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6 U.S.C. § 1166 — Railroad carrier exercises
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish a program for conducting security exercises for railroad carriers for the purpose of assessing and improving the capabilities of entities described in subsection (b) to prevent, prepare for, mitigate, 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) railroad carriers;
(3) governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, law enforcement agencies, and railroad and transit police, as appropriate; and
(4) any other organization or entity that the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(c) Requirements** The Secretary shall ensure that the program—
(1) consolidates existing security exercises for railroad carriers administered by the Department and the Department of Transportation, as jointly determined by the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation, unless the Secretary waives this consolidation requirement as appropriate;
(2) consists of exercises that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of the carrier, including addressing the needs of the elderly and individuals with disabilities;
(B) live, in the case of the most at-risk facilities to a terrorist attack;
(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 railroad frontline employees; 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
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish a program for conducting security exercises for railroad carriers for the purpose of assessing and improving the capabilities of entities described in subsection (b) to prevent, prepare for, mitigate, 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) railroad carriers;
(3) governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, law enforcement agencies, and railroad and transit police, as appropriate; and
(4) any other organization or entity that the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(c) Requirements** The Secretary shall ensure that the program—
(1) consolidates existing security exercises for railroad carriers administered by the Department and the Department of Transportation, as jointly determined by the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation, unless the Secretary waives this consolidation requirement as appropriate;
(2) consists of exercises that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of the carrier, including addressing the needs of the elderly and individuals with disabilities;
(B) live, in the case of the most at-risk facilities to a terrorist attack;
(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 railroad frontline employees; 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;
(3) provides that exercises described in paragraph (2) will be—
(A) evaluated by the Secretary against clear and consistent performance measures;
(B) assessed by the Secretary to identify best practices, which shall be shared, as appropriate, with railroad carriers, nonprofit employee organizations that represent railroad carrier employees, Federal, State, local, and tribal officials, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, law enforcement personnel, including railroad carrier and transit police, and other stakeholders; and
(C) used to develop recommendations, as appropriate, from the Secretary to railroad carriers on remedial action to be taken in response to lessons learned;
(4) allows for proper advanced notification of communities and local governments in which exercises are held, as appropriate; and
(5) assists State, local, and tribal governments and railroad carriers in designing, implementing, and evaluating additional exercises that conform to the requirements of paragraph (1) 11 So in original. Probably should be “(2)”..
**(d) National Exercise Program** The Secretary shall ensure that the exercise program developed under subsection (c) 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).
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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 improvement grants**
(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and other appropriate agencies or officials, is authorized to make grants to railroad carriers, the Alaska Railroad, security-sensitive materials offerors who ship by railroad, owners of railroad cars used in the transportation of security-sensitive materials, State and local governments (for railroad passenger facilities and infrastructure not owned by Amtrak), and Amtrak for intercity passenger railroad and freight railroad security improvements described in subsection (b) as approved by the Secretary.
(2) A railroad carrier is eligible for a grant under this section if the carrier has completed a vulnerability assessment and developed a security plan that the Secretary has approved in accordance with [section 1162 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1162&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) A recipient of a grant under this section may use grant funds only for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further a railroad security plan that meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
(4) Notwithstanding the requirement for eligibility and uses of funds in paragraphs (2) and (3), a railroad carrier is eligible for a grant under this section if the applicant uses the funds solely for the development of assessments or security plans under [section 1162 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1162&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) Notwithstanding the requirements for eligibility and uses of funds in paragraphs (2) and (3), prior to the earlier of 1 year after the date of issuance of final regulations requiring vulnerability assessments and security
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Grants** — Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, is authorized to make grants to Amtrak in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) **General purposes** — The Secretary may make such grants for the purposes of—
(A) protecting underwater and underground assets and systems;
(B) protecting high-risk and high-consequence assets identified through systemwide risk assessments;
(C) providing counterterrorism or security training;
(D) providing both visible and unpredictable deterrence; and
(E) conducting emergency preparedness drills and exercises.
(3) **Specific projects** — The Secretary shall make such grants—
(A) to secure major tunnel access points and ensure tunnel integrity in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington, DC;
(B) to secure Amtrak trains;
(C) to secure Amtrak stations;
(D) to obtain a watchlist identification system approved by the Secretary, or to connect to the National Terrorism Screening Center watchlist;
(E) to obtain train tracking and interoperable communications systems that are coordinated with Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments to the maximum extent possible;
(F) to hire, train, and employ police and security officers, including canine units, assigned to full-time security or counterterrorism duties related to railroad transportation;
(G) for operating and capital costs associated with security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training under [section 1167 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1167&num=0&edition=prelim), and training developed by universities, institutions of higher
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1167
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘(2)’’.
els reflecting the extent of their use or
planned use of the tunnels, if feasible.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1515, Aug. 3, 2007, 121
Stat. 437.)
§ 1166. Railroad carrier exercises
(a) In general
The Secretary shall establish a program for
conducting security exercises for railroad car-
riers for the purpose of assessing and improving
the capabilities of entities described in sub-
section (b) to prevent, prepare for, mitigate, re-
spond 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) railroad carriers;
(3)
governmental
and
nongovernmental
emergency response providers, law enforce-
ment agencies, and railroad and transit police,
as appropriate; and
(4) any other organization or entity that the
Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Requirements
The Secretary shall ensure that the program—
(1) consolidates existing security exercises
for railroad carriers administered by the De-
partment and the Department of Transpor-
tation, as jointly determined by the Secretary
and the Secretary of Transportation, unless
the Secretary waives this consolidation re-
quirement as appropriate;
(2) consists of exercises that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of the
carrier, including addressing the needs of
the elderly and individuals with disabilities;
(B) live, in the case of the most at-risk fa-
cilities to a terrorist attack;
(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 ap
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