Title 6Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§1154 Public awareness

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 4— - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part Part A— - General Provisions › § 1154

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a national plan for public outreach and awareness about railroad and over-the-road bus security no later than 180 days after August 3, 2007. The plan must tell the public, passengers, and carrier employees what actions they can take to help keep the rail and over-the-road bus systems safer, and it must inform carriers and their workers about available security technologies, ongoing research, and federal funding to improve security. No later than 9 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary must put the plan into action.

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Title 6, §1154

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Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop a national plan for railroad and over-the-road bus security public outreach and awareness. Such a plan shall be designed to increase awareness of measures that the general public, passengers, and employees of railroad carriers and over-the-road bus operators can take to increase the security of the national railroad and over-the-road bus transportation systems. Such a plan shall also provide outreach to railroad carriers and over-the-road bus operators and their employees to improve their awareness of available technologies, ongoing research and development efforts, and available Federal funding sources to improve security. Not later than 9 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall implement the plan developed under this section.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 1154

Title 6Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73