Sec. 3. Public area security working group
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a working group to promote collaborative engagement between the Department of Homeland Security and public and private sector stakeholders to develop non-binding recommendations for enhancing security in public areas of transportation facilities (including facilities that are surface transportation assets), including recommendations regarding the following topics: Information sharing and interoperable communication capabilities among the Department of Homeland Security and public and private stakeholders with respect to terrorist or other threats.
Coordinated incident response procedures. The prevention of terrorist attacks and other incidents through strategic planning, security training, exercises and drills, law enforcement patrols, worker vetting, and suspicious activity reporting. Infrastructure protection through effective construction design barriers and installation of advanced surveillance and other security technologies. Not later than 1 year after the establishment of the working group under subsection
(a)and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the working group’s organization, participation, activities, findings, and non-binding recommendations for the immediately preceding 12-month period. The Secretary may publish a public version of such report that describes the working group’s activities and such related matters as would be informative to the public, consistent with section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group established under subsection
(a)or any subsidiary thereof.