2019 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security
Chapter 4 - Transportation Security
Subchapter IV - Surface Transportation Security
Part A - General Provisions
Sec. 1156 - Nuclear material and explosive detection technology

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Citation 6 U.S.C. § 1156 (2019)
Section Name §1156. Nuclear material and explosive detection technology
Section Text

The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the head of each relevant Federal department or agency researching nuclear material detection systems or explosive detection systems, shall research, facilitate, and, to the extent practicable, deploy next generation technologies, including active neutron interrogation, to detect nuclear material and explosives in transportation systems and transportation facilities.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, §1984, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3621.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the TSA Modernization Act and also as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, and not as part of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 which comprises this chapter.

DEFINITION

For definition of "Secretary" as used in this section, see section 1902 of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 49, Transportation.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 IV - SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Part A - General Provisions
Sec. 1156 - Nuclear material and explosive detection technology
Contains section 1156
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 132 Stat. 3621
Public Law References Public Law 115-254
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