Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3140 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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

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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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mass Transit Intelligence
Prioritization Act''.

SEC. 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 (e) 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 Prioritization.--
            ``(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.''.
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