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Homeland Security

Democrat Introduces Bill To Strengthen Surface Transportation Security

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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Democrat Introduces Bill To Strengthen Surface Transportation Security

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), the second ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, on Tuesday introduced legislation that would increase funding for transportation security grants, add more federal mobile security teams and bomb-sniffing dogs, and provide other measures to better secure surface transportation assets.The Surface Transportation and Public Area Security Act of 2017 would authorize $400 million annually for the Transportation Security Grant Program (TSGP), authorize at least 60 Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams, add at…

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