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§ 1155. Security awareness program
(a) Establishment
(b) Application
(c) Training
(d) Assessment
(1) In general
(2) Contents
The assessment shall identify—
(A) whether other training is being provided, either voluntarily or in response to other Federal requirements; and
(B) whether there are any gaps in existing training.
(e) Updates
(f) Suspicious activity reporting
(1) In general
(2) Procedures
The Administrator shall establish procedures for the Administration—
(A) to review and follow-up, as necessary, on each report received under paragraph (1); and
(B) to share, as necessary and in accordance with law, the report with appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal entities.
(3) Rule of construction
Nothing in this section may be construed to—
(A) replace or affect in any way the use of 9–1–1 services in an emergency; or
(B) replace or affect in any way the security training program requirements specified in sections 1137, 1167, and 1184 of this title.
(g) Definition of frontline employee
In this section, the term “frontline employee” includes—
(1) an employee of a public transportation agency who is a transit vehicle driver or operator, dispatcher, maintenance and maintenance support employee, station attendant, customer service employee, security employee, or transit police, or any other employee who has direct contact with riders on a regular basis, and any other employee of a public transportation agency that the Administrator determines should receive security training under this section or that is receiving security training under other law;
(2) 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 Administrator determines should receive security training under this section or that is receiving security training under other law; or
(3) 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 Administrator determines should receive security training under this section or that is receiving security training under other law.
(Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1976, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3616.)