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6 U.S.C. § 1136 — Security exercises
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish a program for conducting security exercises for public transportation agencies for the purpose of assessing and improving the capabilities of entities described in subsection (b) to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
**(b) Covered entities** Entities to be assessed under the program shall include—
(1) Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments;
(2) public transportation agencies;
(3) governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers and law enforcement personnel, including transit police; and
(4) any other organization or entity that the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(c) Requirements** The Secretary shall ensure that the program—
(1) requires, for public transportation agencies which the Secretary deems appropriate, exercises to be conducted that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of specific public transportation systems, and include taking into account the needs of the elderly and individuals with disabilities;
(B) live;
(C) coordinated with appropriate officials;
(D) as realistic as practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences;
(E) inclusive, as appropriate, of frontline employees and managers; and
(F) consistent with the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, and other such national initiatives;
(2) provides that exercises described in paragraph (1) will be—
(A) evaluated by the Secretary against clear and consistent performance measures;
(B) assessed by the Secretary to learn best practices,
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish a program for conducting security exercises for public transportation agencies for the purpose of assessing and improving the capabilities of entities described in subsection (b) to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
**(b) Covered entities** Entities to be assessed under the program shall include—
(1) Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments;
(2) public transportation agencies;
(3) governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers and law enforcement personnel, including transit police; and
(4) any other organization or entity that the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(c) Requirements** The Secretary shall ensure that the program—
(1) requires, for public transportation agencies which the Secretary deems appropriate, exercises to be conducted that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of specific public transportation systems, and include taking into account the needs of the elderly and individuals with disabilities;
(B) live;
(C) coordinated with appropriate officials;
(D) as realistic as practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences;
(E) inclusive, as appropriate, of frontline employees and managers; and
(F) consistent with the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, and other such national initiatives;
(2) provides that exercises described in paragraph (1) will be—
(A) evaluated by the Secretary against clear and consistent performance measures;
(B) assessed by the Secretary to learn best practices, which shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal officials, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, including railroad and transit police, and appropriate stakeholders; and
(C) followed by remedial action by covered entities in response to lessons learned;
(3) involves individuals in neighborhoods around the infrastructure of a public transportation system; and
(4) assists State, local, and tribal governments and public transportation agencies in designing, implementing, and evaluating exercises that conform to the requirements of paragraph (2).
**(d) National Exercise Program** The Secretary shall ensure that the exercise program developed under subsection (a) is a component of the National Exercise Program established under [section 748 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section748&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e) Ferry system exemption** This section does not apply to any ferry system for which drills are required to be conducted pursuant to [section 70103 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) National Maritime Transportation Security Plan.—**
(1) The Secretary shall prepare a National Maritime Transportation Security Plan for deterring and responding to a transportation security incident.
(2) The National Maritime Transportation Security Plan shall provide for efficient, coordinated, and effective action to deter and minimize damage from a transportation security incident, and shall include the following:
(A) Assignment of duties and responsibilities among Federal departments and agencies and coordination with State and local governmental agencies.
(B) Identification of security resources.
(C) Procedures and techniques to be employed in deterring a national transportation security incident.
(D) Establishment of procedures for the coordination of activities of—
(i) Coast Guard maritime security teams established under this chapter; and
(ii) Federal Maritime Security Coordinators required under this chapter.
(E) A system of surveillance and notice designed to safeguard against as well as ensure earliest possible notice of a transportation security incident and imminent threats of such a security incident to the appropriate State and Federal agencies.
(F) Establishment of criteria and procedures to ensure immediate and effective Federal identification of a transportation security incident, or the substantial threat of such a security incident.
(G) Designation of—
(i) areas for which Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans are required to be prepared under subsection (b); and
(ii) a Coast Guard official who shall be the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator for each such area.
(H) A risk-based system for evaluating the potential for violations of security zones designated by the Secretary on the waters subj
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**(a) Equipment standards**
(1) **In general** — The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies and the National Advisory Council, shall support the development, promulgation, and updating, as necessary, of national voluntary consensus standards for the performance, use, and validation of equipment used by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and nongovernmental emergency response providers.
(2) **Requirements** — The national voluntary consensus standards shall—
(A) be designed to achieve equipment and other capabilities consistent with the national preparedness goal, including the safety and health of emergency response providers;
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing national voluntary consensus standards;
(C) take into account, as appropriate, threats that may not have been contemplated when the existing standards were developed; and
(D) focus on maximizing operability, interoperability, interchangeability, durability, flexibility, efficiency, efficacy, portability, sustainability, and safety.
**(b) Training standards** The Administrator shall—
(1) support the development, promulgation, and regular updating, as necessary, of national voluntary consensus standards for training; and
(2) ensure that the training provided under the national training program is consistent with the standards.
**(c) Consultation with standards organizations** In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall consult with representatives of relevant public and private sector national voluntary consensus standards development organizations.
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**(a) Security assistance program**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish a program for making grants to eligible public transportation agencies for security improvements described in subsection (b).
(2) **Eligibility** — A public transportation agency is eligible for a grant under this section if the Secretary has performed a security assessment or the agency has developed a security plan under [section 1134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1134&num=0&edition=prelim). Grant funds shall only be awarded for permissible uses under subsection (b) to—
(A) address items included in a security assessment; or
(B) further a security plan.
**(b) Uses of funds** A recipient of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for one or more of the following:
(1) Capital uses of funds, including—
(A) tunnel protection systems;
(B) perimeter protection systems, including access control, installation of improved lighting, fencing, and barricades;
(C) redundant critical operations control systems;
(D) chemical, biological, radiological, or explosive detection systems, including the acquisition of canines used for such detection;
(E) surveillance equipment;
(F) communications equipment, including mobile service equipment to provide access to wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in an underground fixed guideway system;
(G) emergency response equipment, including personal protective equipment;
(H) fire suppression and decontamination equipment;
(I) global positioning or tracking and recovery equipment, and other automated-vehicle-locator-type system equipment;
(J) evacuation improvements;
(K) purchase and placement of bomb-resistant trash cans throughout publ
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tify simultaneously, the appropriate congres-
sional committees of the intent to award such
grant.
(l) Return of misspent grant funds
The Secretary shall establish a process to re-
quire the return of any misspent grant funds re-
ceived under this section determined to have
been spent for a purpose other than those speci-
fied in the grant award.
(m) Periods of performance
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), funds
provided pursuant to a grant awarded under
this section for a use specified in subsection
(b) shall remain available for use by a grant
recipient for a period of not fewer than 36
months.
(2) Exception
Funds provided pursuant to a grant awarded
under this section for a use specified in sub-
paragraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) shall
remain available for use by a grant recipient
for a period of not fewer than 48 months.
(n) Authorization of appropriations
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary to make grants under this sec-
tion—
(A) such sums as are necessary for fiscal
year 2007;
(B) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, except
that not more than 50 percent of such funds
may be used for operational costs under sub-
section (b)(2);
(C) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, except
that not more than 30 percent of such funds
may be used for operational costs under sub-
section (b)(2);
(D) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, except
that not more than 20 percent of such funds
may be used for operational costs under sub-
section (b)(2); and
(E) $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, except
that not more than 10 percent of such funds
may be used for operational costs under sub-
section (b)(2).
(2) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Sums appro-
priated to carry out this
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