- § 1101. Definitions
- § 1102. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
- § 1103. National Transportation Security Center of Excellence
- § 1104. Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response
§ 1101. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms apply:
(1) Department
(2) Secretary
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, § 1201, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 381.)
§ 1102. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
(a) In general
(b) MembersMembers of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall consist of—
(1) the Center for Domestic Preparedness;
(2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
(3) the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University;
(4) the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University;
(5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site;
(6) the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated, in Pueblo, Colorado; and
(7) the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaii.
(c) Duties
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness—
(A) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(B) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(C) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(D) $66,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
(2) for the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated, and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center each—
(A) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(B) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(C) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(D) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(e) Savings provisionFrom the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall ensure that future amounts provided to each of the following entities are not less than the amounts provided to each such entity for participation in the Consortium in fiscal year 2007—
(1) the Center for Domestic Preparedness;
(2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
(3) the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University;
(4) the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University; and
(5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, § 1204, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 386.)
§ 1103. National Transportation Security Center of Excellence
(a) Establishment
(b) Designation
(c) Member institutions
(1) Consortium
(2) Members
(A) Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas;
(B) the National Transit Institute at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;
(C) Tougaloo College;
(D) the Connecticut Transportation Institute at the University of Connecticut;
(E) the Homeland Security Management Institute, Long Island University;
(F) the Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center at the University of Arkansas; and
(G) any additional institutions or facilities designated by the Secretary.
(3) Certain inclusions
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(4) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, § 1205, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 387.)
§ 1104. Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response
(a) Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior
(1) In general
(2) False reports
(b) Immunity for response
(1) In general
(2) Savings clause
(c) Attorney fees and costs
(d) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Authorized official
The term “authorized official” means—
(A) any employee or agent of a passenger transportation system or other person with responsibilities relating to the security of such systems;
(B) any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, or the Department of Justice with responsibilities relating to the security of passenger transportation systems; or
(C) any Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer.
(2) Covered activity
The term “covered activity” means any suspicious transaction, activity, or occurrence that involves, or is directed against, a passenger transportation system or vehicle or its passengers indicating that an individual may be engaging, or preparing to engage, in a violation of law relating to—
(A) a threat to a passenger transportation system or passenger safety or security; or
(B) an act of terrorism (as that term is defined in section 3077 of title 18).
(3) Passenger transportation
The term “passenger transportation” means—
(A) public transportation, as defined in section 5302 of title 49;
(B) over-the-road bus transportation, as defined in subchapter IV, and school bus transportation;
(C) intercity passenger rail 1
1 So in original. Probably should be “intercity rail passenger”.
transportation 22 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
as defined in section 24102 of title 49;(D) the transportation of passengers onboard a passenger vessel 2 as defined in section 2101 of title 46;
(E) other regularly scheduled waterborne transportation service of passengers by vessel of at least 20 gross tons; and
(F) air transportation, as defined in section 40102 of title 49, of passengers.
(4) Passenger transportation system
(5) Vehicle
(e) Effective date
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, § 1206, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 388.)