3.0.0 2453 2023-01-15T04:49:06Z 2023-01-15T04:49:06Z Senate S S 2004-05-20 108 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported original measure 2004-05-20T19:08:51Z Markup by 2004-05-06T20:08:52Z Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention and Response Act of 2004 108 5082 HR 2004-10-06 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463. Related bill House Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 108 2884 S 2004-10-04 Held at the desk. 19:20:00 Related bill House 2004-05-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521. Calendars 2004-05-20 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shelby. Without written report. Committee 2004-05-20 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shelby. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 2004-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-06 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ordered to be reported an original measure. Committee S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. N Transportation and Public Works Animals Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Bombs Capital investments Chemical warfare Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Customer service Department of Homeland Security Department of Transportation Dogs EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Electronic surveillance Emergency Management Employee training Evacuation of civilians Explosives Federal aid to research Federal aid to transportation Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Hours of labor Housing and Community Development Infrastructure International Affairs Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Mass rapid transit Motor buses Navigation satellites Nuclear terrorism Police Research and development Research grants Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Technological innovations Technology assessment Telecommunication systems Terrorism Transportation planning Transportation research Transportation safety Tunnels Transportation and Public Works 00 2004-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-08-24T19:30:05Z Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to define and clarify the respective public transportation security roles and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires DOT's Federal Transit Administration to submit all public transportation security assessments to DHS and the Secretary to review and augment such assessments.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish security improvement priorities and to update them annually; (2) conduct assessments of all transit agencies considered to be at greatest risk of a terrorist attack, of local bus-only public transportation systems, and of selected rural transportation systems; and (3) use information collected to establish the process for developing security guidelines.

Directs the Secretary to award grants directly to public transportation agencies for allowable capital security improvements (including tunnel and perimeter protection systems and surveillance and communications equipment); and (2) operational security improvements (including security training for transit employees, drills, public awareness campaigns, and canine patrols for chemical, biological, or explosives detection).

Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DOT receives appropriate and timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against U.S. public transportation assets; and (2) award grants for research, development, and demonstration of technologies and methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from such attacks. Requires DHS to fund the reasonable costs of an Information Sharing and Analysis Center for Public Transportation.

]]> 80 2004-05-20 Reported to Senate without amendment 2004-07-13T20:39:14Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to define and clarify the respective public transportation security roles and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires DOT's Federal Transit Administration to submit all public transportation security assessments to DHS and the Secretary of Homeland Security to review and augment such assessments.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish security improvement priorities and to update them annually; (2) conduct assessments of all transit agencies considered to be at greatest risk of a terrorist attack, of local bus-only public transportation systems, and of selected rural transportation systems; and (3) use information collected to establish the process for developing security guidelines.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to award grants directly to public transportation agencies for allowable capital security improvements (including tunnel and perimeter protection systems, and surveillance and communications equipment); and (2) operational security improvements (including security training for transit employees, drills, public awareness campaigns, and canine patrols for chemical, biological, or explosives detection). Requires grantees that have used grant funds for purposes other than for grant purposes to return any amount so used to the Treasury.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DOT receives appropriate and timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against U.S. public transportation assets; and (2) award grants for research, development, and demonstration of technologies and methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from such attacks. Requires DHS to fund the reasonable costs of an Information Sharing and Analysis Center for Public Transportation. Directs the Secretary to require public transportation agencies that have been determined to be at significant risk of terrorist attack to participate in the ISAC. Encourages other public transportation agencies to participate in the ISAC, without charge of a fee.

(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to report: (1) to specified congressional committees on the implementation of this Act and on the state of public transportation security in the United States; and (2) to the governor of each State in which a transit agency that has received a grant is operating on the amount of the grant and its use.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Capital Security Assistance Program; (2) the Operational Security Assistance Program; (3) intelligence; and (4) research.

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