H.R. 5089Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018

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Sponsor: Nanette Diaz Barragán [D-CA-44]
Cosponsors: 2 · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Committees: Homeland Security Committee, Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Latest action: Mar 22, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2018
Passed the HouseMar 22, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize the assignment of officers and intelligence analysts from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to locations with participating state, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of such asset. A "surface transportation asset" includes facilities, equipment, or systems used to provide transportation services by: (1) a public transportation agency, (2) a railroad carrier, (3) an owner or operator of bus services or a bus terminal, or (4) other facilities as determined by DHS.

Officers and intelligence analysts assigned to locations with participating state, local, and regional fusion centers shall participate in the generation and dissemination of transportation security intelligence products, with an emphasis on terrorist and other threats to surface transportation assets that: (1) assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources; (2) promote more consistent and timely sharing of threat information among jurisdictions; and (3) enhance DHS's situational awareness of such terrorist and other threats.

(Sec. 4) The TSA shall: (1) make available to public and private sector stakeholders a framework for establishing an integrated and unified operations center responsible for overseeing daily operations of a transportation facility that promotes coordination for responses to terrorism, serious incidents, and other purposes; and (2) report to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on operations centers at transportation facilities at which the TSA has a presence.

(Sec. 5) DHS, may develop, through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, a training program to enhance the protection, preparedness, and response capabilities of law enforcement agencies with respect to terrorism and other serious incidents at a surface transportation asset.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5089 as passed House amended on Mar 22, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 129

House Mar 22, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2018

Passed · Two-thirds required

397 Yea 1 Nay 31 not voting

Crossed both parties 1 of 398 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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Democratic192 members

Republican237 members

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Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5089 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

DBennie G. Thompson [D-MS-02]Original2026 profile

DBonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12]Original

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