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6 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions
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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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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) Classification** To the greatest extent practicable, research conducted or supported by the Department shall be unclassified.
**(b) Construction** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to preclude any Under Secretary of the Department from carrying out research, development, demonstration, or deployment activities, as long as such activities are coordinated through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
**(c) Regulations** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, may issue necessary regulations with respect to research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities of the Department, including the conducting, funding, and reviewing of such activities.
**(d) Notification of Presidential life sciences designations** Not later than 60 days before effecting any transfer of Department of Energy life sciences activities pursuant to [section 183(1)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section183/1/D&num=0&edition=prelim), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the proposed transfer and shall include the reasons for the transfer and a description of the effect of the transfer on the activities of the Department of Energy.
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The Executive departments are:
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Any statutory limitation on the number of employees in the Transportation Security Administration does not apply to employees carrying out this chapter.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security is the principal Federal official responsible for transportation security. The roles and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation in carrying out this chapter are the roles and responsibilities of such Departments pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71); the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458); the National Infrastructure Protection Plan required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive–7; The 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. Homeland Security Act of 2002 [[6 U.S.C. 101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; The 1 National Response Plan; Executive Order No. 13416: Strengthening Surface Transportation Security, dated December 5, 2006; the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the Department of Transportation on Roles and Responsibilities, dated September 28, 2004, and any and all subsequent annexes to this Memorandum of Understanding; and any other relevant agreements between the two Departments.
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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) National Strategy** Not later than 9 months after August 3, 2007, and based upon the previous and ongoing security assessments conducted by the Department and the Department of Transportation, the Secretary, consistent with and as required by section 114(t) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 49, shall develop and implement the modal plan for public transportation, entitled the “National Strategy for Public Transportation Security”.
**(b) Purpose**
(1) **Guidelines** — In developing the National Strategy for Public Transportation Security, the Secretary shall establish guidelines for public transportation security that—
(A) minimize security threats to public transportation systems; and
(B) maximize the abilities of public transportation systems to mitigate damage resulting from terrorist attack or other major incident.
(2) **Assessments and consultations** — In developing the National Strategy for Public Transportation Security, the Secretary shall—
(A) use established and ongoing public transportation security assessments as the basis of the National Strategy for Public Transportation Security; and
(B) consult with all relevant stakeholders, including public transportation agencies, nonprofit labor organizations representing public transportation employees, emergency responders, public safety officials, and other relevant parties.
**(c) Contents** In the National Strategy for Public Transportation Security, the Secretary shall describe prioritized goals, objectives, policies, actions, and schedules to improve the security of public transportation.
**(d) Responsibilities** The Secretary shall include in the National Strategy for Public Transportation Security a description of the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of Federal, Sta
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**(a) Risk assessment** The Secretary shall establish a Federal task force, including the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies within the Department, the Department of Transportation, and other appropriate Federal agencies, to complete, within 6 months of August 3, 2007, a nationwide risk assessment of a terrorist attack on railroad carriers. The assessment shall include—
(1) a methodology for conducting the risk assessment, including timelines, that addresses how the Department will work with the entities described in subsection (c) and make use of existing Federal expertise within the Department, the Department of Transportation, and other appropriate agencies;
(2) identification and evaluation of critical assets and infrastructure, including tunnels used by railroad carriers in high-threat urban areas;
(3) identification of risks to those assets and infrastructure;
(4) identification of risks that are specific to the transportation of hazardous materials via railroad;
(5) identification of risks to passenger and cargo security, transportation infrastructure protection systems, operations, communications systems, and any other area identified by the assessment;
(6) an assessment of employee training and emergency response planning;
(7) an assessment of public and private operational recovery plans, taking into account the plans for the maritime sector required under [section 70103 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim), to expedite, to the maximum extent practicable, the return of an adversely affected railroad transportation system or facility to its normal performance level after a major terrorist attack or other security event on that system or facility; and
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1101
1 See Change of Name note below.
(3) evaluate such technologies.
(b) Coordination
The Secretary, in coordination with the Under
Secretary for Science and Technology, the As-
sistant Secretary for Policy, the Commandant
of the Coast Guard, the Director for Domestic
Nuclear Detection,1 the Chief Financial Officer,
and the heads of other appropriate offices or en-
tities of the Department, shall ensure that—
(1) research, development, testing, and eval-
uation efforts funded by the Department in
furtherance of maritime and cargo security
are coordinated within the Department and
with other appropriate Federal agencies to
avoid duplication of efforts; and
(2) the results of such efforts are shared
throughout the Department and with other
Federal, State, and local agencies, as appro-
priate.
(Pub. L. 109–347, title III, § 303, Oct. 13, 2006, 120
Stat. 1921.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Reference to the Director for Domestic Nuclear De-
tection deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Sec-
retary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Office, see section 2(b)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 115–387, set out
as a note under section 591 of this title.
CHAPTER 4—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER I—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
PLANNING AND INFORMATION SHARING
Sec.
1101.
Definitions.
1102.
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.
1103.
National Transportation Security Center of
Excellence.
1104.
Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist
activity or suspicious behavior and re-
sponse.
SUBCHAPTER II—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
ENHANCEMENTS
1111.
Definitions.
1112.
Authorization of Visible Intermodal Preven-
tion and Response teams.
1113.
Surface transportation security inspectors.
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