[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1599

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study of the 
    feasibility of implementing a program for the full screening of 
    passengers, baggage, and cargo on Amtrak trains, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2003

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study of the 
    feasibility of implementing a program for the full screening of 
    passengers, baggage, and cargo on Amtrak trains, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PASSENGER, BAGGAGE, AND CARGO SCREENING.

    (a) Requirement for Study and Report.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall--
            (1) study the cost and feasibility of requiring security 
        screening for all passengers, baggage, and mail, express, and 
        other cargo on Amtrak trains; and
            (2) report the results of the study, together with any 
        recommendations that the Secretary may have for implementing a 
        rail security screening program to the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives one year after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
    (b) Pilot Program.--As part of the study under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall conduct a pilot program of random security screening of 
passengers and baggage at 5 of the 10 busiest passenger rail stations 
served by Amtrak (measured by the average number of boardings of Amtrak 
passenger trains) and at up to five additional rail stations served by 
Amtrak that are selected by the Secretary. In selecting the additional 
train stations the Secretary shall attempt to achieve a distribution of 
participating stations in terms of geographic location and size.
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