109 HR 3270 IH: To improve the security of public transportation and rail systems in the United States, and for other purposes.
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-07-13
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the “Secure Transit and Rail Across America and Invest in National Security Act of 2005” or the “Secure Trains Act”.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Title I—National Transportation Security Strategy and Interagency Cooperation
Sec. 101. National Transportation Security Strategy
Sec. 102. Interagency cooperation
Sec. 103. Definitions
Title II—Public Transit Security
Sec. 201. Homeland security public transportation grants
Sec. 202. Training exercises
Sec. 203. Security best practices
Sec. 204. Public outreach
Sec. 205. National Transportation Security Centers
Sec. 206. Whistleblower protections
Sec. 207. Definitions
Title III—Rail Security
Sec. 301. Freight and passenger rail security upgrades
Sec. 302. Fire and life-safety improvements
Sec. 303. Rail security research and development program
Sec. 304. Rail worker security training program
Sec. 305. Whistleblower protection
Sec. 306. Public outreach
Sec. 307. Passenger, baggage, and cargo screening
Sec. 308. Emergency responder training standards
Sec. 309. Information for first responders
Sec. 310. TSA personnel limitations
Sec. 311. Rail safety regulations
Sec. 312. Rail security
Sec. 313. Definitions
<enum>I</enum><header>National Transportation Security Strategy and Interagency Cooperation</header>
<section id="H1F50343BCF86424587C8F77D454FAC48"><enum>101.</enum><header>National Transportation Security Strategy</header>
<subsection id="H1C42DBBEF6CD4C43AE62F0346376BE6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the National Strategy for Transportation Security required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/114">section 114(t)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC77949F4D8C947A4BBCBC2CDCCBC1B4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>In addition to the requirements of section 114(t) of such title, the Secretary shall develop a supplement to the National Strategy for Transportation Security. The supplement shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB16AE3D24EC84D5784A2C9AC1BEA5803"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Requirements for the Federal Government to provide increased security support during high or severe threat levels of alert.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C24586186D943ECBE9978222C41E816"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Procedures for establishing and maintaining permanent and comprehensive consultative relations among the parties described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F0640D2EE3E4A52A721CA3E426D81EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A contingency plan to ensure the continued movement of freight and passengers in the event of an attack affecting the railroad or public transportation system, which shall contemplate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28BB4C9D5B4E49A3B2B37B749D724982"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the possibility of rerouting traffic due to the loss of critical infrastructure, such as a bridge, tunnel, yard, or station; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H050B6686003841A783DCFF968334977"><enum>(B)</enum><text>methods of continuing railroad service in the Northeast Corridor in the event of a commercial power loss or a catastrophe affecting a critical bridge, tunnel, yard, or station; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00A906C8B7084B6CB222F6D879B8B694"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An identification of actions taken or planned by both public and private entities to address security issues identified under paragraph (1) and an assessment of the effective integration of such actions.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAE2543302D2441D897B9033C93ADAE7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the supplement under subsection (b) and recommendations under subsection (d), the Secretary shall work jointly with the Secretary of Transportation and shall consult with appropriate public transportation entities and appropriate rail entities.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H27B764026FD640178590DCDB278BACE0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Secretary shall develop prioritized recommendations for improving public transportation and railroad security, including recommendations for—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B943BED1CB44B448BDF992576597CC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improving the security of public transportation and rail infrastructure to include subway platforms, bus and ferry terminals, rail tunnels, rail bridges, rail switching and car storage areas, information systems, and other areas identified as posing significant risks to public safety and the movement of interstate commerce, taking into account the impact that any proposed security measure might have on the provision of public transportation or railroad service;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FB3B4A5AE1A4C6880976C8037460051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>deploying surveillance equipment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAFE73AAA3374AC18790073E3B79CC3B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>deploying equipment to detect explosives and hazardous chemical, biological, and radioactive substances, and any appropriate countermeasures;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCED43BAC3F384248B2A1F44560721810"><enum>(4)</enum><text>installing redundant and backup systems to ensure the continued operation of critical elements of the railroad system in the event of an attack or other incident, including disruption of commercial electric power or communications networks;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AD4FDCBF2DE487194B8CC513FFDAA4B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conducting public outreach campaigns on public transportation and passenger railroad systems; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7418F4A6D5C422ABE28A6D2F0722123"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identifying the immediate and long-term costs of measures that may be required to address those risks.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1CDAF3386D864F61B6347D78EA5DE426"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H59BAFED867604EAD8179F2B777D6C6B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the supplement developed under subsection (b) and recommendations developed under subsection (d), together with an estimate of the cost to implement such recommendations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8BA849FB3624D38B100D7579F962E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The report may be submitted in a classified format if the Secretary determines that such action is necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6342238752724D8EAE0260AACD863E6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HDDD3DEDBC2F4482B8FA1B1D81072008E"><enum>102.</enum><header>Interagency cooperation</header>
<subsection id="HF6FA65B457BD4A5A89EE00A0FDE9ECDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall work jointly with the Secretary of Transportation in carrying out the provisions of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD6AE6698544F4F5886EE5A8D4B1AC70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall execute a memorandum of agreement governing the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation, respectively, in addressing public transportation and rail security matters, including the process their departments will follow to carry this Act and promote communications, efficiency, and nonduplication of effort.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1C3485E27231454088832D00CFCA4C4D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H2782D25FAE9C4157A061338EA59BFF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC1A20863FC54E549789C5718BE92DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate public transportation entities</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate public transportation entities</quote> means owners, operators, and providers of public transportation systems, public transportation employee representatives, first responders, industry associations, private sector experts, academic experts, and appropriate Federal, State, and local officials.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H145FA3BE590D4F989FA112D2E16342A2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Appropriate rail entities</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate rail entities</quote> means freight and passenger railroad carriers, nonprofit employee organizations representing rail workers, nonprofit employee organizations representing emergency responders, owners or lessors of rail cars used to transport hazardous materials, shippers of hazardous materials, manufacturers of rail tank cars, State Departments of Transportation, public safety officials, and other relevant parties.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5B00472B2334E00BEED98819E8B0398"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Homeland Security. </text></paragraph> </section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Public Transit Security</header>
<section id="H05EAE6E5E23C4A16AB194F9FF029E185"><enum>201.</enum><header>Homeland security public transportation grants</header>
<subsection id="HAACAFF10BF9D4269810055B476D4C03D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to make grants for the purpose of improving the security of public transportation systems against acts of terrorism. The grant program shall be administered by the Director of the Office of Domestic Preparedness to ensure that the program is consistent with other Department of Homeland Security grant programs.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HADA89B9B7E344EE1BE4CA417BDC0077"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants under this section using the following criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="H7DE01D77BCA34A48B2BF6E2EA018151B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Risk of terrorism, including threat assessment, vulnerabilities of public transportation systems, potential effects of acts of terrorism against public transportation systems, and past acts of terrorism against modes of transportation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39BDA6E83D05470AA79C683D5247F54C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Merits of the proposed projects to increase national security, based on a consideration of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6FBFD409C1949A28FE0523C8D4D7F9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>threats;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5649C2A20F0B4E65A951E7BBC909E5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>vulnerabilities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7CC41B07E0940FB80DE7CDB2E826FD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consequences, including human casualties and economic impacts;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F07B9B748154D80B0B654B74B83F1D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consequence management;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCB0D03E502249DAA9EA85095892BA3C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the likelihood that such projects would have been pursued in the normal course of business and in the absence of national security considerations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE26429F6F2EE4CD7B53715FE10084EDF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>feasibility, based on the technical and operational merits of the projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFD4EAEC1C87447F783981325D55DFC46"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allowable use of funds</header><text>Grants made under this section shall be used for the purposes of—</text>
<paragraph id="H6CF5405CBD9B454BA504C668EAD1FEDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support for increased capital investments in cameras, close-circuit television, and other surveillance systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF14761D9EA045F89DD2B687C6E0502"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increased capital investment in command, control, and communications systems, including investments for redundancy and interoperability and for improved situational awareness, such as emergency call boxes and vehicle locator systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C6D3AA60D1D4CBAB315E627DD002800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increased training, including for carrying out exercises under section 202, and technical support for public transportation employees, especially for security awareness, prevention, and emergency response, including evacuation and decontamination;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9CB7E15818943C3BCD9426D8F8C2935"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expanded deployment of equipment and other measures, including canine detection teams, for the detection of explosives and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20438A6DCECA4C51003BF8A825C25E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>capital improvements and operating activities, including personnel expenditures, to increase the physical security of stations, vehicles, bridges, and tunnels;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8F17102DB8B4588A2B2FABEEED7F5EB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>capital improvements and operating activities to improve passenger survivability in the event of an attack, including improvements in ventilation, drainage, fire safety technology, emergency communications systems, lighting systems, passenger egress, and accessibility by emergency response personnel;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6D292D28802484DB79E8E30F05C8352"><enum>(7)</enum><text>acquisition of emergency response and support equipment, including fire suppression and decontamination equipment; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9285B1FBE859474DA0898DF8AF4F8854"><enum>(8)</enum><text>expansion of employee education and public awareness campaigns regarding security on public transportation systems.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE9351A8A56D4441995CCB9217F3E7106"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible recipients</header><text>Grants shall be made available under this section directly to owners, operators, and providers of public transportation systems. Owners, operators, and providers of infrastructure over which public transportation operates, but which is not primarily used for public transportation, may also be eligible for grants at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF5C88AAA38D64C14A51B313800214C2B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text>The Secretary shall adopt necessary procedures, including audits, to ensure that grants made under this section are expended in accordance with the purposes of this title and the priorities and other criteria developed by the Secretary. If the Secretary determines that a recipient has used any portion of the grant funds received under this section for a purpose other than the allowable uses specified for that grant under this section, the grantee shall return any amount so used to the Treasury of the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H55002C57E8C742E2B9E4F07FAABDC421"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Procedures for grant award</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants under this section, including application and qualification procedures, and a record of decision on applicant eligibility. The Secretary shall issue a final rule establishing the procedures not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H07E8E8D8EB714992820798D3FB73FBBF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>Grants made under this section shall account for no more than—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E430D4D8AEA49798207C652107677E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>85 percent for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8E23637A6AA40B29BB737B9549BC9EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>80 percent for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E5D592715F64F71AC12432DCF3C3561"><enum>(3)</enum><text>75 percent for fiscal year 2008,</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">of the expense of the purposes for which the grants are used.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="H72EBCD872C054478B9CA888CE6FD1747"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HB63F621028B74207889BF2ED613B8FF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE2E550EEB424406808E16FEE2424B57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$900,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83D3B76645D441CFA1D7AC45835B2270"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</continuation-text></subsection></section>
<section id="HEC5A06A20A97411EBD86587900F3F307"><enum>202.</enum><header>Training exercises</header>
<subsection id="HC0F56D815D214273AF7740EBE285906C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish guidelines for the conduct by recipients of grants under section 201 of appropriate exercises for emergency response and public transportation employee training purposes.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB6AECE0C15C40D6B1A68D2D00006407"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>Not later than 6 months after receipt of a grant under section 201, the recipient of such grant shall transmit to the Secretary its emergency response plan as well as a plan for conducting exercises for emergency response and public transportation employee training purposes pursuant to the guidelines published under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H446C1C3BEC1E4D428500816300DCE3A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exercises</header>
<paragraph id="HE92260D6829C42EE9DEB03ABB19550D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than 1 year after receipt of a grant under section 201, the recipient of such grant shall conduct an exercise pursuant to the plan for conducting exercises transmitted under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD9D3E8DCFD441E1B13D68E9BBE8F4E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>The Secretary may exempt a grant recipient from the requirement under paragraph (1) if the recipient has recently conducted an equivalent exercise.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H741E20C3AE024437AA923FF0DF596783"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice and report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after conducting an exercise under paragraph (1) or as described in paragraph (2), the recipient shall notify the Secretary that such exercise has been completed, including a description of the results of the exercise and findings and lessons learned from the exercise, and shall make recommendations for changes, if necessary, to existing emergency response plans. If the recipient revises an emergency response plan as a result of an exercise under this subsection, the recipient shall transmit the revised plan to the Secretary not later than 6 months after the date of the exercise.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6895C39EA44F476E9F1442F72FCDF300"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical Assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance in the design, preparation for, and conduct of emergency response exercises.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H88953BC78284432EBB792D54B668B04E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of plans</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that information submitted to the Secretary under this section is protected from any form of disclosure that might compromise public transportation security or trade secrets. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Secretary may use such information, on a nonattributed basis unless otherwise agreed to by the source of the information, to aid in developing recommendations, best practices, and materials for use by public transportation authorities to improve security practices and emergency response capabilities.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H33026E7FA9D74CAF9F2762EE45008D01"><enum>203.</enum><header>Security best practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop, disseminate to appropriate owners, operators, and providers of public transportation systems, public transportation employees and employee representatives, and Federal, State, and local officials, and transmit to Congress, a report containing best practices for the security of public transportation systems. In developing best practices, the Secretary shall be responsible for consulting with and collecting input from owners, operators, and providers of public transportation systems, public transportation employee representatives, first responders, industry associations, private sector experts, academic experts, and appropriate Federal, State, and local officials.</text></section>
<section id="HC9ABD168EED940A49D14AE3538AD0300"><enum>204.</enum><header>Public outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop a national plan for public outreach and awareness. Such plan shall be designed to increase awareness of measures that the general public, public transportation passengers, and public transportation employees can take to increase public transportation system security. Such plan shall also provide outreach to owners, operators, providers, and employees of public transportation systems to improve their awareness of available technologies, ongoing research and development efforts, and available Federal funding sources to improve public transportation security. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement the plan developed under this section.</text></section>
<section id="H00B47C6BB97D418D843CBEB1A45F5C24"><enum>205.</enum><header>National Transportation Security Centers</header>
<subsection id="H811B532A1EC14681AB75B65655BE7FD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, working jointly with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish more than 1 but not more than 4 National Transportation Security Centers at institutions of higher education to assist in carrying out this title, to conduct research and education activities, and to develop or provide professional training, including the training of public transportation employees and public transportation-related professionals, with emphasis on utilization of intelligent transportation systems, technologies, and architectures.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD3ACEAEB564241688700619BBFF649B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall designate the Centers according to the following selection criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="H07A6A12FDE3146B1A168118531183C71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The demonstrated commitment of the institution to transportation security issues.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA440D95329614A84AF17D0D4E278B48B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The use of and experience with partnerships with other institutions of higher education, Federal laboratories, or other nonprofit laboratories.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF80645334D594EFD9431F40945FC81D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Capability to conduct both practical and theoretical research and technical systems analysis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1232BB28CCC24EB683B362F6E9CB8204"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Utilization of intelligent transportation system technologies and architectures.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D3F54975A714292A4F7003D423F2BED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Ability to develop professional training programs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3296F684E8B74D83A61BBCD254B7CBD4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Capability and willingness to conduct education of transportation security professionals.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H822774911073475F804DB1B38800A93D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Such other criteria as the Secretary may designate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E28A0D196854AA2AED2A2DB4380A68C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may designate an existing national transportation research center as a National Transportation Security Center under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCFD10F4449AF4781BB3949C016BB77EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall provide such funding as is necessary to the National Transportation Security Centers established under subsection (a) to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H265CBCDFA6AA4E138D17413F4BEC3170" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Whistleblower protections</header>
<subsection id="H776EBBCFFAFC469200A6C3F7D049BD31"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No covered individual may be discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, reprimanded, investigated, or in any other manner discriminated against (including by a denial, suspension, or revocation of a security clearance or by any other security access determination) if such discrimination is due, in whole or in part, to any lawful act done, perceived to have been done, or intended to be done by the covered individual—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3CD68BA1A644ADB8800E4A1E8F4BCC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide information, cause information to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investigation regarding any conduct which the covered individual reasonably believes constitutes a violation of any law, rule or regulation relating to national or homeland security, which the covered individual reasonably believes constitutes a threat to national or homeland security, or which the covered individual reasonably believes constitutes fraud, waste or mismanagement of Government funds intended to be used for national or homeland security, when the information or assistance is provided to or the investigation is conducted by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1E084782FDA42DA9DFDEDCAD8D75F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Federal, State, or local regulatory or law enforcement agency (including an office of Inspector General under the Inspector General Act of 1978);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD32FA3E6B25F480291E908DDB4C7F9AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any Member of Congress, any committee of Congress, or the Government Accountability Office; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB674001167AD4D708F74AF69E0DD0016"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a person with supervisory authority over the covered individual (or such other person who has the authority to investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D8D7E970E6442F9B55D20B2C722C8A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to file, cause to be filed, testify, participate in, or otherwise assist in a proceeding or action filed or about to be filed relating to an alleged violation of any law, rule or regulation relating to national or homeland security; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E640F830309471A8EE762008EBFA48C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to refuse to violate or assist in the violation of any law, rule, or regulation relating to national or homeland security.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCD97F80C899A452883D5C7CBD59CFDCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement action</header>
<paragraph id="HE670277D476E461A96A9F2060F4E7AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered individual who alleges discharge or other discrimination by any person in violation of subsection (a) may seek relief under subsection (c) by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE78A8AAFC904DD49DFDD900BAEDFEED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8ACDAF53921845C7B3202CD200B831C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary has not issued a final decision within 180 days after the filing of the complaint and there is no showing that such delay is due to the bad faith of the claimant, bringing an action at law or equity for de novo review in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DAA379C3B014762AB72FE9930B208EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="H80CDA1CC5F7244E5BCED305F8308A459"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An action under paragraph (1)(A) shall be governed under the rules and procedures set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/42121">section 42121(b)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3360FDA19EF34A939E5FFAEA41A12FED"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notification made under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/42121">section 42121(b)(1)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, shall be made to the person named in the complaint and to the person’s employer.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99FC32CD913F4BE8AAD2406032D91D9C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Burdens of proof</header><text>An action brought under paragraph (1)(B) shall be governed by the legal burdens of proof set forth in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/42121">section 42121(b)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4BECEDA6769E4880B8E299A3F87B81B5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text>An action under paragraph (1) shall be commenced not later than 1 year after the date on which the violation occurs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H82A4E822F8B6401C84D5CD34DD0700AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<paragraph id="H92D91298689846D2AC97F3008672F61C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered individual prevailing in any action under subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make the covered individual whole.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BCFD6CFEB2548DDA12D23C41072142"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Damages</header><text>Relief for any action under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC74538E3C50441B83A77C18FD9B35F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reinstatement with the same seniority status that the covered individual would have had, but for the discrimination;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19352B7BD85942FDB146F45940C67DAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of any back pay, with interest; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB84CEE07944F45D800A26661000022EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney fees; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64DF5942491F44B48BEC3EEC43ABB1F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>punitive damages in an amount not to exceed the greater of 3 times the amount of any compensatory damages awarded under this section or $5,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H08E3BAF10F2C465EB2D6DCA8CF184527"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State secrets privilege</header><text>If, in any action brought under subsection (b)(1)(B), the Government asserts as a defense the privilege commonly referred to as the <quote>state secrets privilege</quote> and the assertion of such privilege prevents the plaintiff from establishing a prima facie case in support of the plaintiff’s claim, the court shall enter judgment for the plaintiff and shall determine the relief to be granted. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H639B0F6CBB4F481500C9DDEEC30FF59"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criminal penalties</header>
<paragraph id="H23120E3D2CE34DBDA7A90043818647B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any person employing a covered individual to commit an act prohibited by subsection (a). Any person violating this paragraph shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5054291D0644729A3F88730F7C3C28C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>The Department of Justice shall submit to Congress an annual report on the enforcement of paragraph (1). Each such report shall (A) identify each case in which formal charges under paragraph (1) were brought, (B) describe the status or disposition of each such case, and (C) in any actions under subsection (b)(1)(B) in which the covered individual was the prevailing party or the substantially prevailing party, indicate whether or not any formal charges under paragraph (1) have been brought and, if not, the reasons therefor. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB9E999B7DA3D4EE094D3E5507C460066"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rights retained by covered individual</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of any covered individual under any Federal or State law, or under any collective bargaining agreement. The rights and remedies in this section may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAD54FC31C40B4E2900D192F0A633C770"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HA366C9E0AA7D485699D588EB58100855"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>covered individual</quote> means an employee of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9E7E299292E458C827FBC421175D005"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Department of Homeland Security (which, for purposes of this section, includes the Transportation Security Administration);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F5A916D619D4A3FB9392B8FAB890600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal contractor or subcontractor; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA23E943C3F4946ADA79B83DB86CBBE12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an employer within the meaning of section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000e">42 U.S.C. 2000e(b)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A15229A8E0D4AB882CFB3DCDD540262"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>lawful</quote> means not specifically prohibited by law, except that, in the case of any information the disclosure of which is specifically prohibited by law or specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs, any disclosure of such information to any Member of Congress, committee of Congress, or other recipient authorized to receive such information, shall be deemed lawful;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D2635C5A05E45BA859BD4C73C43056B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>Federal contractor</quote> means a person who has entered into a contract with the Department of Homeland Security;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA146B216994C45B4A89DD4DB482886F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <quote>employee</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D6389F1EA324A739E3968A43F5BE50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to an employer referred to in paragraph (1)(A), an employee as defined by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6790A662ED845458830C27C11DCE260"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to an employer referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), any officer, partner, employee, or agent;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E15666E0F714AA88BEC66AACB7088F1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <quote>subcontractor</quote>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E5DF25843444A1E84D0145DC09978E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any person, other than the Federal contractor, who offers to furnish or furnishes any supplies, materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a contract with the Department of Homeland Security or a subcontract entered into in connection with such a contract; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H20F6CBA6E59B4035AEAD20A5DFDCFE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any person who offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the Federal contractor or a higher tier subcontractor; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F5D21E55FAD4FE3921FA98650054CA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <quote>person</quote> means a corporation, partnership, State entity, business association of any kind, trust, joint-stock company, or individual.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09BED437D92C4CB9815FD0F49C6BC5F1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>A grant under this title shall be subject to terms and conditions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5333">section 5333</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H1A5FD0641C894FAF9E24FE141B779349"><enum>207.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H38BD24870603464EA11D44AE0970EC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public transportation employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>public transportation employees</quote> means security personnel, dispatchers, vehicle and vessel operators, other onboard employees, maintenance and support personnel, and other appropriate employees of owners, operators, and providers of public transportation systems.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5FC9868EA0048FEA22222978B60C0D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public transportation systems</header><text>The term <quote>public transportation systems</quote> means passenger, commuter, and light rail, including subways, buses, commuter ferries, and other modes of public transit.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Rail Security</header>
<section id="H399DDA36364E474198E24E02127EF065"><enum>301.</enum><header>Freight and passenger rail security upgrades</header>
<subsection id="H5FED31B922614D8CA948CF5F1E78A1C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Security improvement grants</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, is authorized to make grants to freight and passenger railroad carriers, nonprofit employee organizations that represent rail workers, shippers of hazardous materials by rail, owners of rail cars used in the transportation of hazardous materials, manufacturers of rail tank cars, and State and local governments, for costs incurred in the conduct of activities to prevent or respond to acts of terrorism or sabotage against railroads, or other railroad security threats, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AA603173B284B9C95384B04E57DCB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>perimeter protection systems, including access control, installation of better lighting, fencing, and barricades at railroad facilities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC71902E9A02942F79C65936FBC28FAA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>structural modification or replacement of rail cars transporting hazardous materials to improve their resistance to acts of terrorism;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCD686904852412F85395E005D9F5681"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technologies for reduction of tank car vulnerability;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FCD6857AD7B491A812E4BAA7004CF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>security improvements to passenger railroad stations, trains, and infrastructure;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC617606CFCF84C88A3C02E40501219C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>tunnel protection systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CD53CBF6E1B49FBBCB40758FC76D2D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>evacuation improvements;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4220F173578548C6AFDA691957380002"><enum>(7)</enum><text>inspection technologies, including verified visual inspection technologies using hand-held readers and discs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D63066E9F1A43D09D670067A0734B2B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>security and redundancy for critical communications, computer, and train control systems essential for secure railroad operations or to continue railroad operations after an attack impacting railroad operations;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFEBA6D4FE494AD481BF764D346193D7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>train tracking and interoperable communications systems;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26B2165D86DB45D1BD38CC5C16FB8FD0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>chemical, biological, radiological, or explosive detection systems and devices;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20D61645419F46B900B7121115D9B839"><enum>(11)</enum><text>surveillance equipment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EF31F1B4B5C41EDAD204CC1D9684361"><enum>(12)</enum><text>additional police and security officers, including canine units;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51F642114CA94DE20001B1C58017EAC1"><enum>(13)</enum><text>accommodation of cargo or passenger screening equipment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F4DC6E6B0674A18A7DBFD5BC800684B"><enum>(14)</enum><text>employee security awareness, preparedness, and response training (including compliance with section 304);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFBDE4A1D67F450DBC9ED4254314EC6E"><enum>(15)</enum><text>public security awareness campaigns;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90BBFCA506384C59AD7309FAE5729A6"><enum>(16)</enum><text>emergency response equipment, including fire suppression and decontamination equipment; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42C69073FF0A4B85A36EA965AD13569F"><enum>(17)</enum><text>other improvements recommended by the Secretary, including infrastructure, facilities, and equipment upgrades.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H25CDCCBD12B04488A75943FFC5EEEF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall require recipients of funds for construction under this section and section 302 of this Act to apply the standards of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/24312">section 24312</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on September 1, 2004, with respect to the construction in the same manner as Amtrak is required to comply with such standards for construction work financed under an agreement made under section 24308(a) of such title 49.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H76B0110E723D42F88EB63B9DD0FE352D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $600,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section, of which $100,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary for making grants to Amtrak, in accordance with this section. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HAE5CC7B7734E43AF859C2E043381B851"><enum>302.</enum><header>Fire and life-safety improvements</header>
<subsection id="HCE37E394F89F47AD99094F498BB9EDDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Life-safety needs</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to Amtrak for the purposes of carrying out this section the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph id="HA19B7917572349520020B3005D9022B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the 6 New York Tunnels to provide ventilation, electrical, and fire safety technology upgrades, emergency communication and lighting systems, and emergency access and egress for passengers—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47FDBBBA256E4C06B90214D7919EDF2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BD08EDC10B448E083B0C2ADDE1032C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55FC4E85A2D1457A00BD7367004E3B65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3405701C29A84A6290E1E70088D1D5D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD66DADE7B253443C8FFA2499468F3E4D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12B037C6EADE476298FC201949D272C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel and the Union Tunnel, together, to provide adequate drainage, ventilation, communication, lighting, and passenger egress upgrades—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EE5AE7CC8B5425293452C73FE17057C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA83529FF824845ACBB3261168CDCC894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1D43D0CD84542C900939300B8059C40"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1845CC23DC24A990088053004AFED61"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68A681AC325A4296A8F6D410BB95EA8F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$17,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36ED3AA9D3374F35908C23AA32DCDF1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the Washington, District of Columbia, Union Station Tunnels to improve ventilation, communication, lighting, and passenger egress upgrades—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F0A4E3E74FF4A1EAC00C5FDAE4FF850"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75787BA956924EC38CF8B0F9BCEE819B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAD146701B7243619CD4197E32B74437"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABBE0B372B044633BE30A2DBF37D6EB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41F11182359D4C7FB21EDAB14DD09322"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6A74F5D163EF4025AB883EA2865FD400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of Appropriated funds</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0BCC421177E34F88984E38CCD50356A0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Rail security research and development program</header>
<subsection id="H506572A865F3483BA17E47F0EFB96E08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of research and development program</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a research and development program for the purpose of improving railroad security that may include research and development projects to—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F25B460391B47679435F06553964FF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduce the vulnerability of passenger trains, stations, and equipment to explosives and hazardous chemical, biological, and radioactive substances;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3C28C3F070B4A49ABA42DFC21C7825D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>test new emergency response techniques and technologies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3AFF82546A04A6085CE6C6D753EBD41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop improved freight technologies, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EA5526C9170496CAE5076BE807BAA00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technologies for sealing rail cars;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F1FF45AC2BC4ED2BE827143481D368D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>automatic inspection of rail cars; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A3F2260F19B4BCAACBA9221E9017D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>communication-based train controls;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD85059C7A8674395BED13B3850F9436B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>test wayside detectors that can detect tampering with railroad equipment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5BB853E439A4FAE82783DFFF6270085"><enum>(5)</enum><text>support enhanced security for the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H46985C288FFE41D781D86ED8D577C430"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technologies to detect a breach in a tank car and transmit information about the integrity of tank cars to the train crew;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B72D62DB7374F288F57E2213F148EF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research to improve tank car integrity; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E6ABBFA20064874A3FAF00EDAC596"><enum>(C)</enum><text>techniques to transfer hazardous materials from rail cars that are damaged or otherwise represent an unreasonable risk to human life or public safety; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB995C2BD5754695B5F5D5B4DD63CB1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other projects recommended by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6DC0A90C08FA4FE0B22F1FFF04A6001C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination with other research initiatives</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the research and development program authorized by this section is coordinated with other research and development initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and other Federal agencies.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D3506D6D710400EAB473E7280F48956"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out the purposes of this section. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA7256AE66BBA4C35002FDBABB51E1444"><enum>304.</enum><header>Rail worker security training program</header>
<subsection id="HD58A2D0CC25143CDB082A0D06E20AD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate law enforcement, security, and terrorism experts, representatives of railroad carriers, and nonprofit employee organizations that represent rail workers, shall develop and issue detailed guidance for a rail worker security training program to prepare rail workers for potential threat conditions.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCBBC349AD0614C40B863BCB7E2A9041"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program elements</header><text>The guidance developed under subsection (a) shall require such a program to include, at a minimum, elements that address the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H823C65594DD4462DAF3956231C2000DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Determination of the seriousness of any occurrence.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE3573D70D2044DD9900185E50678156"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Crew and passenger communication and coordination.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H598E6D12142A47C3A533F9F15A8A685"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Appropriate responses to defend oneself.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72D31AFBF0104ABE83DCF4C8469EC000"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Use of protective devices.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE62D00D0045B4B47A9DC80C6A510D94C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Evacuation procedures.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C0A6A6ECFC94F87B600FC9FBB65A900"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Live situational training exercises regarding various threat conditions, including tunnel evacuation procedures.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B55206E420B48658F697899AA39003C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Any other subject the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H01DD91B84C5441A48FAD3EE967E3F08C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Railroad carrier programs</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the Secretary issues guidance under subsection (a) in final form, each railroad carrier shall develop a rail worker security training program in accordance with that guidance and submit it to the Secretary for approval. Not later than 60 days after receiving a railroad carrier’s program under this subsection, the Secretary shall review the program and approve it or require the railroad carrier to make any revisions the Secretary considers necessary for the program to meet the guidance requirements.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF396275AAC5942E79FDCFFD9874EE385"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the Secretary approves the training program developed by a railroad carrier under this section, the railroad carrier shall complete the training of all rail workers in accordance with that program.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7256021FACFB4C19AE388763E3E7AEA5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Secretary shall update the training guidance issued under subsection (a) from time to time to reflect new or different security threats, and require railroad carriers to revise their programs accordingly and provide additional training to their rail workers.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HAD89071A883E4F87996C93131650D9B0"><enum>305.</enum><header>Whistleblower protection</header>
<subsection id="H8D22145F7852462281AC2CDE25FBAB97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/201">chapter 201</external-xref> of title 49, is amended by inserting after section 20115 the following:</text>
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<section id="HE79560B1469D425F8845FF2C6316242D"><enum>20116.</enum><header>Whistleblower protection for railroad security matters </header>
<subsection id="HF83C48630CA14380BA733951DE02A325"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discrimination against employee</header><text>No railroad carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce may discharge a railroad employee or otherwise discriminate against a railroad employee because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee)</text>
<paragraph id="HCB7CB3513EB3432FB262B1AF697BB985"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided, to the employer or the Federal Government information relating to a perceived threat to security;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29C80A33949D4D7EB8C87222D39D57F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided, testimony before Congress or at any Federal or State proceeding regarding a perceived threat to security;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B18FEB1910C4D65983F4622003B7D60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has assisted or participated, or is about to assist or participate, in any manner in a proceeding or any other action to enhance railroad security; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB88EC5A7E604200B349842229F3BE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>refused to violate or assist in the violation of any law, rule, or regulation related to railroad security.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H69B3DB69AF3949B896A6042DC2560043"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement action</header>
<paragraph id="HF337A19B60004C7EB8C74EE9EBD37F93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person who alleges discharge or other discrimination by any person in violation of subsection (a) may seek relief under subsection (c) by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EE714B6F3BA45B9BE81B346066F50CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F1C131DA12A4728B6CD212BC85A6E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary of Labor has not issued a final decision within 180 days of the filing of the complaint and there is no showing that such delay is due to the bad faith of the claimant, bringing an action at law or equity for de novo review in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADB71F5E62B94E70975BE3420B4AFB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="H65EDDA5829BE48689346A6E6C7FB2D5C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An action under paragraph (1)(A) shall be governed under the rules and procedures set forth in section 42121(b) of this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1DD9FD7800244C9697E6514DF7B0D1E4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notification made under section 42121(b)(1) of this title, shall be made to the person named in the complaint and to the employer.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDFA70014FF03476FA7F1166771ECC508"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Burdens of proof</header><text>An action brought under paragraph (1)(B) shall be governed by the legal burdens of proof set forth in section 42121(b) this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8977974181464113A01241D618DA22C3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text>An action under paragraph (1)(A) shall be commenced not later than 90 days after the date on which the violation occurs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3680849F665941C3BDAB7339DE80C767"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<paragraph id="H35164B55F504430A9CCF0087F1958075"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An employee prevailing in any action under subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make the employee whole.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7646985BACEE4BF3840068B0A17B0A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensatory damages</header><text>Relief for any action under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H536A5DE216EE4ECBACA4EA457947E7AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reinstatement with the same seniority status that the employee would have had, but for the discrimination;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15738964C51D4998A5D4A220BBC2D4B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of back pay, with interest; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA68B9F08CA04A4FAD97007D9B90FDE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs, expert witness fees, and reasonable attorney fees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0D114BD6CA294AAAAD6D78203532C470"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rights retained by employee</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (e), nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of any employee under any Federal or State law, or under any collective bargaining agreement.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE9BA4B9BD8634536A4A777179FA95FD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Election of remedies</header><text>An employee of a railroad carrier may not seek protection under both this section and another provision of law for the same allegedly unlawful act of the railroad carrier.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF6627E1B14F442E9A3396DA9ED815BA6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Disclosure of identity</header>
<paragraph id="H6E038A5219404A3EACE34BEA9BC30400"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), without the written consent of the employee, the Secretary of Labor may not disclose the name of an employee of a railroad carrier who has provided information about an alleged violation of this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E1A2C0440E14B8E8FEB67C3211FC37F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall disclose to the Attorney General the name of an employee described in paragraph (1) of this subsection if the matter is referred to the Attorney General for enforcement.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HD2847444175A40DC8C394E538FB2DF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/201">chapter 201</external-xref> of title 49, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 20115 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">20116. Whistleblower protection for railroad security matters</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H57B2A40610664C4196702C1E10347EAE"><enum>306.</enum><header>Public outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a national plan for public outreach and awareness. Such plan shall be designed to increase awareness of measures that the general public, railroad passengers, and railroad employees can take to increase railroad system security. Such plan shall also provide outreach to railroad carriers and their employees to improve their awareness of available technologies, ongoing research and development efforts, and available Federal funding sources to improve railroad security. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement the plan developed under this section.</text></section>
<section id="H19D64886024144359F73E5002508A67B"><enum>307.</enum><header>Passenger, baggage, and cargo screening</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA192DA488C1A41DFB9D8C001955682B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyze the cost and feasibility of requiring security screening for passengers, baggage, and cargo on passenger trains; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE88E0A7F63D4404EB4465502CD01B91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1D1D5AE05D184E09808700EF02549521"><enum>308.</enum><header>Emergency responder training standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue training standards for persons responsible for responding to emergency situations occurring during transportation of hazardous materials by rail, in accordance with existing regulations, to ensure their ability to protect nearby persons, property, or the environment from the effects of accidents involving hazardous materials.</text></section>
<section id="H3D53EF6C3E0C48E5B2A6929B69345B74"><enum>309.</enum><header>Information for first responders</header>
<subsection id="HB076868B38364854A1D1878DA112B58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation shall provide grants to Operation Respond Institute for the purpose of—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F16BE5CD13D43DEB36E39419C0859F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>deploying and expanding the Operation Respond Emergency Information System software;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B1AD5DB2B68438EB77B7BE3B0002F82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing, implementing, and maintaining a railroad infrastructure mapping program that correlates railroad right-of-way information with highway grid maps and overhead imagery of traffic routes, hazardous materials routes, and commuter rail lines; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9825D4B2FCB4577A01F2244BD10CA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establishing an alert and messaging capability for use during emergencies involving freight and passenger railroads.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H67CCD2C104E8490AA4149FFB2DF983A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this section $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HDD7D081834A746FFB00029D91889C6B6"><enum>310.</enum><header>TSA personnel limitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any statutory limitation on the number of employees in the Transportation Security Administration, before or after its transfer to the Department of Homeland Security, does not apply to the extent that any such employees are responsible for implementing the provisions of this title.</text></section>
<section id="H2B0F96B4E1D946B0BB2CE98B1160E9A0"><enum>311.</enum><header>Rail safety regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/20103">Section 20103(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>safety</quote> the first place it appears, and inserting <quote>safety, including security,</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H17B2E0BF433B4958B1BF4FC14E0C665" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>312.</enum><header>Rail security</header>
<subsection id="H047B736C5BAD42B5B3ABE2E2D82FBBFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rail police officers</header>
<paragraph id="HFF1EDBEC42044D2D924D905B38F9DB9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/28101">Section 28101</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HF10B871D62ED4B02903B036897016507"><enum>28101.</enum><header>Rail and State public transit police officers</header>
<subsection id="H175B66A7686E4E6B908EEC41CD71C618"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, a rail or public transit system police officer who is employed by a rail carrier or a public transportation system and certified or commissioned as a police officer under the laws of a State may enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which any rail carrier or public transit system owns property or provides service, to the extent of the authority of a police officer certified or commissioned under the laws of that jurisdiction, to protect—</text>
<paragraph id="HAB116407FF10443F001370B505411B4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employees, passengers, or patrons of any rail carrier or public transit system;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25257A9E49A646A5A0B4081E4F06E388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>property, equipment, and facilities owned, leased, operated, or maintained by any rail carrier or public transit system;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H002E7CDFDBCF41AF9F66F5DA73B91FFE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>property moving in interstate or foreign commerce in the possession of any rail carrier or public transit system; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12FFF9232F524E9ABB81D446F9F52B39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>personnel, equipment, and material moving by rail or public transit that are vital to the national defense.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H53566612F66A445DAC006175BF704709"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>public transit</term> has the meaning given that term by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5302">section 5302(a)</external-xref> of this title.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAB917D1BD0F4F8CB25705551C441E5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of sections amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 28101 in the table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/49/281">chapter 281</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">28101. Rail and State public transit police officers</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C0D827B79FC43438353955C9980754B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of rail regulations</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, shall review existing rail regulations of the Department of Transportation for the purpose of identifying areas in which those regulations need to be revised to improve rail security.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1CE911532B1F4967A9E2F5C725B99679"><enum>313.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H57AFE855C09F46CDAD6D20C1A7CC46FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms <quote>railroad</quote> and <quote>railroad carrier</quote> have the meaning given those terms in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/20102">section 20102</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H102C229ACDB94FCD8EBC72116964D600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph></section>