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 PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 383

include the number of employees who have permanently left the office, agency, or area in which they worked, and the amount of time that they worked for the Department. ‘‘(iii) WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACTIVITIES NOT DELINEATED IN THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.—At the end

of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written explanation of any Federal transportation security activity that is inconsistent with the National Strategy for Transportation Security, including the amount of funds to be expended for the activity and the number of personnel involved.’’; and (2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: ‘‘(E) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.’’. (d) PRIORITY STATUS.—Section 114(t)(5)(B) of such title is amended— (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: ‘‘(iv) the transportation sector specific plan required under Homeland Security Presidential Directive–7; and’’. (e) COORDINATION AND PLAN DISTRIBUTION.—Section 114(t) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the responsibilities under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall consult, as appropriate, with Federal, State, and local agencies, tribal governments, private sector entities (including nonprofit employee labor organizations), institutions of higher learning, and other entities. ‘‘(7) PLAN DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available and appropriately publicize an unclassified version of the National Strategy for Transportation Security, including its component transportation modal security plans, to Federal, State, regional, local and tribal authorities, transportation system owners or operators, private sector stakeholders, including nonprofit employee labor organizations representing transportation employees, institutions of higher learning, and other appropriate entities.’’. SEC. 1203. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING.

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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(u) TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING PLAN.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

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