Executive Order 
No. 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; relating to a classified na-
tional security information program) or any successor Ex-
ecutive order. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a review of the implementation of 
this section, together with any recommendations to im-
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prove information sharing with State, local, Tribal, terri-
torial, and private sector entities to prevent, identify, and 
respond to threats of terrorism and other threats, includ-
ing targeted violence, to surface transportation assets. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with public and private sector stake-
holders, may in a manner consistent with the protection 
of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, develop, 
through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, 
a training program to enhance the protection, prepared-
ness, and response capabilities of law enforcement agen-
cies with respect to threats of terrorism and other threats, 
including targeted violence, at a surface transportation 
asset. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary of Homeland 
Security develops the training program described in sub-
section (a), such training program shall— 
(1) be informed by current information regard-
ing tactics used by terrorists and others engaging in 
targeted violence; 
(2) include tactical instruction tailored to the 
diverse nature of the surface transportation asset 
operational environment; and 
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