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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 763 (Reported in Senate) — To improve surface and maritime transportation security. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Surface and Maritime Transportation Security Act The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Surface and maritime transportation security assessment and implementation of risk-based strategy. Sec. 4. Risk-based budgeting and resource allocation. Sec. 5. Surface and maritime transportation security management and interagency coordination review. Sec. 6. Transparency. Sec. 7.
TSA counterterrorism asset deployment. Sec. 8. Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee. Sec. 9. Review of the explosives detection canine team program. Sec. 10. Expansion of national explosives detection canine team program. Sec. 11. Explosive detection technology. Sec. 12. Study on security standards and best practices for passenger transportation systems. Sec. 13. Amtrak security upgrades. Sec. 14. Passenger rail vetting. Sec. 15. Study on surface transportation inspectors.
Sec. 16. Security awareness program. Sec. 17. Voluntary use of credentialing. Sec. 18. Background records checks for issuance of hazmat licenses. Sec. 19. Cargo container scanning technology review. Sec. 20. Repeal of biennial reporting requirement for the Government Accountability Office relating to the Transportation Security Information sharing plan.
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