Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 11, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2019
- Passed HouseJun 10, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
This bill addresses threat information sharing and law enforcement training regarding the enhancement of security for surface transportation assets. (A surface transportation asset includes facilities, equipment, or systems used to provide transportation services by a public transportation carrier, railroad carrier, or an entity offering scheduled, fixed-route transportation services by bus.)
Specifically, the bill
- directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize the assignment of officers and intelligence analysts from the Transportation Security Administration and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to locations with participating state, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with high-risk surface transportation assets to enhance the security of such assets, including by improving timely sharing of classified information regarding terrorist and other threats; and
- authorizes DHS to develop a training program to enhance the protection, preparedness, and response capabilities of law enforcement agencies with respect to terrorist and other threats at a surface transportation asset.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 7, 2019Markup May 15, 2019Reported May 30, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2019 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 10, 2019Miss Rice (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 10, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4369-4370)
- Jun 10, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2539.
- Jun 10, 2019At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E740 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jun 11, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4369, H4370Text printed H4369Recorded votes H4376enact | Dan Crenshaw R-TX, Kathleen M. Rice D-NY, Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA | Jun 10, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 7, 2019H.R. 2539, Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 30, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 75, May 7, 2019, page H3475.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the assignment of certain officers and intelligence analysts from the Transportation Security Administration and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of such assets, including by improving timely sharing of classified information regarding terrorist and other threats, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Strengthening Local Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Criminal justice information and records
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Motor carriers
- Public transit
- Railroads
- Roads and highways
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2019Referred in Senate
- Jun 10, 2019Engrossed in House
- May 30, 2019Reported in House
- May 7, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
