During a national emergency, the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security was authorized to coordinate domestic aviation, rail, surface, and maritime transportation, and to oversee transportation-related responsibilities of federal departments and agencies other than the Department of Defense and military departments.
Sources
- 49 USC 114(s): Nondisclosure of security activities - ProPublica (projects.propublica.org)
- https://law.justia.com/codes/us/2001/title49/subtitlei/chap1/sec114 (law.justia.com)
- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2007-title49-section114&num=0&edition=2007 (uscode.house.gov)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title49/pdf/USCODE-2015-title49-subtitleI-chap1-sec114.pdf (govinfo.gov)
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