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Title 49 — Transportation

Chapter 53 — Public Transportation

§ 5321. Crime prevention and security

Statutory text

The Secretary of Transportation may make capital grants from amounts available under section 5338 of this title to public transportation systems for crime prevention and security. This chapter does not prevent the financing of a project under this section when a local governmental authority other than the grant applicant has law enforcement responsibilities.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(d) · 108 Stat. 745

    Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 5321

    Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 820

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 820

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:

  2. Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005

    Pub. L. 109–59 title III § 3002(b)(4) · 119 Stat. 1144

    Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 5321

    Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “public transportation” for “mass transportation”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “public transportation” for “mass transportation”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) 49 USC 5301, 5302, 5307, 5311–5314, 5318, 5319, 5321–5323, 5330, 5331, 5333–5336. by striking “mass” each place the term appears before “transportation” and inserting “public”, except in sections 5301(f), 5302(a)(7), 5315, and 5323(a)(1).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
532149 App.:1620.July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, § 24; added Apr. 2, 1987, Pub. L. 100–17, § 325, 101 Stat. 237.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “public transportation” for “mass transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3028(c), , 119 Stat. 1624, required the Secretaries of Transportation and Homeland Security to issue jointly final regulations to establish the characteristics of and requirements for public transportation security grants not later than 180 days after .

Public Transportation Security

Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3028(b), , 119 Stat. 1624, provided that:

“(1)

In general.—

Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act [], the Secretary [of Transportation] shall execute an annex to the memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security, dated , to define and clarify the respective roles and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security relating to public transportation security.

“(2)

Contents.—

The annex to be executed under paragraph (1) shall—

“(A)

establish a process to develop security standards for public transportation agencies;

“(B)

create a method of direct coordination with public transportation agencies on security matters;

“(C)

address any other issues determined to be appropriate by the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security; and

“(D)

include a formal and permanent mechanism to ensure coordination and involvement by the Department of Transportation, as appropriate, in public transportation security.”

Credits

1994–2005 · 2 acts
  1. 1994Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), , 108 Stat. 820
  2. 2005Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3002(b)(4), , 119 Stat. 1545.
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(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), , 108 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3002(b)(4), , 119 Stat. 1545.)

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