109 HR 5808 RH: Public Transportation Security Assistance Act of 2006
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-09-15
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1.This Act may be cited as the Public Transportation Security Assistance Act of 2006
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<enum>I</enum><header>Public Transportation security</header>
<section id="H2F2DBD7BAAA245BB913543010021FE3E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings; purpose</header>
<subsection id="H47CB0488BB8947F9A5ECEE169E6CB4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F61414A56D0463BB5084EEE4CA5E4B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>throughout the world, public transportation systems have been a primary target of terrorist attacks, causing countless deaths and injuries;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7C6EBFE5F7A4036A2B4A4E12166D29C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>5,800 public transportation agencies operate in the United States;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E5A0B40E0B24834928B65E9BAD61D61"><enum>(3)</enum><text>14,000,000 people in the United States ride public transportation each work day;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H024367B910294B458EA55C447F7631FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>safe and secure public transportation systems are essential to the Nation’s economy and for significant national and international public events;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4F14AFC99C8458686D1EEB3E72B6509"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Federal Transit Administration has invested $84,500,000,000 since 1992 for construction and improvements to the Nation’s public transportation systems;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95005351D22B466C99E3883EF3C42896"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Federal Government appropriately invested $19,600,000,000 in fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to protect the Nation’s aviation system and its 2,000,000 daily passengers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BF3B73510644A47A186E945459754FC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Federal Government invested $380,000,000 in fiscal years 2003 through 2006 for grants to protect public transportation systems in the United States;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H187BC2A30B6B4643AEBA91EB2560CEDE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Federal Government has invested $9.00 in aviation security improvements per passenger, but only $0.01 in public transportation security improvements per passenger;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77EBE3E7354646E992564F8E83B100D7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Government Accountability Office, the Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies, the American Public Transportation Association, and other experts have reported an urgent need for significant investment in transit security improvements;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF962B90556144877AAD976CAFAB44F39"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Federal financial assistance for transit security improvements should be separate from and supplementary to funding for longstanding Federal programs for investment in public transportation infrastructure;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFADED791538843AF9EBFF09DD900FC7E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the <quote>9/11 Commission</quote>) found that the Federal Government should—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6DB11DAA3744509BFA4EBAF08DECEC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify and evaluate the transportation assets that need to be protected, set risk-based priorities for defending them, and select the most practical and cost-effective ways of doing so;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE06F226C58B349C18DE4E4AB8060D8C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop a plan, a budget, and funding to implement the effort; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2599E40342F849FE814546DEFA57056"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assign roles and missions to the relevant authorities (Federal, State, regional, and local) and to private stakeholders;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B927ABBBBF34B70A4C113173DE974F7"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the final report of the 9/11 Commission also found that homeland security assistance should be based strictly on an assessment of risks and vulnerabilities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFD7BE72B43D4718B6939F4B3B36D646"><enum>(13)</enum><text>the Federal Government has a duty to deter and mitigate, to the greatest extent practicable, threats against the Nation’s public transportation systems.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H20F4F0CEE82F46A40057112900D5BB00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this title is to provide grants to public transportation agencies and over-the-road bus operators to improve security in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission described in subsections (a)(11) and (a)(12).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H9C446B8B61CB479A92CE68CBD882EDD1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H4BC1172352A14E21ACCB930334ED5199"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public transportation</header><text>The term <term>public transportation</term> has the meaning given the term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5302">section 5302(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA6E534B093D444895E4BAA18290F188"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public transportation security assessment</header><text>The term <term>public transportation security assessment</term> means a risk assessment (including a criticality or vulnerability assessment) of a public transportation system conducted pursuant to the annex executed under section 3028(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5321">49 U.S.C. 5321</external-xref> note; 119 Stat. 1624).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H787CE35493E048A6AF2EC6EE46242167"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Transportation, except as otherwise specifically provided.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="H615402EC355B4F65ACA0659FA0C10258"><enum>103.</enum><header>Components of security assessments and prioritized plans</header>
<subsection id="HED76F9ED1099485D88DBC8FF4EF15C48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Security assessments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall request that the Secretary of Homeland Security take necessary actions to ensure that the public transportation security assessment of each public transportation system identifies—</text>
<paragraph id="HC48897E4F3BE4A46A249882500BAED15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the critical assets of the public transportation system;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7C53210B6B64DE20095D99F389B37EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>threats to those assets;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A49045C11494E3198B35B95A676ECB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>security weaknesses in the public transportation system and its assets;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AADAE415EBE47599EBACB9C00EB43A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>redundant and backup systems required to ensure the continued operation of critical elements of the public transportation system in the event of an attack or other incident; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF627167CFAE34EFBA5D24AD58675D14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which public transportation employees, including bus and rail operators, mechanics, customer service personnel, maintenance employees, transit police, and security personnel, have received training in security awareness and public transportation system emergency response procedures.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB9050623CFC04D9B8D885EE4643F4E11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritized plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public transportation agency that has received an assessment described in subsection (a) shall develop, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, a prioritized plan of needed capital and operational security improvements based on the results of the assessment.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H8CE733D9B6084C2483D864006BFEAA8E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Security assistance grants</header>
<subsection id="HA05F0BCC4B3B4D459627EA42EDB6568B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Capital security assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="HCC99962189C84FC38BCCADD99CADAC9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants directly to eligible public transportation agencies for capital security improvements described in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC633AD6B911049F6AE49434CD5B2F05B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowable use of funds</header><text>Grant funds received under paragraph (1) shall be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB10571040B974C5C0000DEA2E416F63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tunnel protection systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A2F9BC8F3DB4FB08EB69800B5C400FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perimeter protection systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC03EE406F33E4942AA997F9CB1A20526"><enum>(C)</enum><text>redundant critical operations control systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEF7803BC3CE46F7A19F9561B61262AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>chemical, biological, radiological, or explosive detection systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12EC837876874068B6735C00057BAA00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>surveillance equipment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1A9527668A94EBFBC1FCC4814177C4C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>inspection technology;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4E9791B4732481B98E54F112C65043C"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communications equipment, including mobile service equipment to provide access to 911 emergency services in an underground fixed guideway system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D9DCB74908A48C4A66177A571060616"><enum>(H)</enum><text>emergency response equipment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C109BE7A5464A83859346673EEFD690"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fire suppression and decontamination equipment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87237D63F54640899559A21BD00CA55"><enum>(J)</enum><text>global positioning or automated vehicle locator type system equipment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H939284CC3691435194CECDD8E024F71F"><enum>(K)</enum><text>evacuation improvements;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27F9ECAAA9284329B938C3A290AE3FF4"><enum>(L)</enum><text>security training for transit employees, including bus and rail operators, mechanics, customer service employees, maintenance employees, transit police, and security personnel;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8AA1FD0C27C74502A9BE317C1493F466"><enum>(M)</enum><text>live or simulated drills; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BD27FEA86E64A5900A9693580B5CD09"><enum>(N)</enum><text>other capital security improvements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DCB11BF410C4F63B745217D37448E90"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government’s share</header><text>A grant for a capital security improvement project under this subsection shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost of the project. The recipient may provide additional local matching amounts.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H216ECF93A0DB437400B7C7894F6F41F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operational security assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="HBE8A01E977B648E2B11BEFD3DD9298B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants directly to eligible public transportation agencies for operational security improvements described in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1A3F610D4D34F789383E0DCF4C4DF07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowable use of funds</header><text>Grant funds received under paragraph (1) shall be used for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AFFB08D30A84CDBB9882215682007AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public awareness campaigns for enhanced public transportation security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0695C6ECF03C44E0B965413B8274B992"><enum>(B)</enum><text>canine patrols for chemical, biological, or explosives detection;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41140FB319534201B9E000C3D6B012EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>overtime reimbursement for enhanced security personnel during significant national and international public events, consistent with the priorities established under subsection (e); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF581300700C947D39600D8555BF36618"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other appropriate security improvements identified under subsection (e), including hiring additional security personnel determined necessary under subsection (e), but excluding routine, ongoing personnel costs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H415266D842244702BC0099DD740007C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government’s share</header><text>A grant for an operating security improvement project under this subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the net project cost of the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6036BFBA0D844192A6D8EEDDFB65D1D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public transportation agency shall be eligible for a grant under this section if the agency has received or is undergoing a public transportation security assessment.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H4049825734304A2500490027A8171C3E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocations</header>
<paragraph id="HA3BFE515975845C8B100D0BBDFEF7ED7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall allocate grant funds under this section based on the results of public transportation security assessments described in section 103(a) and in a manner that prioritizes the award of grant funds each fiscal year based on risk, consequences, vulnerability, and threat.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0E4787EC03C4283A6B05E00B7307094"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response to urgent threats</header><text>After providing written notice to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Secretary may adjust grant allocations under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the adjustment is necessary to respond to an urgent threat or other significant factors.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HECE74F19585941DE9405CB18BC574DAE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Security improvement priorities</header>
<paragraph id="HE0D08A2D27A843E4B207D75F3FF0313"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish security improvement priorities for each public transportation agency receiving a public transportation security assessment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5734820C5B2C49148088F1ABF4B1D2F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation; prioritized plan</header><text>The Secretary shall establish priorities under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H125101DC62FB47B9BF0563BE13B5CFEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in consultation with the management and employee representatives of the public transportation agency; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H877E036D5FDA458BB5EB26A6AB413200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a manner that is consistent with the system’s prioritized plan of needed capital and operational security improvements described in section 103(b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9526285466C49FB8DACD66B7BE57069"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Priorities established under paragraph (1) shall apply to funds provided to a public transportation agency under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6FDBF3D0E33542B6B9BFD27868EE179F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transit agency responsibilities</header><text>Each public transportation agency that receives a grant under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF263338EFAEF4C72991D4F5208913640"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify a security coordinator to coordinate security improvements;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8AA9C4732914CA0A1A3AC8EAF72587C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a comprehensive plan that demonstrates the agency’s capacity for operating and maintaining the equipment purchased under this section; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE523F3BF246C4875B60926175CCBB76D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>report annually to the Department of Transportation on the use of grant funds received under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAC21BA427EA14E688ED04CB44ED4822B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, a grant provided under this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to grants made under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5307">section 5307</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and to such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H27B1B218BDEB4BB08C03EAB4D8A800A2"><enum>105.</enum><header>Intelligence sharing</header>
<subsection id="H200B096F2ADB4F1BBE8EFEE2003234E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intelligence sharing</header><text>The Secretary shall request that the Secretary of Homeland Security provide appropriate and timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against public transportation assets in the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H54F23B7CCA0A4AFFB1C93D7773E5A7E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information sharing analysis center</header>
<paragraph id="H13BC8F9AE7E9478EB07892E26CF7AD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall fund the reasonable costs of the Information Sharing and Analysis Center for Public Transportation (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>ISAC</quote>) established pursuant to Presidential Directive 63 to protect critical infrastructure.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97A76D7C328841ACAD753000EB00ABC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public Transportation agency participation</header><text>The Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BFA318E087E473EB227C7EC1004B45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall require those public transportation agencies that the Secretary determines to be at significant risk of terrorist attack to participate in the ISAC;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCCA0879557547AB8B4F0183B03F49D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall encourage all other public transportation agencies to participate in the ISAC; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78011CD9D77742C8BE4DF5F97472B4C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not charge any public transportation agency a fee for participation in the ISAC.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0D1EAEFF21144D508E28F899DEF74C4C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HDB3CD02757C14262B17E3DBAD769B1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2007, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that describes the implementation of sections 103 through 105. The Secretary may submit the report in classified and unclassified forms.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HD620C007CA954C6D9EA78DD8CC00D6C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB44595397E6A421FB153092C21876F01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the state of public transportation security in the United States; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF32530819B54083B500575848047FF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of actions taken by Federal, State, regional, and local governments and private stakeholders to address threats to, and security weaknesses in, the public transportation system and its assets.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0F8F7600B0EC4A03BFE35A34B086886"><enum>107.</enum><header>Public Transportation employee security training program</header>
<subsection id="H56018C221F104177A862D81FFA9DF673"><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 the Secretary of Homeland Security, appropriate law enforcement, security, and terrorism experts, representatives of public transportation agencies, and representatives of public transportation employees, shall develop and issue guidelines for a public transportation employee security training program to prepare public transportation employees for potential threat conditions.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB3CB5C62F0A247E796AEDF92AFF206DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public Transportation agency programs</header>
<paragraph id="H5AFDE8D5885242A8ADF70779FED186E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which Secretary issues guidance under subsection (a) in final form, each public transportation agency that has received or is undergoing a public transportation security assessment shall develop an employee training program in accordance with such guidance.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCBF2F759576D4707863DBDC7ACB200B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and approval</header><text>Each public transportation agency referred to in paragraph (1) shall submit its employee training program to the Secretary for review and approval or amendment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB24BFC54F59B4953940054A980C9E461"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary approves an employee training program of a public transportation agency under paragraph (2), the agency shall complete employee training in accordance with such program with respect to the employees of the agency identified in the agency’s public transportation security assessment. Other public transportation agency employees may also be trained under the agency’s employee training program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1255325D3E22497ABC9816A3ED29411C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>As part of the Secretary’s report to Congress under section 106, the Secretary shall include an analysis of the extent to which public transportation agencies are successfully carrying out the employee training programs described in this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H337F4307750C4592A2057500E3F5FE6"><enum>108.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H1F3BA7CD5EAA4ADB838CFD3EF9486524"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Capital security assistance program</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 104(a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H3499484D0FA843E1A6241F3567BDA310"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$775,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B917015A5A54DCF8BF361DD2F4A108"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$825,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DB997BBD34E4DC29913361EAF57E8DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$880,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H486C49D14A784D6BB658D5539400B760"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operational security assistance program</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 104(b)—</text>
<paragraph id="H60F438B459ED4E7BB92107AA22932099"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06F2131DDC55461E8F941F08F8E0C3EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H546C0771AB5D4E4E961EA06FD4841848"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5B98EF339F8E42C4004359397BD76440"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information Sharing and Analysis Center</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 105(b) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB71D7D9650F44DAFB75276E6486700CF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period of availability</header><text>Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Over-the-road bus security assistance</header>
<section id="HF750FAC9EF60490497DF29306673D760"><enum>201.</enum><header>Emergency over-the-road bus security assistance</header>
<subsection id="H65C8CEE7E95C4674B2229CB33C787200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, shall establish a program for making grants to private operators of over-the-road buses for system-wide security improvements to their operations, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H1DA3787F9382400397FE00A700D499BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>constructing and modifying terminals, garages, facilities, or over-the-road buses to assure their security;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC856EF8558374D1F986345422E94A918"><enum>(2)</enum><text>protecting or isolating the driver;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9DA13F0670F4220BEA459AD25B3EF9B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>acquiring, upgrading, installing, or operating equipment, software, or accessorial services for collection, storage, or exchange of passenger and driver information through ticketing systems or otherwise, and information links with government agencies;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBDAC1D62B30434FAFE0A887B6EE20B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>training employees in recognizing and responding to security threats, evacuation procedures, passenger screening procedures, and baggage inspection;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB89C3A310F524FFFA118D72F2EC0F0EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>hiring and training security officers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AC711B4564F418E96E4A4DC02AB2EFA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>installing cameras and video surveillance equipment on over-the-road buses and at terminals, garages, and over-the-road bus facilities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF853C6A8822B41008DDF21D6757C7EE6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>creating a program for employee identification or background investigation;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H812C3E15DA974ADC840022C4E22CF747"><enum>(8)</enum><text>establishing an emergency communications system linked to law enforcement and emergency personnel; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H992F2EB7E88B4558BACBD473757A0AA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>implementing and operating passenger screening programs at terminals and on over-the-road buses.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA880174BA6CF47A89B147B5FAE8273C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost for which any grant is made under this section shall be 80 percent.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFD0D62F6B8AC417D0000D3F0CC931D00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header><text>A grant under this section shall be subject to all the terms and conditions that a grant is subject to under section 3038(f) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5310">49 U.S.C. 5310</external-xref> note; 112 Stat. 393).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H2FF61D2F190D452A9717AB714E96A8A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on industry priorities</header>
<paragraph id="H9EC738CDF4EF46DEA88F4F32945B827E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall conduct a study of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62CD092FD26D4ED683A99CE486969116"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the critical assets and systems of the nationwide over-the-road bus industry;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4305A62B27847CE9FE216E5E592EB66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>security threats to the assets and systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B920BABE53E4067911DA6FF6600EB2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>security weaknesses in the assets and systems; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A8FF58DD4B3487EA85614C148EC6175"><enum>(D)</enum><text>redundant and backup systems required to ensure the continued operation of critical elements of the assets and systems in the event of an attack or other incident.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA9284FD51ED4EB3A48E937302741BBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the study, the Administrator shall consult with representatives of private over-the-road bus operators and the employees of such operators.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E191AFC416B41DEA368F7B5283FB056"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security a report, based on the results of the study, detailing the critical assets, threats, and weaknesses in the over-the-road bus industry. The Administrator shall update the report on an annual basis.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0B06D156DFC44B08A98ED187F794CD70"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Allocation of grants</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish priorities for the allocation of grants under this section based on the report required by subsection (d)(3) and shall make grants under this section in accordance with those priorities.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H3E10F1492C7B40D3B5A724AEDA1BC080"><enum>202.</enum><header>Plan requirement</header>
<subsection id="HF1717418FA454661A56FADA2F8774576"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation may not make a grant under section 201 to a private operator of over-the-road buses until the operator has first submitted to the Secretary an application containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H95638B818D1F4F4B92944EF24C3E8348"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for making security improvements described in section 201 and the Secretary has approved the plan; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7F347FC664F44A498F2B4D88BB694D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such additional information as the Secretary may require to ensure accountability for the obligation and expenditure of amounts made available to the operator under the grant.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H966F9B687E15487A91EAB54F7E00A616"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>To the extent that an application for a grant submitted under this section proposes security improvements within a specific terminal owned and operated by an entity other than the applicant, the applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the applicant has coordinated the security improvements for the terminal with that entity.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HC5830B11CA954501BA8444C522B213D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation with DHS</header><text>In approving plans under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HA746855EA24A43E68BEDF5BE5E821308"><enum>203.</enum><header>Over-the-road bus defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>over-the-road bus</quote> means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.</text> </section>
<section id="HD5FDB7AF2FCC4CEA8933FD0034F680C7"><enum>204.</enum><header>Bus security assessment</header>
<subsection id="H6DDB0F911CC24647AABAD28503002905"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a preliminary report in accordance with the requirements of this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HBCA37F3AD0854F9BA29335B4515F1281"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of preliminary report</header><text>The preliminary report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB628604702D84B7082098D13A42D94F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the over-the-road bus security grant program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FE432693AED4D9BBCE592BEB50F1EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of actions already taken to address identified security issues by both public and private entities and recommendations on whether additional safety and security enforcement actions are needed;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FE445F5EA584A119BBF16897F46AD3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of whether additional legislation is needed to provide for the security of Americans traveling on over-the-road buses;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8B609388DE94EFBABC9212F58792DC3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the economic impact that security upgrades of buses and bus facilities may have on the over-the-road bus transportation industry and its employees;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H221D077B86DF43F6A5A498DCFAD00C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment of ongoing research and the need for additional research on over-the-road bus security, including engine shut-off mechanisms, chemical and biological weapon detection technology, and the feasibility of compartmentalization of the driver; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H492CC8A2A34C45E1B8A6A6C4C7E3CF3D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of industry best practices to enhance security.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7416E094DC2C4E7494A435BAA750C060"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation with industry, labor, and other groups</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with over-the-road bus management and labor representatives, public safety and law enforcement officials, and the National Academy of Sciences.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HDA4EFB33B4C941EB8297A226CC480028"><enum>205.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out this title $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text> </section>
September 15, 2006
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed