IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2539 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize 
the assignment of certain officers and intelligence ana-
lysts from the Transportation Security Administration 
and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to locations with partici-
pating State, local, and regional fusion centers in juris-
dictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in 
order to enhance the security of such assets, including 
by improving timely sharing of classified information re-
garding terrorist and other threats, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 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. 
(2) 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 
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— 
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(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. 
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 of classified information regarding ter-
rorist and other threats. 
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