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6 U.S.C. § 1114 — Surface transportation security technology information sharing
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Information sharing** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a program to provide appropriate information that the Department has gathered or developed on the performance, use, and testing of technologies that may be used to enhance railroad, public transportation, and surface transportation security to surface transportation entities, including railroad carriers, over-the-road bus operators and terminal owners and operators, motor carriers, public transportation agencies, owners or operators of highways, pipeline operators, and State, local, and tribal governments that provide security assistance to such entities.
(2) **Designation of qualified antiterrorism technologies** — The Secretary shall include in such information provided in paragraph (1) whether the technology is designated as a qualified antiterrorism technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) [[6 U.S.C. 441](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section441&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], as appropriate.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the program is to assist eligible grant recipients under this Act and others, as appropriate, to purchase and use the best technology and equipment available to meet the security needs of the Nation’s surface transportation system.
**(c) Coordination** The Secretary shall ensure that the program established under this section makes use of and is consistent with other Department technology testing, information sharing, evaluation, and standards-setting programs, as appropriate.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Information sharing** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a program to provide appropriate information that the Department has gathered or developed on the performance, use, and testing of technologies that may be used to enhance railroad, public transportation, and surface transportation security to surface transportation entities, including railroad carriers, over-the-road bus operators and terminal owners and operators, motor carriers, public transportation agencies, owners or operators of highways, pipeline operators, and State, local, and tribal governments that provide security assistance to such entities.
(2) **Designation of qualified antiterrorism technologies** — The Secretary shall include in such information provided in paragraph (1) whether the technology is designated as a qualified antiterrorism technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) [[6 U.S.C. 441](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section441&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], as appropriate.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the program is to assist eligible grant recipients under this Act and others, as appropriate, to purchase and use the best technology and equipment available to meet the security needs of the Nation’s surface transportation system.
**(c) Coordination** The Secretary shall ensure that the program established under this section makes use of and is consistent with other Department technology testing, information sharing, evaluation, and standards-setting programs, as appropriate.
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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The authorities provided in this part apply to any procurement of property or services by or for an executive agency that, as determined by the head of the executive agency, are to be used to facilitate defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, but only if a solicitation of offers for the procurement is issued during the 1-year period beginning on November 25, 2002.
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1114
1 See References in Text note below.
partment, the modal plans required under sec-
tion 114(t) 1 of title 49, the Memorandum of Un-
derstanding between the Department and the
Department of Transportation on Roles and Re-
sponsibilities, dated September 28, 2004, and any
and all subsequent annexes to this Memorandum
of Understanding, and other relevant documents
setting forth the Department’s transportation
security strategy, as appropriate.
(h) Consultation
The Secretary shall periodically consult with
the surface transportation entities which are or
may be inspected by the surface transportation
security inspectors, including, as appropriate,
railroad carriers, over-the-road bus operators
and terminal owners and operators, motor car-
riers, public transportation agencies, owners or
operators of highways, and pipeline operators
on—
(1) the inspectors’ duties, responsibilities,
authorities, and mission; and
(2) strategies to improve transportation se-
curity and to ensure compliance with trans-
portation security requirements.
(i) Report
Not later than September 30, 2008, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Inspector General
shall transmit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the performance and
effectiveness of surface transportation security
inspectors, whether there is a need for addi-
tional inspectors, and other recommendations.
(j) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this section—
(1) $11,400,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(2) $17,100,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(3) $19,950,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(4) $22,800,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(5) $22,800,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XIII, § 1304,
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 428
(b) Content of report
The report under subsection (a)(2) shall in-
clude the following matters:
(1) Assessment
The Comptroller General’s assessment of—
(A) the extent to which property and serv-
ices procured in accordance with this sub-
chapter have contributed to the capacity of
the workforce of Federal Government em-
ployees within each executive agency to
carry out the mission of the executive agen-
cy; and
(B) the extent to which Federal Govern-
ment employees have been trained on the
use of technology.
(2) Recommendations
Any recommendations of the Comptroller
General resulting from the assessment de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
(c) Consultation
In preparing for the review under subsection
(a)(1), the Comptroller shall consult with the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives on the specific
issues and topics to be reviewed. The extent of
coverage needed in areas such as technology in-
tegration, employee training, and human capital
management, as well as the data requirements
of the study, shall be included as part of the con-
sultation.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 857, Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2237.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), was
in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title VIII of Pub.
L. 107–296, which enacted this subchapter, chapter 97 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and
section 8J of the Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L.
95–452, formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5 (see
5 U.S.C. 418), amended section 6 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (see 5 U.S.C. 406), section 2517 of Title
18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure,
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