§124h–1 Threat Information Sharing

Summary

The Secretary of Homeland Security must assign TSA and, when appropriate, DHS intelligence officers and analysts to work at State, local, and regional fusion centers near high-risk surface transportation sites. Their work must improve security by sharing timely threat information about terrorism and targeted violence, while protecting privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Those officers must help make and share transportation security intelligence that helps law enforcement use resources better, speeds sharing between jurisdictions, and gives DHS a clearer picture of threats. The Secretary must let appropriate owners, operators, or others apply for security clearances so they can receive classified threat information. Within one year after December 27, 2021, DHS must report to the House and Senate homeland security committees on the privacy and civil rights protections used. Within two years after that date, the Comptroller General must review how the law was put into practice and send recommendations to those committees about protecting rights and improving information sharing. Defined terms (one line each): surface transportation asset — public transit, railroads, scheduled over‑the‑road buses, bus terminals, and similar transportation facilities or systems; targeted violence — attacks aimed to cause mass injury or death without a clear political or ideological motive; terrorism — domestic and international terrorism as defined in federal law.