6 U.S.C. § 1140
Threat assessments
United States · Title 6 — DOMESTIC SECURITY · Status: effective
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- 6 U.S.C. § 1140, Threat assessments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428331
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Not later than 1 year after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall complete a name-based security background check against the consolidated terrorist watchlist and an immigration status check for all public transportation frontline employees, similar to the threat assessment screening program required for facility employees and longshoremen by the Commandant of the Coast Guard under Coast Guard Notice USCG–2006–24189 (71 Fed. Reg. 25066 (April 8, 2006)).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007