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“(a) In General.—The Assistant Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, and other relevant agencies, conduct outreach to all passenger transportation agencies and providers with high-risk facilities, as identified by the Assistant Secretary, to verify such agencies and providers have in place plans to respond to active shooters, acts of terrorism, or other security-related incidents that target passengers. “(b) Types of Plans.—As applicable, such plans may include, but may not be limited to, the following:“(1) A strategy for evacuating and providing care to individuals, with consideration given to the needs of persons with disabilities. “(2) A plan for establishing a unified command. “(3) A plan for frontline employees to receive active shooter training. “(4) A schedule for regular testing of communications equipment used to receive emergency calls. “(5) An evaluation of how emergency calls placed by individuals using the transportation system will reach police in an expeditious manner. “(6) A practiced method and plan to communicate with individuals using the transportation system. “(c) Report to Congress.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 24, 2015], the Assistant Secretary shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the findings from its outreach to the agencies and providers under subsection (a), including an analysis of the level of preparedness such transportation systems have to respond to security incidents. “(d) Dissemination of Best Practices.—The Assistant Secretary shall identify best practices for security incident planning, management, and training and establish a mechanism through which to share such practices with passenger transportation agencies nationwide.

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