[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3857 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3857

To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
  2007 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to include as an 
 eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by 
local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2012

 Mr. Turner of New York (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Rogers 
  of Alabama, and Mr. Grimm) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
  2007 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to include as an 
 eligible use the sustainment of specialized operational teams used by 
local law enforcement under the Transit Security Grant Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Transit Security and Local 
Law Enforcement Support Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING USE OF GRANT FUNDS RELATING TO 
              OPERATIONAL COSTS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1406(b)(2) of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 
1135(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
        subparagraph (E):
                    ``(E) specialized patrol teams, as defined by the 
                Secretary in coordination with the recipients of grants 
                under this section, including the sustainment of such 
                teams without fiscal year or other limitation;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
grants made under section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135) on or after such date.
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