US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

46 U.S.C. § 70104

Transportation security incident response

(a)

Facility and Vessel Response Plans .—

The Secretary shall—
(1)
establish security incident response plans for vessels and facilities that may be involved in a transportation security incident; and
(2)
make those plans available to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for inclusion in the Administrator’s response plan for United States ports and waterways.
(b)

Contents .—

Response plans developed under subsection (a) shall provide a comprehensive response to an emergency, including notifying and coordinating with local, State, and Federal authorities, including the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, securing the facility or vessel, and evacuating facility and vessel personnel.
(c)

Inclusion in Security Plan .—

A response plan required under this subsection for a vessel or facility may be included in the security plan prepared under section 70103(c).

Pub. L. 107–295, title I, § 102(a)116 Stat. 2072 Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c)120 Stat. 1410 (Added , , ; amended , , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295section 313 of Title 6Pub. L. 109–295section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295section 313 of Title 6“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” and “Administrator’s” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” and “Director’s”, respectively, on authority of , set out as a note under , Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until , see , set out as a note under .

Transfer of Functions

section 315(a)(1) of Title 6For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

section 542 of Title 6For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .

Deadline

Pub. L. 107–295, title I, § 102(c)116 Stat. 2084

section 70104(a)(1) of title 46“The Secretary shall establish the plans required under , United States Code, as enacted by this Act, before .”
, , , provided that: