Title 6 — Domestic Security
Chapter 4 — Transportation Security
§ 1132. Findings
Statutory text
Congress finds that—
182 public transportation systems throughout the world have been primary targets of terrorist attacks;
more than 6,000 public transportation agencies operate in the United States;
people use public transportation vehicles 33,000,000 times each day;
the Federal Transit Administration has invested $93,800,000,000 since 1992 for construction and improvements;
the Federal investment in transit security has been insufficient; and
greater Federal investment in transit security improvements per passenger boarding is necessary to better protect the American people, given transit’s vital importance in creating mobility and promoting our Nation’s economy.
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.
National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–53 title XIV § 1403 · 121 Stat. 266
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 1132
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XIV, § 1403, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 401.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XIV, § 1403, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 401.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1403. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) 182 public transportation systems throughout the world have been primary targets of terrorist attacks; (2) more than 6,000 public transportation agencies operate in the United States; (3) people use public transportation vehicles 33,000,000 times each day; (4) the Federal Transit Administration has invested $93,800,000,000 since 1992 for construction and improvements; (5) the Federal investment in transit security has been insufficient; and (6) greater Federal investment in transit security improvements per passenger boarding is necessary to better protect the American people, given transit’s vital importance in creating mobility and promoting our Nation’s economy.
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