HR 3140 · 112th Congress · Emergency Management

Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

Introduced 2011-10-06· Sponsored by Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2012-06-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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. 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.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

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Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 3140, the Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

Apr 23, 2012

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 28, 2012

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican