National Emergency Transportation Coordination Act of 2001 - Amends Federal transportation law to establish within the Department of Transportation the Federal Emergency Transportation Administration. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Administration, including to: (1) coordinate domestic transportation during a national emergency (including aviation, rail, maritime, and other surface transportation); (2) coordinate and provide notice to other U.S. agencies and appropriate State and local governments, including departments and agencies for transportation, law enforcement, and border control, about threats to transportation during a national emergency; and (3) establish uniform national standards and practices for transportation during a national emergency. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations detailing circumstances constituting a national emergency for purposes of this Act.
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Sep 25, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.