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6 U.S.C. § 1151 — Definitions
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In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(4) **Over-the-road bus** — The term “over-the-road bus” means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.
(5) **Over-the-road bus frontline employees** — In this section,11 So in original. “In this section,” probably should not appear. the term “over-the-road bus frontline employees” means over-the-road bus drivers, security personnel, dispatchers, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, ticket agents, other terminal employees, and other employees of an over-the-road bus operator or terminal owner or operator that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(6) **Railroad frontline employees** — In this section,1 the term “railroad frontline employees” means security personnel, dispatchers, locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen, other onboard employees, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, bridge tenders, and any other employees of railroad carriers that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(7) **Railroad** — The term “railroad” has the meaning that term has in [section 20102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim
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In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(3) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(4) **Over-the-road bus** — The term “over-the-road bus” means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.
(5) **Over-the-road bus frontline employees** — In this section,11 So in original. “In this section,” probably should not appear. the term “over-the-road bus frontline employees” means over-the-road bus drivers, security personnel, dispatchers, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, ticket agents, other terminal employees, and other employees of an over-the-road bus operator or terminal owner or operator that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(6) **Railroad frontline employees** — In this section,1 the term “railroad frontline employees” means security personnel, dispatchers, locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen, other onboard employees, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, bridge tenders, and any other employees of railroad carriers that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(7) **Railroad** — The term “railroad” has the meaning that term has in [section 20102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section20102&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Railroad carrier** — The term “railroad carrier” has the meaning that term has in [section 20102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section20102&num=0&edition=prelim).
(9) **State** — The term “State” means any one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(10) **Terrorism** — The term “terrorism” has the meaning that term has in [section 101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section101&num=0&edition=prelim).
(11) **Transportation** — The term “transportation”, as used with respect to an over-the-road bus, means the movement of passengers or property by an over-the-road bus—
(A) in the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place outside the State (including a place outside the United States); or
(B) in a State that affects trade, traffic, and transportation described in subparagraph (A).
(12) **United States** — The term “United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(13) **Security-sensitive material** — The term “security-sensitive material” means a material, or a group or class of material, in a particular amount and form that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, determines, through a rulemaking with opportunity for public comment, poses a significant risk to national security while being transported in commerce due to the potential use of the material in an act of terrorism. In making such a designation, the Secretary shall, at a minimum, consider the following:
(A) Class 7 radioactive materials.
(B) Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives.
(C) Materials poisonous or toxic by inhalation, including Division 2.3 gases and Division 6.1 materials.
(D) A select agent or toxin regulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under part 73 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.
(14) **Disadvantaged business concerns** — The term “disadvantaged business concerns” means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 124,22 So in original. Probably should be “part 124,”. of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations.
(15) **Amtrak** — The term “Amtrak” means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
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In this part—
(1) “Class I railroad”, “Class II railroad”, and “Class III railroad” mean railroad carriers that have annual carrier operating revenues that meet the threshold amount for Class I carriers, Class II carriers, and Class III carriers, respectively, as determined by the Surface Transportation Board under section 1201.1–1 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) “railroad”—
(A) means any form of nonhighway ground transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including—
(i) commuter or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation on January 1, 1979; and
(ii) high speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether those systems use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads; but
(B) does not include rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
(3) “railroad carrier” means a person providing railroad transportation, except that, upon petition by a group of commonly controlled railroad carriers that the Secretary determines is operating within the United States as a single, integrated rail system, the Secretary may by order treat the group of railroad carriers as a single railroad carrier for purposes of one or more provisions of part A, subtitle V of this title and implementing regulations and order, subject to any appropriate conditions that the Secretary may impose.
(4) “safety-related railroad employee” means—
(A) a railroad employee who is subject to chapter 211;
(B) another operating railroad employee who is not subject to chapter 211;
(C) an employee who maintai
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 902; amended Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1537(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 467, related to registration of motor carriers by a State.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in [section 11506 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section11506&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4305(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1764, as amended by Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1537(c), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 467, provided that this section and the item relating to this section in the analysis for this chapter are repealed effective Jan. 1, 2008.
#### Temporary Reenactment of Section
Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1537(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 467, provided that [section 14504 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section14504&num=0&edition=prelim), as in effect on Dec. 31, 2006, was to be in effect for the period beginning on Jan. 1, 2007, and ending on the earlier of Jan. 1, 2008, or the effective date of final regulations issued (none issued as of Jan. 1, 2008) pursuant to section 1537(b) of Pub. L. 110–53, set out as a note under [section 13908 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section13908&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) General Prohibitions.—** Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (c), knowingly and without lawful authority or permission—
(1) wrecks, derails, sets fire to, or disables railroad on-track equipment or a mass transportation vehicle;
(2) places any biological agent or toxin, destructive substance, or destructive device in, upon, or near railroad on-track equipment or a mass transportation vehicle with intent to endanger the safety of any person, or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life;
(3) places or releases a hazardous material or a biological agent or toxin on or near any property described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (4), with intent to endanger the safety of any person, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life;
(4) sets fire to, undermines, makes unworkable, unusable, or hazardous to work on or use, or places any biological agent or toxin, destructive substance, or destructive device in, upon, or near any—
(A) tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, electromagnetic guideway, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance used in the operation of, or in support of the operation of, a railroad carrier, and with intent to, or knowing or having reason to know,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. such activity would likely, derail, disable, or wreck railroad on-track equipment; or
(B) garage, terminal, structure, track, electromagnetic guideway, supply, or facility used in the operation of, or in support of the operation of, a mass transportation vehicle, and with intent to, or knowing or having reason to know,1 such activity would likely, derail, disable, or wreck a mass transportation vehicle used, operated, or employed by a m
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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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**(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) Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior**
(1) **In general** — Any person who, in good faith and based on objectively reasonable suspicion, makes, or causes to be made, a voluntary report of covered activity to an authorized official shall be immune from civil liability under Federal, State, and local law for such report.
(2) **False reports** — Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any report that the person knew to be false or was made with reckless disregard for the truth at the time that person made that report.
**(b) Immunity for response**
(1) **In general** — Any authorized official who observes, or receives a report of, covered activity and takes reasonable action in good faith to respond to such activity shall have qualified immunity from civil liability for such action, consistent with applicable law in the relevant jurisdiction. An authorized official as defined by subsection (d)(1)(A) not entitled to assert the defense of qualified immunity shall nevertheless be immune from civil liability under Federal, State, and local law if such authorized official takes reasonable action, in good faith, to respond to the reported activity.
(2) **Savings clause** — Nothing in this subsection shall affect the ability of any authorized official to assert any defense, privilege, or immunity that would otherwise be available, and this subsection shall not be construed as affecting any such defense, privilege, or immunity.
**(c) Attorney fees and costs** Any person or authorized official found to be immune from civil liability under this section shall be entitled to recover from the plaintiff all reasonable costs and attorney fees.
**(d) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Authorized official** — The term “authorized official” mea
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**(a) Secretarial oversight** The Secretary, in coordination with 11 So in original. The word “the” probably should appear. Secretary of Transportation for grants awarded to Amtrak, shall establish necessary procedures, including monitoring and audits, to ensure that grants made under this subchapter are expended in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter and the priorities and other criteria developed by the Secretary.
**(b) Additional audits and reviews** The Secretary, and the Secretary of Transportation for grants awarded to Amtrak, may award contracts to undertake additional audits and reviews of the safety, security, procurement, management, and financial compliance of a recipient of amounts under this subchapter.
**(c) Procedures for grant award** Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants under this subchapter, including application and qualification procedures, and a record of decision on applicant eligibility. The procedures shall include the execution of a grant agreement between the grant recipient and the Secretary and shall be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the grant procedures established under section 70107(i) and (j) of title 46.
**(d) Additional authority**
(1) **Issuance** — The Secretary may issue non-binding letters of intent to recipients of a grant under this subchapter, to commit funding from future budget authority of an amount, not more than the Federal Government’s share of the project’s cost, for a capital improvement project.
(2) **Schedule** — The letter of intent under this subsection shall establish a schedule under which the Secretary will reimburse the recipient for the Government’s share of the project’s costs, as amounts beco
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**(a) Communications**
(1) **In general** — In conjunction with the research and development program established under [section 1168 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1168&num=0&edition=prelim) and consistent with the results of research relating to wireless and other tracking technologies, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, shall develop a program that will encourage the equipping of railroad cars transporting security-sensitive materials, as defined in [section 1151 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim), with technology that provides—
(A) car position location and tracking capabilities; and
(B) notification of railroad car depressurization, breach, unsafe temperature, or release of hazardous materials, as appropriate.
(2) **Coordination** — In developing the program required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—
(A) consult with the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate the program with any ongoing or planned efforts for railroad car tracking at the Department of Transportation; and
(B) ensure that the program is consistent with recommendations and findings of the Department of Homeland Security’s hazardous material railroad tank car tracking pilot programs.
**(b) Funding** From the amounts appropriated pursuant to 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “section”. 114(w) 22 See References in Text note below. of title 49, there shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out this section—
(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(3) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 1144
1 So in original. ‘‘In this section,’’ probably should not appear.
migration status checks, or other background
checks of covered individuals.
(h) Statutory construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to
affect the process for review established under
section 70105(c) of title 46, including regulations
issued pursuant to such section.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XIV, § 1414, Aug. 3, 2007, 121
Stat. 419.)
§ 1144. Limitation on fines and civil penalties
(a) Inspectors
Surface transportation inspectors shall be pro-
hibited from issuing fines to public transpor-
tation agencies for violations of the Depart-
ment’s regulations or orders except through the
process described in subsection (b).
(b) Civil penalties
The Secretary shall be prohibited from assess-
ing civil penalties against public transportation
agencies for violations of the Department’s reg-
ulations or orders, except in accordance with
the following:
(1) In the case of a public transportation
agency that is found to be in violation of a
regulation or order issued by the Secretary,
the Secretary shall seek correction of the vio-
lation through a written notice to the public
transportation agency and shall give the pub-
lic transportation agency reasonable oppor-
tunity to correct the violation or propose an
alternative means of compliance acceptable to
the Secretary.
(2) If the public transportation agency does
not correct the violation or propose an alter-
native means of compliance acceptable to the
Secretary within a reasonable time period
that is specified in the written notice, the Sec-
retary may take any action authorized in sec-
tion 114 of title 49.
(c) Limitation on Secretary
The Secretary shall not initiate civil enforce-
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