H.R. 5131Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018

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Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12]
Cosponsors: 2 · 1 Democrat · 1 Republican
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 27, 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

Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018

(Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must evaluate the extent to which the 2016 Biennial National Strategy for Transportation Security is reflected in federal transportation security programs.

(Sec. 4) This bill establishes programs and reporting requirements to identify risks to facilities, equipment, or systems used to provide public transportation (surface transportation assets). It requires the Department of Homeland Security to:

develop risk-based priorities informed by an analysis of terrorist and cyber attack scenarios,

submit to Congress a feasibility assessment of employing new technologies to enhance surface transportation security,
disseminate best practices to protect against the threat of a vehicle-based terrorist attack, and
report on threats to transportation security posed by the use of security technologies by foreign countries.

(Sec. 9) The bill authorizes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a task force to identify and develop an innovative technology to enhance transportation security. The TSA must also submit to Congress and the GAO a strategy to guide operations of surface transportation security inspectors.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5131 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 126

House Mar 22, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act 2018

Passed · Two-thirds required

409 Yea 5 Nay 15 not voting

Crossed both parties 5 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 5 Republicans.

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All members429 members

Democratic192 members

Republican237 members

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Cosponsors2 · 1 Democrat · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5131 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

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

RJohn Katko [R-NY-24]Original

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H.R. 5131Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 126

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 1 Democrat · 1 Republican

H.R. 5131Surface Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2018

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 126

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 1 Democrat · 1 Republican

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Who lobbied on H.R. 51315 organizations