Sec. 584. Security awareness program
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The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall establish a program to promote surface transportation security through the training of surface transportation operators and frontline employees on each of the skills identified in subsection (c). The program established under subsection
(a)shall apply to all modes of surface transportation, including public transportation, rail, highway, motor carrier, and pipeline. The program established under subsection
(a)shall cover, at a minimum, the skills necessary to observe, assess, and respond to suspicious items or actions that could indicate a threat to transportation. The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall conduct an assessment of current training programs for surface transportation operators and frontline employees. The assessment under paragraph
(1)shall identify— whether other training is being provided, either voluntarily or in response to other Federal requirements; and whether there are any gaps in existing training. The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall ensure the program established under subsection
(a)is updated as necessary to address changes in risk and terrorist methods and to close any gaps identified in the assessment under subsection (d). The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure there exists a national mechanism for an individual to use to report to the Department of Homeland Security suspicious activity in transportation systems. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish procedures for the Department of Homeland Security— to review and follow-up, as necessary, on each report received under paragraph (1); and to share, as necessary and in accordance with law, such reports with appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal entities. Nothing in this section may be construed to— replace or affect in any way the use of 9-1-1 services in an emergency; or replace or affect in any way the security training program requirements specified in sections 1408, 1517, and 1534 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ( 6 U.S.C. 1137 , 1167, and 1184; Public Law 110–53 ). In this section, the term frontline employee includes— 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 of the Transportation Security Administration determines should receive security training under this section or who is receiving security training under other law; 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 who the Administrator determines should receive security training under this section or who is receiving security training under other law; or security personnel, dispatchers, locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen, other onboard employees, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, bridge tenders, and any other employees of railroad carriers who the Administrator determines should receive security training under this section or who is receiving security training under other law.
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