2012 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security
Chapter 4 - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY (§§ 1101 - 1208)
Subchapter I - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY PLANNING AND INFORMATION SHARING (§§ 1101 - 1104)
Section 1103 - National Transportation Security Center of Excellence
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY CHAPTER 4 - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUBCHAPTER I - TRANSPORTATION SECURITY PLANNING AND INFORMATION SHARING Sec. 1103 - National Transportation Security Center of Excellence |
Contains | section 1103 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-53, title XII, §1205, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 387. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 121 Stat. 387 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 110-53 |
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The Secretary shall establish a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence to conduct research and education activities, and to develop or provide professional security training, including the training of transportation employees and transportation professionals.
(b) DesignationThe Secretary shall select one of the institutions identified in subsection (c) as the lead institution responsible for coordinating the National Transportation Security Center of Excellence.
(c) Member institutions (1) ConsortiumThe institution of higher education selected under subsection (b) shall execute agreements with the other institutions of higher education identified in this subsection and other institutions designated by the Secretary to develop a consortium to assist in accomplishing the goals of the Center.
(2) MembersThe National Transportation Security Center of Excellence shall consist of—
(A) Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas;
(B) the National Transit Institute at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;
(C) Tougaloo College;
(D) the Connecticut Transportation Institute at the University of Connecticut;
(E) the Homeland Security Management Institute, Long Island University;
(F) the Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center at the University of Arkansas; and
(G) any additional institutions or facilities designated by the Secretary.
(3) Certain inclusionsTo the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that an appropriate number of any additional consortium colleges or universities designated by the Secretary under this subsection are Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
(1) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(4) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, §1205, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 387.)
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