Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act
Current understanding
Introduced legislation that would direct the Department of Homeland Security to assign officers and intelligence analysts to fusion centers serving high-risk mass transit jurisdictions, with the stated goal of improving detection and interdiction of terrorist threats to U.S. transit systems. The bill reallocates existing DHS/TSA intelligence personnel rather than creating new authorities, building on the established State and Local Fusion Center framework. Status: introduced; no CBO score or committee action reflected yet.
Evidence log
- 2015-07-07 — CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2015: cross-connection with cbrn-intelligence-information-sharing-act-2015: Both direct DHS I&A to prioritize specific threat categories (CBRN and mass transit) in analytic and information-sharing workflows with SLTT partners. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-03-27 — Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act: cross-connection with empowering-local-partners-prevent-terrorism-act-2013: Both direct federal counterterrorism intelligence resources toward state and local partners; the Mass Transit bill narrows a similar model to fusion centers serving transit jurisdictions. (novelty: 2)