TRANSPORTATION SECURITY STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SEC. 1202. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY STRATEGIC PLANNING.(a) In General.—Section 114(t)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:“(B) transportation modal security plans addressing security risks, including threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, for aviation, railroad, ferry, highway, maritime, pipeline, public transportation, over-the-road bus, and other transportation infrastructure assets.”.(b) Contents of the National Strategy for Transportation Security.—Section 114(t)(3) of such title is amended—(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “, based on risk assessments conducted or received by the Secretary of Homeland Security (including assessments conducted under the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007” after “risk based priorities”;(2) in subparagraph (D)—(A) by striking “and local” and inserting “local, and tribal”; and(B) by striking “private sector cooperation and participation” and inserting “cooperation and participation by private sector entities, including nonprofit employee labor organizations,”;(3) in subparagraph (E)—(A) by striking “response” and inserting “prevention, response,”; and(B) by inserting “and threatened and executed acts of terrorism outside the United States to the extent such acts affect United States transportation systems” before the period at the end;(4) in subparagraph (F), by adding at the end the following: “Transportation security research and development projects shall be based, to the extent practicable, on such prioritization. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to require the termination of any research or development project initiated by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of 121 STAT. 382 Transportation before the date of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.”; and(5) by adding at the end the following:“(G) A 3- and 10-year budget for Federal transportation security programs that will achieve the priorities of the National Strategy for Transportation Security.“(H) Methods for linking the individual transportation modal security plans and the programs contained therein, and a plan for addressing the security needs of intermodal transportation.“(I) Transportation modal security plans described in paragraph (1)(B), including operational recovery plans to expedite, to the maximum extent practicable, the return to operation of an adversely affected transportation system following a major terrorist attack on that system or other incident. These plans shall be coordinated with the resumption of trade protocols required under section 202 of the SAFE Port Act (6 U.S.C. 942) and the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan required under section 70103(a) of title 46.”.(c) Periodic Progress Reports.—Section 114(t)(4) of such title is amended—(1) in subparagraph (C)—(A) in clause (i) by inserting “, including the transportation modal security plans” before the period at the end; and(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:“(ii) Content.—Each progress report submitted under this subparagraph shall include, at a minimum, the following:“(I) Recommendations for improving and implementing the National Strategy for Transportation Security and the transportation modal and intermodal security plans that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, considers appropriate.“(II) An accounting of all grants for transportation security, including grants and contracts for research and development, awarded by the Secretary of Homeland Security in the most recent fiscal year and a description of how such grants accomplished the goals of the National Strategy for Transportation Security.“(III) An accounting of all—“(aa) funds requested in the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for the most recent fiscal year for transportation security, by mode;“(bb) personnel working on transportation security by mode, including the number of contractors; and“(cc) information on the turnover in the previous year among senior staff of the Department of Homeland Security, including component agencies, working on transportation security issues. Such information shall 121 STAT. 383 include the number of employees who have permanently left the office, agency, or area in which they worked, and the amount of time that they worked for the Department.“(iii) Written explanation of transportation security activities not delineated in the national strategy for transportation security.—At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written explanation of any Federal transportation security activity that is inconsistent with the National Strategy for Transportation Security, including the amount of funds to be expended for the activity and the number of personnel involved.”; and(2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:“(E) Appropriate congressional committees defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.”.(d) Priority Status.—Section 114(t)(5)(B) of such title is amended—(1) in clause (iii), by striking “and” at the end;(2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:“(iv) the transportation sector specific plan required under Homeland Security Presidential Directive–7; and”.(e) Coordination and Plan Distribution.—Section 114(t) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:“(6) Coordination.—In carrying out the responsibilities under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall consult, as appropriate, with Federal, State, and local agencies, tribal governments, private sector entities (including nonprofit employee labor organizations), institutions of higher learning, and other entities.“(7) Plan distribution.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available and appropriately publicize an unclassified version of the National Strategy for Transportation Security, including its component transportation modal security plans, to Federal, State, regional, local and tribal authorities, transportation system owners or operators, private sector stakeholders, including nonprofit employee labor organizations representing transportation employees, institutions of higher learning, and other appropriate entities.”.