Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

Bill: 113-hr-1210
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-03-15
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Homeland security

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement officers

Public transit

State and local government operations

Terrorism

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make it a priority to assign DHS officers and intelligence analysts, including from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to participating state and urban area fusion centers located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit systems to enhance security of such systems by assisting law enforcement authorities in identifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting persons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to homeland security.</p> <p>Makes it a primary responsibility of such officers and analysts to create mass transit intelligence products that: (1) assist law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources most efficiently to help detect and interdict terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and contraband at U.S. mass transit systems; (2) promote more consistent and timely dissemination of mass transit security-relevant information among jurisdictions with such systems; and (3) enhance DHS's situational awareness with respect to the threat of terrorist acts at or involving U.S. mass transit systems.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1210 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 15, 2013 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act . 2. Mass transit intelligence prioritization Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; (2) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by striking subsection (i) and inserting subsection (j) ; and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f): (f) Mass transit intelligence priority (1) In general The Secretary shall make it a priority to assign officers and intelligence analysts under this section from the Department, including the Transportation Security Administration, to participating State and urban area fusion centers located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit systems in order to enhance the security of such mass transit systems by assisting Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement authorities in identifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting persons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to homeland security. (2) Mass transit intelligence products When performing the responsibilities described in subsection (d), officers and intelligence analysts assigned to participating State and urban area fusion centers under this section shall have, as a primary responsibility, the creation of mass transit intelligence products that— (A) assist State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources most efficiently to help detect and interdict terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and contraband at mass transit systems of the United States; (B) promote more consistent and timely dissemination of mass transit security-relevant information among jurisdictions with mass transit systems; and (C) enhance the Department’s situational awareness with respect to the threat of acts of terrorism at or involving mass transit systems of the United States. .