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PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007 (2) Modifying over-the-road buses to increase their security. (3) Protecting or isolating the driver of an over-the-road bus.

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(4) Acquiring, upgrading, installing, or operating equipment, software, or accessorial services for collection, storage, or exchange of passenger and driver information through ticketing systems or other means and for information links with government agencies, for security purposes. (5) Installing cameras and video surveillance equipment on over-the-road buses and at terminals, garages, and overthe-road bus facilities. (6) Establishing and improving an emergency communications system linking drivers and over-the-road buses to the recipient’s operations center or linking the operations center to law enforcement and emergency personnel. (7) Implementing and operating passenger screening programs for weapons and explosives. (8) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced over-the-road bus security. (9) Operating and capital costs associated with over-theroad bus security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training under section 1534 and training developed by institutions of higher education and by nonprofit employee labor organizations, for over-the-road bus employees, including frontline employees. (10) Chemical, biological, radiological, or explosive detection, including canine patrols for such detection. (11) Overtime reimbursement, including reimbursement of State, local, and tribal governments for costs, for enhanced security personnel assigned to duties related to over-the-road bus security during periods of high or severe threat levels, National Special Security Events, or other periods of heightened security as determined by the Secretary. (12) Live or simulated exercises, including those described in section 1533. (13) Operational costs to hire, train, and employ police and security officers, including canine units, assigned to fulltime security or counterterrorism duties related to over-theroad bus transportation, including reimbursement of State, local, and tribal government costs for such personnel. (14) Development of assessments or security plans under section 1531. (15) Such other improvements as the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) DUE CONSIDERATION.—In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize grant funding based on security risks to bus passengers and the ability of a project to reduce, or enhance response to, that risk, and shall not penalize private operators of over-the-road buses that have taken measures to enhance overthe-road bus transportation security prior to September 11, 2001. (d) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.— In carrying out the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) determine the requirements for recipients of grants under this section, including application requirements; (2) select grant recipients;

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