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6 U.S.C. § 1131 — Definitions
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For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms apply:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(2) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(3) **Disadvantaged businesses concerns** — The term “disadvantaged business concerns” means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 11 So in original. Probably should be “part”. 124, title 13, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) **Frontline employee** — The term “frontline employee” means an employee of a public transportation agency who is a transit vehicle driver or operator, dispatcher, maintenance and maintenance support employee, station attendant, customer service employee, security employee, or transit police, or any other employee who has direct contact with riders on a regular basis, and any other employee of a public transportation agency that the Secretary determines should receive security training under [section 1137 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1137&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Public transportation agency** — The term “public transportation agency” means a publicly owned operator of public transportation eligible to receive Federal assistance under chapter 53 of title 49.
(6) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms apply:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(2) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(3) **Disadvantaged businesses concerns** — The term “disadvantaged business concerns” means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 11 So in original. Probably should be “part”. 124, title 13, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) **Frontline employee** — The term “frontline employee” means an employee of a public transportation agency who is a transit vehicle driver or operator, dispatcher, maintenance and maintenance support employee, station attendant, customer service employee, security employee, or transit police, or any other employee who has direct contact with riders on a regular basis, and any other employee of a public transportation agency that the Secretary determines should receive security training under [section 1137 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1137&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Public transportation agency** — The term “public transportation agency” means a publicly owned operator of public transportation eligible to receive Federal assistance under chapter 53 of title 49.
(6) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 90 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop and issue detailed interim final regulations, and not later than 1 year after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop and issue detailed final regulations, for a public transportation security training program to prepare public transportation employees, including frontline employees, for potential security threats and conditions.
**(b) Consultation** The Secretary shall develop the interim final and final regulations under subsection (a) in consultation with—
(1) appropriate law enforcement, fire service, security, and terrorism experts;
(2) representatives of public transportation agencies; and
(3) nonprofit employee labor organizations representing public transportation employees or emergency response personnel.
**(c) Program elements** The interim final and final regulations developed under subsection (a) shall require security training programs to include, at a minimum, elements to address the following:
(1) Determination of the seriousness of any occurrence or threat.
(2) Crew and passenger communication and coordination.
(3) Appropriate responses to defend oneself, including using nonlethal defense devices.
(4) Use of personal protective devices and other protective equipment.
(5) Evacuation procedures for passengers and employees, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly.
(6) Training related to behavioral and psychological understanding of, and responses to, terrorist incidents, including the ability to cope with hijacker behavior, and passenger responses.
(7) Live situational training exercises regarding various threat conditions, including tunnel evacuation procedures.
(8) Recognition and reporting of dangerous substances and suspicious p
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For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms apply:
(1) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(2) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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**(a) In General.—** The Transportation Security Administration shall be an administration of the Department of Homeland Security.
**(b) Leadership.—**
(1) **Head of transportation security administration.—**
(A) *Appointment.—* — The head of the Administration shall be the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administrator”). The Administrator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(B) *Qualifications.—* — The Administrator must—
(i) be a citizen of the United States; and
(ii) have experience in a field directly related to transportation or security.
(C) *Term.—* — Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, after the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act, the term of office of an individual appointed as the Administrator shall be 5 years. The term of office of an individual serving as the Administrator on the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act shall be 5 years beginning on the date that the Administrator began serving.
(2) **Deputy administrator.—**
(A) *Appointment.—* — There is established in the Transportation Security Administration a Deputy Administrator, who shall assist the Administrator in the management of the Transportation Security Administration. The Deputy Administrator shall be appointed by the President.
(B) *Vacancy.—* — The Deputy Administrator shall be Acting Administrator during the absence or incapacity of the Administrator or during a vacancy in the office of Administrator.
(C) *Qualifications.—* — The Deputy Administrator must—
(i) be a citizen of the United States; and
(ii) have experience in a field di
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**(a) Grants authorized** The Secretary, through the Administrator, may award grants under sections 604, 605, and 609a of this title to State, local, and tribal governments.
**(b) Programs not affected** This part shall not be construed to affect any of the following Federal programs:
(1) Firefighter and other assistance programs authorized under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ([15 U.S.C. 2201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) Grants authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5121](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5121&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(3) Emergency Management Performance Grants under the amendments made by title II of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.
(4) Grants to protect critical infrastructure, including port security grants authorized under [section 70107 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70107&num=0&edition=prelim) and the grants authorized under title 11 So in original. Probably should be “titles”. XIV and XV of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 [[6 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 1151 et seq.] and the amendments made by such titles.
(5) The Metropolitan Medical Response System authorized under [section 723 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section723&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) The Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program authorized under subchapter XIII.
(7) Grant progr
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1119
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original.
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘part’’.
Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3638. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com-
mission Act of 2007, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L.
110–53, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 266. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the TSA Moderniza-
tion Act and also as part of the FAA Reauthorization
Act of 2018, and not as part of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 which
comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS
For definitions of ‘‘Administrator’’, ‘‘appropriate
committees of Congress’’, ‘‘Department’’, ‘‘Secretary’’,
and ‘‘TSA’’ as used in this section, see section 1902 of
Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 101 of
Title 49, Transportation.
§ 1119. Voluntary use of credentialing
(a) In general
An applicable individual who is subject to
credentialing or a background investigation
may satisfy that requirement by obtaining a
valid transportation security card.
(b) Issuance of cards
The Secretary of Homeland Security—
(1) shall expand the transportation security
card program, consistent with section 70105 of
title 46, to allow an applicable individual who
is subject to credentialing or a background in-
vestigation to apply for a transportation secu-
rity card; and
(2) may charge reasonable fees, in accord-
ance with section 469(a) of this title, for pro-
viding the necessary credentialing and back-
ground investigation.
(c) Vetting
The Administrator shall develop and imple-
ment a plan to utilize,
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