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HR 1210 113th Congress House Emergency Management Homeland security Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement officers Public transit State and local government operations Terrorism Transportation safety and security

Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act

Introduced: March 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Mar 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Mar 15, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make it a priority to assign DHS officers and intelligence analysts, including from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to participating state and urban area fusion centers located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit systems to enhance security of such systems by assisting law enforcement authorities in identifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting persons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to homeland security.

Makes it a primary responsibility of such officers and analysts to create mass transit intelligence products that: (1) assist law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources most efficiently to help detect and interdict terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and contraband at U.S. mass transit systems; (2) promote more consistent and timely dissemination of mass transit security-relevant information among jurisdictions with such systems; and (3) enhance DHS's situational awareness with respect to the threat of terrorist acts at or involving U.S. mass transit systems.

What's happening now March 27, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.

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