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6 U.S.C. § 1184 — Over-the-road bus security training program
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**(a) In general** Not later than 6 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop and issue regulations for an over-the-road bus training program to prepare over-the-road bus frontline employees for potential security threats and conditions. The regulations shall take into consideration any current security training requirements or best practices.
**(b) Consultation** The Secretary shall develop regulations under subsection (a) in consultation with—
(1) appropriate law enforcement, fire service, emergency response, security, and terrorism experts;
(2) operators providing over-the-road bus transportation; and
(3) nonprofit employee labor organizations representing over-the-road bus employees and emergency response personnel.
**(c) Program elements** The regulations developed under subsection (a) shall require security training programs, to include, at a minimum, elements to address the following, as applicable:
(1) Determination of the seriousness of any occurrence or threat.
(2) Driver and passenger communication and coordination.
(3) Appropriate responses to defend or protect oneself.
(4) Use of personal and other protective equipment.
(5) Evacuation procedures for passengers and over-the-road bus employees, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly.
(6) Psychology, behavior, and methods of terrorists, including observation and analysis.
(7) Training related to psychological responses to terrorist incidents, including the ability to cope with hijacker behavior and passenger responses.
(8) Live situational training exercises regarding various threat conditions, including tunnel evacuation procedures.
(9) Recognition and reporting of dangerous substances, suspicious packages, and situations.
(10) Understanding security incident pro
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**(a) In general** Not later than 6 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop and issue regulations for an over-the-road bus training program to prepare over-the-road bus frontline employees for potential security threats and conditions. The regulations shall take into consideration any current security training requirements or best practices.
**(b) Consultation** The Secretary shall develop regulations under subsection (a) in consultation with—
(1) appropriate law enforcement, fire service, emergency response, security, and terrorism experts;
(2) operators providing over-the-road bus transportation; and
(3) nonprofit employee labor organizations representing over-the-road bus employees and emergency response personnel.
**(c) Program elements** The regulations developed under subsection (a) shall require security training programs, to include, at a minimum, elements to address the following, as applicable:
(1) Determination of the seriousness of any occurrence or threat.
(2) Driver and passenger communication and coordination.
(3) Appropriate responses to defend or protect oneself.
(4) Use of personal and other protective equipment.
(5) Evacuation procedures for passengers and over-the-road bus employees, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly.
(6) Psychology, behavior, and methods of terrorists, including observation and analysis.
(7) Training related to psychological responses to terrorist incidents, including the ability to cope with hijacker behavior and passenger responses.
(8) Live situational training exercises regarding various threat conditions, including tunnel evacuation procedures.
(9) Recognition and reporting of dangerous substances, suspicious packages, and situations.
(10) Understanding security incident procedures, including procedures for communicating with emergency response providers and for on-scene interaction with such emergency response providers.
(11) Operation and maintenance of security equipment and systems.
(12) Other security training activities that the Secretary considers appropriate.
**(d) Required programs**
(1) **Development and submission to Secretary** — Not later than 90 days after the Secretary issues the regulations under subsection (a), each over-the-road bus operator shall develop a security training program in accordance with such regulations and submit the program to the Secretary for approval.
(2) **Approval** — Not later than 60 days after receiving a security training program under this subsection, the Secretary shall approve the program or require the over-the-road bus operator that developed the program to make any revisions to the program that the Secretary considers necessary for the program to meet the requirements of the regulations. An over-the-road bus operator shall respond to the Secretary’s comments not later than 30 days after receiving them.
(3) **Training** — Not later than 1 year after the Secretary approves a security training program in accordance with this subsection, the over-the-road bus operator that developed the program shall complete the training of all over-the-road bus frontline employees who were hired by the operator more than 30 days preceding such date. For such employees employed less than 30 days by an operator preceding such date, training shall be completed within the first 60 days of employment.
(4) **Updates of regulations and program revisions** — The Secretary shall periodically review and update, as appropriate, the training regulations issued under subsection (a) to reflect new or changing security threats. Each over-the-road bus operator shall revise its training program accordingly and provide additional training as necessary to its employees within a reasonable time after the regulations are updated.
**(e) National Training Program** The Secretary shall ensure that the training program developed under subsection (a) is a component of the National Training Program established under [section 748 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section748&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Reporting requirements** Not later than 2 years after the date of regulation issuance, the Secretary shall review implementation of the training program of a representative sample of over-the-road bus operators and over-the-road bus frontline employees, and report to the appropriate congressional committees of such reviews. The Secretary may submit the report in both classified and redacted formats as necessary.
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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) In general** Not later than 18 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall issue regulations that—
(1) require each over-the-road bus operator assigned to a high-risk tier under this section—
(A) to conduct a vulnerability assessment in accordance with subsections (c) and (d); and
(B) to prepare, submit to the Secretary for approval, and implement a security plan in accordance with subsection (e); and
(2) establish standards and guidelines for developing and implementing the vulnerability assessments and security plans for carriers assigned to high-risk tiers consistent with this section.
**(b) Non high-risk programs** The Secretary may establish a security program for over-the-road bus operators not assigned to a high-risk tier, including—
(1) guidance for such operators in conducting vulnerability assessments and preparing and implementing security plans, as determined appropriate by the Secretary; and
(2) a process to review and approve such assessments and plans, as appropriate.
**(c) Deadline for submission** Not later than 9 months after the date of issuance of the regulations under subsection (a), the vulnerability assessments and security plans required by such regulations for over-the-road bus operators assigned to a high-risk tier shall be completed and submitted to the Secretary for review and approval.
**(d) Vulnerability assessments**
(1) **Requirements** — The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and guidance to over-the-road bus operators in conducting vulnerability assessments under this section and shall require that each vulnerability assessment of an operator assigned to a high-risk tier under this section includes, as appropriate—
(A) identification and evaluation of critical assets and infrastructure, including pl
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish a program for making grants to eligible private operators providing transportation by an over-the-road bus for security improvements described in subsection (b).
**(b) Uses of funds** A recipient of a grant received under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for one or more of the following:
(1) Constructing and modifying terminals, garages, and facilities, including terminals and other over-the-road bus facilities owned by State or local governments, to increase their security.
(2) Modifying over-the-road buses to increase their security.
(3) Protecting or isolating the driver of an over-the-road bus.
(4) Acquiring, upgrading, installing, or operating equipment, software, or accessorial services for collection, storage, or exchange of passenger and driver information through ticketing systems or other means and for information links with government agencies, for security purposes.
(5) Installing cameras and video surveillance equipment on over-the-road buses and at terminals, garages, and over-the-road bus facilities.
(6) Establishing and improving an emergency communications system linking drivers and over-the-road buses to the recipient’s operations center or linking the operations center to law enforcement and emergency personnel.
(7) Implementing and operating passenger screening programs for weapons and explosives.
(8) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced over-the-road bus security.
(9) Operating and capital costs associated with over-the-road bus security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training under [section 1184 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1184&num=0&edition=prelim) and training developed by institutions of h
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1184
scribed 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) over-the-road bus operators and over-the-
road bus terminal owners and operators;
(3)
governmental
and
nongovernmental
emergency response providers and law enforce-
ment agencies; 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 over-the-road bus operators and terminals
administered by the Department and the De-
partment of Transportation, as jointly deter-
mined by the Secretary and the Secretary of
Transportation, unless the Secretary waives
this consolidation requirement, as appro-
priate;
(2) consists of exercises that are—
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of the
over-the-road bus operators and terminals,
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 appropriate, of over-the-
road bus 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 para-
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