6 USC § 1140 - Threat assessments
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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s1140"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 1140 - Threat assessments"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "1140"
section_name: "Threat assessments"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–53, title XIV, § 1411, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 413.)"
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# § 1140. Threat assessments
August 3, 2007April 8, 2006
Not later than 1 year after , 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 ()).
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–53, title XIV, § 1411, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 413.)