Deployment of AEDS in interstate transportation facilities

(a) In general The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall issue— (1) recommendations for the deployment of automated external defibrillators (in this section referred to as AEDs) at interstate transportation facilities based on best practices for the placement and maintenance of AEDs; and (2) guidelines to assist any owner or operator of an interstate transportation facility in developing and implementing for such facility a written emergency action plan for responding to medical emergencies, including the use of AEDs. (b) Technical assistance The Secretary of Transportation shall provide technical assistance to owners and operators of interstate transportation facilities in complying with the recommendations and guidelines issued under subsection (a). (c) Enforcement In carrying out financial assistance programs of the Department of Transportation, including its components, the Secretary of Transportation may impose such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to provide for adoption of the recommendations and guidelines issued under subsection (a). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Interstate System The term Interstate System has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 23, United States Code. (2) Interstate transportation facility The term interstate transportation facility includes— (A) a bus terminal, a ferry terminal, and a rail passenger transportation terminal; (B) a highway rest area on the Interstate System; (C) a vehicle used to provide rail passenger transportation, other than a vehicle used exclusively to provide transportation between station stops located within 15 minutes of each other (as determined using times established in public timetables); and (D) such other facilities as the Secretary of Transportation determines appropriate. (3) Rail passenger transportation The term rail passenger transportation includes transportation provided by a rail fixed guideway public transportation system, an intercity passenger rail system, or a commuter rail passenger transportation system that receives Federal assistance, as identified by the Secretary of Transportation.