110 HR 1401 : Rail and Public Transportation
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-03-28
text/xml
EN
Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Rail and Public Transportation
Security Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. No preemption of State law.
Title I—Rail and Public Transportation Security
Sec. 101. National strategy for rail and public transportation
security.
Sec. 102. Assignment of providers of covered transportation to
risk-based tiers.
Sec. 103. Rail and public transportation assessments and
plans.
Sec. 104. Information sharing plan.
Sec. 105. Rail security assistance.
Sec. 106. Public transportation security
assistance.
Sec. 107. Over-the-road bus security assistance.
Sec. 108. Fire and life safety improvements.
Sec. 109. Security training program.
Sec. 110. Security exercises.
Sec. 111. Security research and development.
Sec. 112. Whistleblower protections.
Sec. 113. Increase in surface transportation security
inspectors.
Sec. 114. National domestic preparedness
consortium.
Sec. 115. Authorization of Visible Intermodal Protection
Response Teams.
Sec. 116. National Transportation Security Center of
Excellence.
Sec. 117. TSA personnel limitations.
Sec. 118. Homeland security grants.
Sec. 119. Threat assessment screening.
Sec. 120. Background checks for covered
individuals.
Sec. 121. Task force on disqualifying crimes.
Sec. 122. Penalties.
Sec. 123. School bus transportation security.
Sec. 124. Enhanced security measures for shipments of security
sensitive materials.
Sec. 125. Technology standards and clearinghouse to improve
security of covered transportation.
Sec. 126. Rail tank car security testing.
Sec. 127. Rail radiological and nuclear detection.
Sec. 128. Requirement to provide preference to qualified
anti-terrorism technologies.
Sec. 129. Promoting liability protections for providers of
covered transportation and related technologies.
Sec. 130. International rail security program.
Sec. 131. Terrorist watchlist and immigration status review at
high-risk transportation sites.
Sec. 132. Review of grant-making efficiency.
Sec. 133. Roles of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Transportation.
Sec. 134. Assessment and report.
Sec. 135. Study of foreign rail security practices.
Sec. 136. Alternative material sources.
Sec. 137. Immunity for reporting suspicious activities and
mitigating terrorist threats relating to transportation security.
Title II—Secure Transportation Through Increased Use of Canine
Detection Teams
Sec. 201. Increasing the number of canine detection teams for
transportation security.
Sec. 202. National explosives detection canine team program
increase.
Sec. 203. Transportation security administration breeding
program increase.
2.In this Act, the following definitions
apply:
(1)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe
term appropriate congressional committees
has the meaning that
term has in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) and
includes the Committees on Homeland Security and Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.
(2)The term appropriate stakeholders
means—
(A)providers of
covered transportation;
(B)organizations
representing providers of covered transportation;
(C)nonprofit employee
labor organizations representing railroad, public transportation, or
over-the-road bus workers;
(D)shippers of
hazardous material;
(E)manufacturers of railroad cars, public
transportation cars and buses, and over-the-road buses;
(F)State departments
of transportation, regional agencies, and metropolitan planning
organizations;
(G)public safety
officials;
(H)law enforcement
and fire service officials; and
(I)other relevant
persons.
(3)The term covered transportation
means transportation provided by a railroad carrier, a provider of public
transportation, or an over-the-road bus.
(4)The
term Department
means the Department of Homeland
Security.
(5)The term designated recipient
has the
meaning that the term has in
section
5307(a) of title 49, United States Code.
(6)Provider of
covered transportationThe term provider of covered
transportation
means—
(A)with respect to
transportation provided by a railroad carrier, the railroad carrier;
(B)with respect to public transportation, the
designated recipient; and
(C)with respect to transportation provided by
an over-the-road bus, the private operator.
(7)The term over-the-road bus
means a bus
characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage
compartment.
(8)The term public transportation
has
the meaning that term has in
section
5302(a) of title 49, United States Code.
(9)The
term railroad
has the meaning that term has in
section
20102 of title 49, United States Code.
(10)The term railroad carrier
has the meaning
that term has in section 20102 of title 49, United
States Code.
(11)The
term Secretary
means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(12)The
term State
means any one of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United
States.
(13)The
term terrorism
has the meaning that term has in section 2 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
(14)The
term transportation
, as used with respect to an
over-the-road-bus, means the movement of passengers or property by an
over-the-road-bus—
(A)in the
jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place
outside the State (including a place outside the United States); or
(B)in a State that
affects trade, traffic, and transportation described in subparagraph
(A).
(15)The term United
States
means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
3.No preemption of State
law
(a)No preemption of
State lawNothing in
section
20106 of title 49, United States Code, preempts a State cause
of action, or any damages recoverable in such an action, including negligence,
recklessness, and intentional misconduct claims, unless compliance with State
law would make compliance with Federal requirements impossible. Nothing in
section
20106 of title 49, United States Code, confers Federal
jurisdiction of a question for such a cause of action.
(b)Section 20106 of title 49, United
States Code, preempts only positive laws, regulations, or orders by executive
or legislative branch officials that expressly address railroad safety or
security. The Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation have the power to
preempt such positive enactments by substantially subsuming the same subject
matter, pursuant to proper administrative procedures.
<enum>I</enum><header>Rail
and Public Transportation Security</header>
<section commented="no" id="H6B48CE429D8449D2944069C9DBCF4AA"><enum>101.</enum><header>National
strategy for rail and public transportation security</header>
<subsection id="H01C4E9C7BE1546FD977D002858000698"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modal
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and
implement the modal plan for covered transportation as required by
section
114(t)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code. The modal plan
shall be entitled the <quote>National Strategy for Rail and Public
Transportation Security</quote> and shall include, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A4077E707044E658FF7D230D3B5A5D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of Federal, State, and local
agencies, government sponsored entities, tribal governments, and appropriate
stakeholders under the plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8A786248BFAE46F395A8E2C048166346"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identification of,
and a plan to address, gaps and unnecessary overlaps in the roles,
responsibilities, and authorities described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA0588F06FD0442FCB6788F68C14415FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a methodology for
how the Department will work with the entities described in paragraph (1), and
make use of existing Federal expertise within the Department, the Department of
Transportation, and other appropriate agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H80E99B51D5D1431AB3107040003245C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a process for
providing security clearances to facilitate intelligence and information
sharing with the entities described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1A5F7AFFB69C40718086A60082CC534D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description
of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2EAF5272463C4EDEBFF6C259D841DF10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the Department
has reviewed terrorist attacks on covered transportation throughout the world
in the last 25 years;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3D9A7B7C5A394EA1BB246788006437BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lessons
learned from those reviews; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H79C3C9A8743D4AFBBB8C8722ACFC4EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how those lessons
are being used in current and future efforts to secure covered
transportation;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEBFF6160E9544C28AEF0967600FACDD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a strategy and
timeline for the Department, the Department of Transportation, other
appropriate Federal agencies and private entities to research and develop new
technologies for securing covered transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDBC82F9E953F4C1D84621EF221B4AC72"><enum>(7)</enum><text>measurable goals,
including objectives, mechanisms, and a schedule for enhancing the security of
covered transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5B793B8983BA4E42B367A869612E6D12"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a framework for
resuming the operation of covered transportation in the event of an act of
terrorism and prioritizing resumption of such operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB91B8FC5E82F452B9F3D467B47656E34"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a description of
current and future public outreach and educational initiatives designed to
inform the public on how to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from
a terrorist attack on covered transportation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF086218ABC2D471DAD63D300ADE361AB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a process for
coordinating covered transportation security strategies and plans, including
the National Infrastructure Protection Plan required by Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 7; Executive Order: Strengthening Surface Transportation
Security dated December 5, 2006; the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Department and the Department of Transportation on Roles and Responsibilities
dated September 28, 2004; the Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between
the Department and the Department of Transportation on Roles and
Responsibilities concerning railroad security dated September 28, 2006, and the
Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the
Department of Transportation on Roles and Responsibilities concerning Public
Transportation Security dated September 8, 2005.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A846D96670F44F49361C025DDEB3E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adequacy of
existing plans and strategies</header><text>Nothing in this section shall
prevent the Secretary from using existing plans and strategies, including those
developed or implemented pursuant to
section
114(t) of title 49, United States Code, or Homeland Security
Presidential Directive–7, in meeting the requirements of subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HC68554F0574343FCB67288109215BF58"><enum>102.</enum><header>Assignment of
providers of covered transportation to risk-based tiers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA23857F375D64FDD000027AFE63383C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assignment</header><text>The
Secretary shall assign each provider of covered transportation to one of the
not less than three risk-based tiers established by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H56F26F9F7E6A495FBB0504F191F9CFD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of
information</header><text>The Secretary may request, and the provider of
covered transportation shall provide, information necessary for the Secretary
to assign a provider of covered transportation to the appropriate tier under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCC05B66D658E4B58805D1518AABD9607"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not
later than 60 days after the date a provider of covered transportation is
assigned to a tier under this section, the Secretary shall notify the provider
of the tier to which the provider is assigned and the reasons for such
assignment.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H655E1698FC454D19889F933CB8DBDEBE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>High- and
medium-risk tiers</header><text>At least two of the tiers established by the
Secretary under this section shall be tiers designated for high- and
medium-risk providers of covered transportation.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H84FBCBB9A70443EC8702FF157625D471"><enum>103.</enum><header>Rail and public
transportation assessments and plans</header>
<subsection id="H7E7DE28231A94B2A8276AC0909C5FAEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations that—</text>
<paragraph id="H513529C562E848A88188BAA9E57C1F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require each
provider of covered transportation assigned to a high- or medium-risk tier
under section 102—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DCFF5FD0D1F40EE94417846FCD0A6E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct a
vulnerability assessment in accordance with subsections (b) and (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF9645F76A7848E4909E80288CDD55DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to prepare, submit
to the Secretary for approval, and implement a security plan in accordance with
this section that addresses security performance requirements under subsection
(f); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A2CC6C4C61C432E9E96A6D500DE0071"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish
standards, and guidelines for vulnerability assessments under subsection (c)
and security plans under subsection (d) and for developing and implementing
such security plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC37F3031A29D45279B65F6B42BC6E76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish a
security program for providers of covered transportation not assigned to a high
or medium-risk tier under section 102, including a process for providers to
conduct vulnerability assessments and prepare and implement security plans, as
determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73211AF4D94A4741883366688597CFFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for
submission</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of issuance of
the regulations under subsection (a), the vulnerability assessments and
security plans required by such regulations for a provider of covered
transportation assigned to a high- or medium-risk tier shall be completed and
submitted to the Secretary for review and approval.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BC1FC1837F843C3AB2D58312931FCD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vulnerability
Assessments</header>
<paragraph id="H265F4F29A4A4440F8F695B13606940F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide technical assistance and guidance to providers of
covered transportation in conducting vulnerability assessments under this
section and shall require that each vulnerability assessment of a provider of
covered transportation assigned to a high- or medium-risk tier under section
102 include, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE181D5AC347B4B42A942FD64BF9E0007"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identification and
evaluation of critical covered transportation assets and infrastructures of the
provider, including platforms, stations, bus and intermodal terminals, tunnels,
bridges, switching and storage areas, and information systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5CAA2F93ED246D89589FDCF5BD24F07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification of
the threats to those assets and infrastructures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA38D38C1BED6486492BE9922118F9C34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identification of
the security weaknesses of the covered transportation in—</text>
<clause id="H905F5FF6E7B14AC89C7BDFA76EB73323"><enum>(i)</enum><text>physical
security;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8A8FA693EFB149F9929C00A3C1ECDCD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>passenger and
cargo security;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD7CFFE6BD8F84726B968CFC954C3D974"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>programmable
electronic devices, computers, or other automated systems which are used in
providing the transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9147D67208C34B97943DA6B5DB3EEB5D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>alarms, cameras,
and other protection systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A147480B9824851A9FFDD1B1C836CEB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>communications
systems, including dispatching services and mobile service equipment systems,
to provide access to emergency services in underground fixed guideway
systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0FDA2982FE734D7C9F7B58C7F11400DC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>utilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H143627995EF347E3B6B47BB5B886C5B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>emergency
response planning;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9E931CD1EE745C2BC48E700E8813381"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>employee
training; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H50CC08AFE96442F696DED7167DFE9E30"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>such other
matters as the Secretary determines appropriate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H791AB74E7599438D84DA4F7FA67FDFEB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identification of
redundant and backup systems required to ensure the continued operations of
critical elements of the covered transportation in the event of an attack or
other incident, including disruption of commercial electric power or
communications network.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5511054F0A84A95B6884EEC6BEC6B59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Threat
information</header><text>A provider of covered transportation conducting a
vulnerability assessment under this section shall incorporate in the assessment
any threat information provided by the Secretary and other sources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF464B2737EE249D5812E7B25251690FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security
Plans</header>
<paragraph id="HC9222552C24A448F8CF0CB61F1CB8725"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide technical assistance and guidance to providers of
covered transportation in preparing and implementing security plans under this
section and shall require that each security plan of each provider of covered
transportation assigned a high- or medium-risk under section 102 include, at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94BD608BBCC14E999D3D76A006647CA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identification of a security coordinator
having authority—</text>
<clause id="HC460BAF269744AF7AF41C332449401E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
implement security actions under the plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H88CDDF953A31493681528165A0FC2814"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
coordinate security improvements described in sections 105, 106, and 107;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H84636719BCA144839F960088C4E00ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to
receive immediate communications from appropriate Federal officials regarding
covered transportation security;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB9C84219437468D91F0A891CA131D45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plans for periodic
exercises under section 110 that include participation by local law enforcement
agencies and emergency responders as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B8159835E504755B11681D7B2622BD5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of needed capital and operational
improvements such as those described in sections 105, 106, and 107;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H691D8964B01F4D6A96D7E72026180018"><enum>(D)</enum><text>procedures to be
implemented or used by the provider in response to a terrorist attack,
including evacuation and passenger communication plans that include individuals
with disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95A879D65F9240098900CE633EF4892"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identification of
steps taken with State and local law enforcement agencies, emergency
responders, and Federal officials to coordinate security measures and plans for
response to a terrorist attack;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95DF79A031D34F85927940ADBF792FFD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a strategy and
timeline for conducting training under section 109, including recurrent
training and periodic unannounced exercises for employees of the provider to be
carried out under the plan to prevent, prepare for, or respond to a terrorist
attack;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51629469EEB74DC999A762157CEC78DB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>enhanced security
measures to be taken by the provider when the Secretary declares a period of
heightened security risk;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H558EBBD75BCC47FDBEBD7E2197B6248E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>plans for
redundant and backup systems required to ensure the continued operation of
critical covered transportation elements of the provider in the event of a
terrorist attack or other incident;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H800CFEE411A64D28815271E33900DEDA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>plans for
locating, including by covert electronic devices, shipments of railroad cars
transporting security sensitive materials or nuclear waste so that, if the
assets are lost or stolen, the provider or law enforcement authorities may
locate, track, and recover the assets;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB859E249E0144369D08C6D8A5BF2212"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a strategy for
implementing enhanced security for shipments of security sensitive materials
under section 124; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AA8AE65AF4149CAB306DCDFF4B0F687"><enum>(K)</enum><text>such other actions
or procedures as the Secretary determines are appropriate to address the
covered transportation security of the provider to a terrorist attack.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29D05DB5AAEC4E748B8D65CA33245642"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security
coordinator requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall require that the
individual serving as the security coordinator identified in paragraph (1)(A)
is a citizen of the United States. The Secretary may waive this requirement
with respect to an individual if the Secretary determines that it is
appropriate to do so based on a background check of the individual and a review
of terrorist watch lists to ensure that the individual is not identified on any
such terrorist watch list.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE69EEF858A0C4A6CBD43A0E0501E812D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consistency with
other plans</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that each security plan
under this section is consistent with the requirements of the National Strategy
for Rail and Public Transportation Security described in section 101.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H704203489B7147A9B81014357957D39C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provided by
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
provide, in a timely manner to the maximum extent practicable under applicable
authority and in the interest of national security, to the provider of the
covered transportation threat information that is relevant to the provider when
preparing and submitting a vulnerability assessment and security plan,
including an assessment of the most likely method that could be used by
terrorists to exploit weaknesses in the covered transportation security and the
likelihood of success by such terrorists.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H56EC89CCCA0342A0BDDC098E369000D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Security
Performance Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish security performance requirements for
the security plans required for providers of covered transportation. The
regulations shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCAADD98CF82447D887C26EC7006D7D98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require separate
and increasingly stringent security performance requirements for security plans
as the level of risk associated with the tier increases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8C50141F33104F029441E1F3A16318B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permit each
provider of covered transportation submitting a security plan to select a
combination of security measures that satisfy the security performance
requirements established by the Secretary under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB47B71F5DE0F4CB8B9AE99B2E00DEBD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Deadline for
review process</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the
issuance of the regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2AE7123ACC84028AAD742D399897E60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review each
vulnerability assessment and security plan submitted to the Secretary in
accordance with subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37D1BBE06DBB4854B411977BF3DDD3C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require amendments
to any security plan that does not meet the requirements of this section,
including the regulations issued under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F321914471048F8933DAFE63E758D1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>approve any
vulnerability assessment or security plan that meets the requirements of this
section, including such regulations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H902DD213CB714B74B0266525A0E5F9A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>review each
security plan periodically thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5F0AA664D2044FC68EDE8BCFB754A52E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Interim security
measures</header><text>The Secretary shall require, during the period before
the deadline established under subsection (b), each provider of covered
transportation required to submit a security plan under subsection (b) to
implement any necessary interim security measures to deter, mitigate, and
respond to, to the maximum extent practicable, a transportation security
incident with respect to the covered transportation or a substantive threat of
such an incident until the security plan of the provider is approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4227351A9C94E19B6F9E0000709019D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nondisclosure of
Information</header>
<paragraph id="H418BF05C56CB4E72B6B383D7FBDF69F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the
disclosure of a vulnerability assessment or a security plan of a provider of
covered transportation to the extent that such information is exempted from
mandatory disclosure under
section
552 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD61BB7ACB09E48A4AE893B3D901092D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
obligations unaffected</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect any
obligation of the provider of covered transportation to submit or make
available information to covered transportation employees, nonprofit employee
labor organizations, or a Federal, State, or local government agency under, or
otherwise to comply with, any other law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H07FB04BB96664572BEC7F22D2FE2C200"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission of
information to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
as authorizing the withholding of any information from Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BCBA1EC387745B9A9F400761EF5D363"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disclosure of
Independently Furnished Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
as affecting any authority or obligation of a Federal agency to disclose any
record or information that the Federal agency obtains from a provider of
covered transportation under any other law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE02C9A169629434C839E9FC8B558FBC0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0114A563399F45A38CAE81ABCBB91E99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
penalties</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7CE5F265A268470C8363A79807841CC6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may impose an administrative penalty of not
more than $100,000 for failure to comply with this section, including
regulations issued under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8B41CC83C2A44E6C88028BB831334315"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice and
opportunity to request hearing</header><text>Before imposing a penalty under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to the person against whom the
penalty is to be imposed—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF0B6648EB50649999094B2242837B100"><enum>(i)</enum><text>written notice of
the proposed penalty; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5122D4D8486542C9808F822BFB86DDA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the opportunity
to request, not later than 30 days after the date on which the person receives
the notice, a hearing on the proposed penalty.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H18B64D391E2F450B8C40973C311984A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may issue regulations establishing the procedures for administrative
hearings and appropriate review of penalties imposed under this Act, including
deadlines.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD7BF3CF54D4F4EA693DC386700FE877B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE517354D102B476AB1173F11B92FE57D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
bring an action in a United States district court against any provider of
covered transportation that violates or fails to comply with this Act,
including regulations issued under subsection (a), or a security plan approved
by the Secretary under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA33C465B3DE4E989461D7AE43000800"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>In
any action under this Act, a court may issue an order for injunctive relief and
may impose a civil penalty of not more than $75,000 for each day on which a
violation occurs or a failure to comply continues.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBBB5B1BDC0EE40D5BDEDF100719DBFD1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A provider of
covered transportation who intentionally violates this section, including
regulations issued under subsection (a), shall be fined not more than $50,000
for each day of such violation, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82B7B666296D47E5BE007E4808ED4873"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Existing
Procedures, Protocols and Standards</header>
<paragraph id="H98BD0B8D23F94B54BF7CB2655B94574F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In response to a petition by a provider of
covered transportation or at the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may
recognize existing procedures, protocols, and standards of a provider of
covered transportation that the Secretary determines to meet all or part of the
requirements of this section, including regulations issued under subsection
(a), regarding vulnerability assessments and security plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA27E72F0A0B40D6A035EDEB442B5902"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon review and written determination by
the Secretary that existing procedures, protocols, or standards of a provider
of covered transportation satisfy all of the requirements of this section,
including regulations issued under subsection (a), the provider may elect to
comply with those procedures, protocols, or standards instead of the
requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DAD0ED34DC443AFB023879B88361809"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partial
approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
determines that the existing procedures, protocols, or standards of a provider
of covered transportation satisfy only part of the requirements of this
section, including regulations issued under subsection (a), the Secretary may
accept such submission, but shall require submission by the provider of any
additional information relevant to the vulnerability assessment and security
plan of the provider to ensure that the remaining requirements of this section
are fulfilled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H775701D39A604158ACA7C0632F7B8CCC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that particular
existing procedures, protocols, or standards of a provider of covered
transportation under this subsection do not satisfy the requirements of this
section, including regulations issued under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
provide to such provider a written notification that includes an explanation of
the reasons why the determination could not be made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46E1E3A9710A4BACAF87E90092A2A199"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection shall relieve the Secretary of the obligation—</text>
<subparagraph id="H430725229D494B7EBDAB9585637F03AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to review the
vulnerability assessment and security plan submitted by a provider of covered
transportation under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4EFF9BC7AE44EEAAAB7B9913507EDF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to approve or
disapprove each submission on an individual basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6014CA56E43C431BAF5055893FDDE65B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Periodic Review
by Provider of Covered Transportation Required</header>
<paragraph id="H7CBA1DA666494EFD9B3812FFB1E4798E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of
review</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which a
vulnerability assessment or security plan required to be submitted to the
Secretary under subsection (b) is submitted, and at least once every 5 years
thereafter (or on such a schedule as the Secretary may establish by
regulation), the provider of covered transportation who submitted the
vulnerability assessment or security plan shall also submit to the Secretary a
review of the adequacy of the vulnerability assessment or security plan that
includes a description of any material changes made to the vulnerability
assessment or security plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2BEAEEF2EF642D9ABAE49E8A1F92B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
review</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which a review
is submitted, the Secretary shall review the review and notify the provider of
covered transportation submitting the review of the Secretary’s approval or
disapproval of such review.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5943534D7462475CBED4EFEE69CE8D00"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Shared
Facilities</header><text>The Secretary may permit under this section the
development and implementation of coordinated vulnerability assessments and
security plans to the extent 2 or more providers of covered transportation have
shared facilities (such as tunnels, bridges, or stations, or facilities) that
are geographically close or otherwise co-located.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1C6719259DF4221806BD8A9B1C41C11"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Ferry
exemption</header><text>This section does not apply to any ferry system for
which a vulnerability assessment and security plan is required pursuant to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46,
United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA37A2EDE8A4B446C973479E5D2D2F547"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees regarding the feasibility of implementing
name-based checks against terrorist watch lists for all National Railroad
Passenger Corporation passengers.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H35A5B7B9BDEC4A599D293B20F809EA3D"><enum>104.</enum><header>Information
sharing plan</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7DDC0D7FC1F84F41BE8F3D60C4394DB8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a railroad, public transportation, and over-the-road
bus information sharing plan to ensure the development of both tactical and
strategic intelligence products pertaining to the threats and vulnerabilities
to covered transportation for dissemination to Federal, State, and local
agencies, tribal governments, and appropriate stakeholders.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2358E320D5C546CAB04F31A11D83D3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of
Plan</header><text>The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H64CC60CB66AA467FBC474423DE486ED7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
how intelligence analysts in the Transportation Security Administration are
coordinating with other intelligence analysts in the Department and other
Federal, State, and local agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDADA41A977974761847EDEE71AE81F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reasonable deadlines
for the completion of any organizational changes within the Department to
accommodate implementation of the plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF0E122D165B94442A26290B690175152"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
resource needs for fulfilling the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDA053ECD30934107AA29E2BF0491C7DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H025E77C053654922A3B5273032B778D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification of
Implementation</header><text>After the plan is submitted under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees when
the plan has been implemented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H64CF2F4D1E1E4BC8B2877890EC031D5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>After the Secretary provides the certification under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide a report to the appropriate
congressional committees each year thereafter on the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC6C00FBC9E8E4589B45FBDCB8661157"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number and
brief description of each railroad, public transportation, and over-the-road
bus intelligence report created and disseminated under the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA49ABE5F5C04C93B8D64B5C5EE55FA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The classification
of each report as tactical or strategic.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8094CDCD82A64293966253C1CC1E15CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The numbers of
different government, law enforcement, and public or private sector partners
who the Department provided with each intelligence product.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA922576BB2F146468667DEFC006DF1F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
Surveys</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an annual survey of the
satisfaction of each of the recipients of railroad, public transportation, and
over-the-road bus intelligence reports created and disseminated under the plan
and include the results of the survey as part of the corresponding annual
report provided under subsection (c)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7EE0349C33C64B9DA54F36BBDFAD8D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Classification of
material</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the greatest
extent possible, the Department shall provide appropriate stakeholders with
information in an unclassified format.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9E790D2AEF1D4DFF9F98269CEC2122AE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Security
Clearances</header><text>The Department shall assist the appropriate Federal,
State, regional, local, and tribal authorities, in addition to appropriate
stakeholders, in obtaining the security clearances needed to receive classified
covered transportation security information as necessary if this information
cannot be disseminated in an unclassified format.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A284E2151314C3CAEC85EFBB942A87F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Rail security
assistance</header>
<subsection id="H9D27D7C4BA424ECD8377D86FBC413CC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish a program for making grants to eligible entities for security
improvements described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H99A8E6F285534AD790F606DC871D18CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section shall use the
grant funds for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H203A5112A00842E98709004DB1A91F4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Perimeter
protection systems, including access control, installation of improved
lighting, fencing, and barricades at railroad facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40222F71ED1C44028E75C0465CF3857B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technologies to reduce the vulnerability of
railroad cars.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0980CD451D48298C89EB6F32E838B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Passenger railroad
station security capital improvement projects that the Secretary determines
enhance rail station security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5633127EFA6541B8A6968DD84B8906EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security improvements to passenger railroad
stations and other railroad transportation infrastructure, including stations
and other railroad transportation infrastructure owned by State or local
governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF962E9C1ECA046839E26B3C9DC2CA422"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Tunnel protection
systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF3E59E47F744E16882EF037B98FF796"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Evacuation
improvements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB49F01EEBE5446BAACF96F313376782F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Inspection
technologies, including verified visual inspection technologies using hand-held
readers and discs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD57FC916C43F46E3858B174878434B85"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Communications
equipment, including equipment that is interoperable with Federal, State, and
local agencies and tribal governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62E30F0B06EF488194E5F3E2B2CFD9B8"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Chemical,
biological, radiological, or explosive detection, including canine patrols for
such detection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E006C33CA3C43EEB657E94DAFBFA2F0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Surveillance
equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3B90AE02E5C47E2A48080006018AAE9"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Cargo or
passenger screening equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H388C6C8482B14BEBA2003F88B4C64554"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Railroad security inspection facilities and
related infrastructure at United States international borders, including
additional side railroad track necessary for passenger and freight train
security inspection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE91CA75096CE427193DEE5C132EC8908"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Emergency
response equipment, including fire suppression and decontamination equipment,
personal protective equipment, and defibrillators.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DBE6616EC6745B88257338D215C00A2"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Global
positioning or tracking and recovery equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A7638DDF9914059B8248E049F63221E"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Redundant
critical operations control systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4727A70B54164D3286E6B100C25D36F6"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating and capital costs associated with
security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training
under section 109 and training developed by universities and institutions of
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor organizations, for railroad
employees, including front-line employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBB72CE3BB194B93834EE1C7D3D5869"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Live or simulated
exercises described in section 110.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF600823CB99B4E8A00F56D0000D5EF9E"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Overtime
reimbursement for additional security personnel during periods of heightened
security as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A6A2FB242DB48208179337E6484E395"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Public awareness
campaigns for enhanced rail security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCF80ADBCCBF4E5EB6245D4EEAA29227"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Operational costs
for personnel assigned to full-time security or counterterrorism duties related
to rail transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H172C3D047793470FB10521BDF8AAE9E2"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Such other
security improvements as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDE4F4AA270944A7AFC199859CDC4DDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of
Homeland Security Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the responsibilities under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F56E012DBD84DFB00AE962995863320"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the
requirements for recipients of grants under this section, including application
requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H960D740C65FC4ABBBF4CA52EC182F02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (f), determine who are the recipients of grants under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB5321F5AE004340A487C4EAA64D26B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (b), determine the uses for which grant funds may be used under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE05606E34AF64AFEA3F1E750FE1BB607"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish
priorities for uses of funds for grant recipients under this section;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAFDD76BFD9F4F55B5C24D22006EC2C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>not later than 5
business days after making determinations under paragraphs (1) through (4),
transfer grant funds under this section to the Secretary of Transportation for
distribution to the recipients of grants determined by the Secretary under
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01685AACF0BF4C0C00A6005878B9FACE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of
Transportation Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation shall
distribute grant funds under this section to the recipients of grants
determined by the Secretary under subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDAE6587B0095403C834B4E52734E929B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring and
Auditing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation jointly shall monitor
and audit the use of funds under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31478EBD6FBA40E2AC00006229E375BF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A railroad carrier is eligible for a grant
under this section if the carrier has completed a vulnerability assessment and
developed a security plan that the Secretary has approved under section 103.
Grant funds may only be used for permissible uses under subsection (b) to
further a rail security plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBFBB1C418B934866819090E57C78A3A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Multiyear
awards</header><text>Pursuant to this section, the Secretary may issue
multi-year grants for not longer than a 5-year period.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H885ADDB29F9540AE8FC8DF6C8BB43BF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Letters of
intent</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H56C5D398D2224D1F986641BE89D024BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>The
Secretary may issue a letter of intent to a recipient of a grant under this
section, to commit funding from future budget authority of an amount, not more
than the Federal Government’s share of the project’s cost, for a capital
improvement project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC4CA61AD29254D1892F76FAA6C997400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The
letter of intent under this subsection shall establish a schedule under which
the Secretary will reimburse the recipient for the Federal Government’s share
of the project’s costs, as amounts become available, if the recipient, after
the Secretary issues that letter, carries out the project without receiving
amounts under a grant issued under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB591377CB84443C4B4C054676D036C65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice to
secretary</header><text>A recipient that has been issued a letter of intent
under this section shall notify the Secretary of the recipient’s intent to
carry out a project before the project begins.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H80B8BA8C0C194BC6A58FAAEF13F8BCB0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice to
congress</header><text>The Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a written notification at least 3 days before the
issuance of a letter of intent under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6E71BDC77D6431FB1003819872E5B70"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A
letter of intent issued under this subsection is not an obligation of the
Federal Government under
section
1501 of title 31, United States Code, and the letter is not
deemed to be an administrative commitment for financing. An obligation or
administrative commitment may be made only as amounts are provided in
authorization and appropriations laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7299607B30AE497A8B151061FBB2D24E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit the obligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent under this
section in the same fiscal year as the letter of intent is issued.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H329AEC1FC647465BA55602ED139B5590"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A20A0566425445A9FA436A22668788C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), a grant for
a project under this section shall be for 80 percent of the net cost of the
project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE600693F3DD44818BC71C9EB008F417E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Small project
exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a grant under
this section is for a project with a net cost of $25,000 or less, the Federal
share for the grant shall be for 100 percent of such cost.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H64DFCAA2A61D4101BFCC2358C96C58EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National
security exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary determines, upon written notice to the appropriate congressional
committees, that a higher Federal share for a grant under this section is
necessary to respond to an urgent threat to national security, the Secretary
may increase the Federal share for the grant to up to 100 percent of the net
cost of the project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85469288FF7B4BD4AF9F2567C3B99501"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection shall only apply to freight railroad carriers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC0046CAD14944A8F931600F2505CE95"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Subject to
certain standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient
of a grant under this section and section 108 shall be required to comply with
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 January 1, 2007, with respect to the project in
the same manner as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is required to
comply with such standards for construction work financed under an agreement
made under section 24308(a) of that title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H78F21220F9BD4D138153528C2241367D"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Limitation on
uses of funds</header><text>A grant made under this section may not be
used—</text>
<paragraph id="H687C227321784FE3A957E3E168220001"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to supplant State
or local funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H140EAEFA15284A68AB44FD827D38A32C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make any State
or local government cost-sharing contribution under any other law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H64874C8CAB484462BF60A11E913B0707"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report
annually to the Secretary on the use of grant funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC598C59D3AD4040B5FDF7944810B0E"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before distribution of funds to recipients
of grants under this section, the Secretary, shall issue guidelines to ensure
that, to the extent that recipients of grants under this section use
contractors or subcontractors, such recipients<italic></italic> use small,
minority, women-owned, or disadvantaged businesses as contractors or
subcontractors to the extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE597A797CC9548C1808314A8B5E8B68C"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HE4B9EDFC977642C4A3E049000396A200"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$600,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for making grants under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58ABC49155274FB6B7DB65FA63124E78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this section shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDB2A0BCDF5D74492A4F0CC4B35A1A869"><enum>106.</enum><header>Public
transportation security assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC8580D5041964B3386AE19B14CBC2E1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish a program for making grants to an eligible public transportation
designated recipient for security improvements described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H596717E9636C420FB2887472A3DF64DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>A recipient of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the
grant funds for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2003FF9B88474173B0DBAB5B8267F3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Perimeter
protection systems, including access control, installation of improved
lighting, fencing, and barricades.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H529CD2528DD94A04896900600513F5B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security improvements to stations and other
public transportation infrastructure, including stations and other public
transportation infrastructure owned by State or local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D38E05F512246B5B2253FCEB732E522"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Tunnel protection
systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H693392B9D4BE4B7800441B49D2D23169"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Evacuation
improvements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8197BC0FD5A54D46922CF8AD2DB7CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Inspection
technologies, including verified visual inspection technologies using hand-held
readers and discs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D3FC8B52BA44424ABB94DE6E8B6F35"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Communications
equipment, including mobile service equipment to provide access to emergency
services in an underground fixed guideway system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DD8821F7EFC4BFDB60656BE35D0893B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Chemical,
biological, or radiological or explosive detection, including canine patrols
for such detection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB81781BBC410446F8E933D8CAFB1308"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Surveillance
equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4604FA8FF64B48EF86FC7FAAE952875E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Emergency response
equipment, including fire suppression and decontamination equipment, personal
protective equipment, and defibrillators.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF313B8D24CBD457DA8AA93E059A6B500"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Purchase and
placement of bomb-resistant trash cans throughout public transportation
facilities, including subway exits, entrances, and tunnels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H095FAB9CB7DA4C738FBE92CC56200C6"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Global positioning
or tracking and recovery equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADC0C799EDAC408CAD3BB427A799A629"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Redundant
critical operations control systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D5460641AAD4540813830450055B23C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Live or simulated
exercises described in section 110.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA390EB8A25D6414AB848D3DE9012EA30"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Public awareness
campaigns for enhanced public transportation security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E9C05633C004A0389F0B64D70BA2522"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating and capital costs associated with
security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training
under section 109 and training developed by universities and institutions of
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor organizations, for public
transportation employees, including front-line employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CBB8AE563FC45C6BA46C91EC8A11BCD"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Overtime reimbursement, including
reimbursement of State, local, and tribal governments for costs, for additional
security personnel during periods of heightened security as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD32A91F73F4D49DAA725C0C5E7EC3F0"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational costs, including reimbursement
of State, local, and tribal governments for costs for personnel assigned to
full-time security or counterterrorism duties related to public
transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F7C5AF53D0A4D57A54BB751EAF03420"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other security improvements as the
Secretary considers appropriate, including security improvements for newly
completed public transportation systems that are not yet operable for passenger
use.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC754C22E9E442968BC18474D8F900A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of
Homeland Security Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the responsibilities under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9D8E8D214D443CDA94FC796002C0381"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the
requirements for recipients of grants under this section, including application
requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45051182AA6D47FEBE004381AD21ADFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (f), determine who are the recipients of grants under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1418A8B433DA4D558772B800B6765ECD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (b), determine the uses for which grant funds may be used under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D7FFE1994594556A79FCED1FB94B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish priorities
for uses of funds for grant recipients under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D1119C957DA4988913F66E00DD0036"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 5 business days after making
determinations under paragraphs (1) through (4), transfer grant funds under
this section to the Secretary of Transportation for distribution to the
recipients of grants determined by the Secretary under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H871FD4D715074ACFAC578FF084C746F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of
transportation responsibilities</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation
shall distribute grant funds under this section to the recipients of grants
determined by the Secretary under subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95A2ACC7B8CD4461005B93D25CD10238"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring and
Auditing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation shall jointly monitor
and audit the use of funds under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H934D0BA3B4F54A5CB0537571C16B4D2B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A designated recipient is eligible for a
grant under this section if the recipient has completed a vulnerability
assessment and developed a security plan that the Secretary has approved under
section 103. Grant funds may only be used for permissible uses under subsection
(b) to further a public transportation security plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75FE49B46B38491985D18F5328AD826"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Subject to
certain terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided
in this section, a grant provided under this section shall be subject to the
terms and conditions applicable to a grant made under
section
5307 of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on January
1, 2007, and such other terms and conditions as are determined necessary by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E9DE47763894484BCCC31FE36CB26C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on
uses of funds</header><text>Grants made under this section may not be
used—</text>
<paragraph id="H57C79786F7D449DBB9D60182159EA08C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to supplant State
or local funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA15916C297F7448583817F774645C157"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to make any State
or local government cost-sharing contribution under any other law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H564E9BD4797F4C17B00402AC7375F396"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report
annually to the Secretary on the use of the grant funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81FF640672DF475CB76799242D072E3B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before distribution of funds to recipients
of grants under this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to ensure
that, to the extent that recipients of grants under this section use
contractors or subcontractors, such recipients<italic></italic> shall use
small, minority, women-owned, or disadvantaged businesses as contractors or
subcontractors to the extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H854BDC081C334B8CA93C11DB7FDCFC02"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H6610F7EDC28244D58E13E1CF15E415E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
to make grants under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98DEC2BC403A449283BFA7023E03FE47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$775,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDE27B0CB1D0408CAAB8DED19C06BE5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$825,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAC33E49490D4B00B3F290F593B19B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$880,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4A6097AD19C4DF397B8D4938ED97F15"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$880,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10715CD7B3934280A179D087ABE336CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this section shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF4E1DEA68A71408DBA40297E67C864E"><enum>107.</enum><header>Over-the-road
bus security assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB2FC284C590C4930856B00A9FE252DDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish a program for making grants for eligible private operators providing
transportation by an over-the-road bus for security improvements described in
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA3CC20C1C1494636A31173203060324F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses of
funds</header><text>A recipient of a grant received under subsection (a) shall
use the grant funds for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5D10C1A739064457B7C3093F67EE5DE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Constructing and modifying terminals,
garages, facilities, or over-the-road buses to increase their security,
including terminals and other over-the-road bus facilities owned by State or
local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31F19DA4EAD24594AE6D105C2069DCD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Protecting or
isolating the driver of an over-the-road bus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BB5F9B508434EFEA655292D9B2903D"><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 for information links
with government agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87EF54A9F5F84DC39453635D5F343910"><enum>(4)</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="H2C706D8B1FBE42DC99EA16966BE6C669"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establishing and
improving an emergency communications system linking drivers and over-the-road
buses to the recipient’s operations center or linking the operations center to
law enforcement and emergency personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC547F3410AEE40D68E4E21B8A845489E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Implementing and
operating passenger screening programs for weapons and explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D58175AFD924C97B78296B320F2D687"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Public awareness
campaigns for enhanced over-the-road bus security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H444860249F3F42F29276AC3F3BD4AB27"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operating and capital costs associated with
security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training
under section 109 and training developed by universities and institutions of
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor organizations, for
over-the-road bus employees, including front-line employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49EE433CC2BB405796286B35CB63861F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Chemical,
biological, radiological, or explosive detection, including canine patrols for
such detection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FB5F3A2E4544061ADB4A6EA90567FA2"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Overtime reimbursement, including
reimbursement of State, local, and tribal governments for costs, for additional
security personnel during periods of heightened security as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4EC1267CC59C4C4086939FAB0685009E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Live or simulated
exercises described in section 110.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08EABBFFE92A4F75A5FADA1EB633C7B"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Operational costs, including reimbursement
of State, local, and tribal governments for such costs, for personnel assigned
to full-time security or counterterrorism duties related to over-the-road bus
transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC85B4D7813F3453AA9508CBE5DE7A51C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Such other
improvements as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA76124B76A494A5CA6D074558C1E3984"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of
Homeland Security Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the responsibilities under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0097C38B01CE4B44A31FA246650322F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the
requirements for recipients of grants under this section, including application
requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4993CC98D1294E058D79966BDF40F0FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (f), determine who are the recipients of grants under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H423D20473A034D58A49D0008444152E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>pursuant to
subsection (b), determine the uses for which grant funds may be used under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4B3BB3F0574D38BD4DD00068E49726"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish
priorities for uses of funds for grant recipients under this section;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFA48284FD84476B83B06833771C089C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 5 business days of making
determinations under paragraphs (1) through (4), transfer grant funds under
this section to the Secretary of Transportation for distribution to the
recipients of grants determined by the Secretary under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D9E88B75F4A4B3ABB22743429FFBD18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of
Transportation responsibilities</header><text>The Secretary of Transportation
shall distribute grant funds under this section to the recipients of grants
determined by the Secretary under subsection (f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF10E24F555FE4C5682644BA766EB47B2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring and
auditing</header><text>The Department of Homeland Security and the Department
of Transportation shall jointly monitor and audit the use of funds under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF5E19A5A9E84B52BF9E00E4BEC37900"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A private operator providing transportation
by an over-the-road bus is eligible for a grant under this section if the
operator has completed a vulnerability assessment and developed a security plan
that the Secretary has approved under section 103. Grant funds may only be used
for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further an over-the-road bus
security plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC708EF8D702F4A529B105558BB749FE5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Subject to
certain terms and conditions</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this section, a grant made under this section shall be subject to
the terms and conditions applicable to subrecipients who provide intercity bus
transportation under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5311">section 5311(f)</external-xref> of title 49, United
States Code, and such other terms and conditions as are determined necessary by
the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4302F71B73C4B71A43472792C6B4E41"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on
uses of funds</header><text>A grant made under this section may not be used
to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3D55D4816AB465EA2647BB0D82509CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supplant State or
local funds for activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H365D0FF0106448958B2CD60369E34FCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make any State or
local government cost-sharing contribution under any other law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CDE948BE51C488C943CF51FB920E879"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report
annually to the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation on the use of
such grant funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A80C24ECA6A4EBDB6AB9F92FCA650F3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before distribution of funds to recipients
of grants under this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to ensure
that to the extent that recipients of grants under this section use contractors
or subcontractors, such recipients shall use small, minority, women-owned, and
disadvantaged businesses as contractors or subcontractors to the extent
practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2030DE33451D4BEABF64965700F2C43"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="HF005EF92ED064F749EC04BBCBA9C9B31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
to make grants under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9C6755A5448468CAF02C9F69DF03600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$12,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H250DE5015FFA4F14A169F368CF988C70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7403676073594BDD87D0451F36BADD67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period of
availability</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this section shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H839DA52F8794404CA5E8A1F6D523AF8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Fire and life safety
improvements</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7805EEE95C2145D59071D750B584F0C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for making
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, for the purpose of
carrying out projects to make fire and life safety improvements to Amtrak
tunnels on the Northeast Corridor the following amounts:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2D73D9E37475419BA696F621E97EE53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 6 tunnels in New York City, New
York, to provide ventilation, electrical, and fire safety technology
improvements, emergency communication and lighting systems, and emergency
access and egress for passengers—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC1BA4C954A4A497283FECF779F0036E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H85B2246CCAAA4DCF85838EAE74E8C7A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA707E334430741249609E74F2DAE5345"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H892B9B71504C4BB48D5D666205BDB74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H90A78C776CF048D88153533E37A7686E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the Baltimore
& Potomac Tunnel and the Union Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, to provide
adequate drainage and ventilation, communication, lighting, standpipe, and
passenger egress improvements—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H41F4084D0D074FF6AEE2DDA09F113560"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H08CE839FDB55468EB3BF9C333930AA74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E496FFF42D24233BE00A59530D13293"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H466A2BA7AAAE409DB46479BD1F8E6D2F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3C28AEBDBD7F44E585EEF11086D7293F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Union Station tunnels in the
District of Columbia to provide ventilation, communication, lighting, and
passenger egress improvements—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE366FD861723421C9B8D165679DABA50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2EBA6BE55474C38B2213472BC67D307"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H297AE7E056B041D287E02D306B6DF45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD34F03B5BCD84E30B810732EDD463220"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF3AE958A4DE434591B2C6E4B2BA307C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall
remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1FE70BA288CF4B7989D9638CB3EC786C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before distribution of funds to recipients
of grants under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue
guidelines to ensure that, to the extent that recipients of grants under this
section use contractors or subcontractors, such recipients shall use small,
minority, women-owned, or disadvantaged businesses as the contractors or
subcontractors to the extent practicable.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3F355BEE89584DD08459A5C2B21785D1"><enum>109.</enum><header>Security
training program</header>
<subsection id="H8C3F0440089349DF8034A971E11E98E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H938FB0C57E224791AD922B1D9B40B22B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop security
training programs to prepare all railroad, public transportation, and
over-the-road bus workers, including front-line employees, for potential threat
conditions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5784779CC3A141D881DABF245A7DA00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue detailed
guidance for the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC10AE0B0442E4C0EB916D3F71FB012C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall develop the guidance under subsection (a)(2) in consultation
with—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B56D5732795493A97E2298DF0244FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>appropriate law
enforcement, fire service, security, and terrorism experts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73B3A3E733FB48A4BB05053F55A037BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>representatives of
providers of covered transportation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B4A8A8E3DCC4972BED901C17C86F65F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit employee labor organizations
representing railroad, public transportation, over-the-road bus workers, or
emergency response personnel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CCF51A7DDDE46F4AFC027FB21A3A4A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The guidance
developed under subsection (a)(2) shall require security training programs
described in subsection (a) to include, at a minimum, elements to address the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HDF0EBC43F4024F158D4CE03E25C2FF48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Determination of
the seriousness of any occurrence or threat.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A55BDB68842450EAE7E15B701B41DE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Crew and passenger
communication and coordination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87433FA69F494CC88E9C41BD59903B06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Appropriate
responses to defend oneself, including using nonlethal defense devises.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8949D8B4D84740BCB6CE55461D30B61D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Evacuation
procedures for passengers and workers, including individuals with
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9583CED6BC24F5BB3BCC292434C009D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Live situational
training exercises regarding various threat conditions, including tunnel
evacuation procedures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6C28B6B28C14C14B1DD9C81954E4CD5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Recognition and
reporting of dangerous substances and suspicious packages, persons, and
situations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE3C7F2CD33E42C099B6A527A89FEFBB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Understanding
security incident procedures, including procedures for communicating with
governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers and for on-scene
interaction with such emergency response providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF21FF2BF36E4180ACB2B21DF2FCA5B5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Operation and
maintenance of security equipment and systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FFA50BA4B5E465BB1B1C5422EB6F7B5"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other security training activities that the
Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87B977E5AD8248D5B8F08F1405640741"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Required
Programs</header>
<paragraph id="HB99EE97DAC124678AFE6061D1F046891"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development and
submission to Secretary</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the
Secretary issues guidance under subsection (a)(2), each provider of covered
transportation shall develop a security training program in accordance with the
guidance developed under subsection (2) and submit the program to the Secretary
for approval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FF28CBEA1F24C1F8CAAEC7BA646B073"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after receiving a
security training program proposal under this subsection, the Secretary shall
approve the program or require the provider of covered transportation that
developed the program to make any revisions to the program that the Secretary
considers necessary for the program to meet the guidance requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D479494E57B47AF8BB8F19C2C7DAED7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the Secretary approves a security training program
proposal under this subsection, the provider of covered transportation that
developed the program shall complete the training of all workers covered under
the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H103202C1509840BB8E98DAE43E6FCEC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall periodically review and
update as appropriate the training guidance issued under subsection (a)(2) to
reflect new or changing security threats and require providers of covered
transportation to revise their programs accordingly and provide additional
training to their workers as necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5B8A2F8E28B4ABCBA4C1E01E2036BD2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National
training program</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the training
program developed under subsection (a) is a component of the National Training
Program established under section 648 of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/748">6 U.S.C. 748</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H36B86FBBA34A447D814EF7B204791256"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Ferry
exemption</header><text>This section does not apply to any ferry system for
which training is required to be conducted pursuant to
section
70103 of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA16427D3D5C04CC58E4B001FE54B0062"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text>Not later than one year after the issuance of
guidelines under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall conduct a survey
regarding the satisfaction of workers regarding the effectiveness and adequacy
of the training programs. In addition, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the appropriate congressional committees regarding the results of the survey
and the progress of providers of covered transportation in meeting the
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (d).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3EB6FB98DE29488AA685C07FC92687E6"><enum>110.</enum><header>Security
exercises</header>
<subsection id="HD69DE14D00FF4A1EBAD68252FA85EDF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program for conducting
security exercises for covered transportation for the purpose of assessing and
improving the capabilities of entities described in subsection (b) to prevent,
prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism
involving covered transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC438FB5FB0BA4EC58C205D4645E3823B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
entities</header><text>Entities to be assessed under the program shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA6EFD1D9F5D4FDF8D3B38DCC30018A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and local agencies and tribal governments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8A936ED2EC8649D39C1173BB72FB2BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>employees and
managers of providers of covered transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA86CEB1E07E485FA7544E6D6C2FC664"><enum>(3)</enum><text>governmental and
nongovernmental emergency response providers and law enforcement personnel,
including railroad and transit police; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AB5579867F84F22995407C7AAFAA8AD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other
organization or entity that the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08DFBB236E174BA9BB73512BC8006EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that the
program—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6CDCBBEDC784BA9AFF2AD698F989974"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">working jointly with the Secretary of
Transportation, consolidates all existing security exercises for covered
transportation administered by the Department and the Department of
Transportation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98B37543F1564959B6A100B9B4E10617"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requires, on a
periodic basis, at the facilities a provider of covered transportation,
exercises to be conducted that are—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD74B7A1112746E3B772F2F54005E5AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>scaled and
tailored to the needs of the facilities, including individuals with
disabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D0FAB1088DA44A18CAB24F150BB0AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>live, in the case
of the most at-risk facilities to a terrorist attack;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H909D8AD2CE674D1D90EC910940A4BB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinated with
appropriate officials of covered transportation providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA35FB2EEB7444AEADC4AF61DBD2498"><enum>(D)</enum><text>as realistic as
practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats,
vulnerabilities, and consequences; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71FCFFFACA5940A489871DA89368876D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>consistent with
the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the
National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance,
the National Preparedness Goal, and other such national initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F54E6C21940493C84430000328261C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides that
exercises described in paragraph (2) will be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4504EC53D5714C07A27F5676D542D6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>evaluated against
clear and consistent performance measures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72FA715C26CC40B59880B678556FEDC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessed to learn
best practices, which shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, local,
and tribal officials, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response
providers, law enforcement personnel, including railroad and transit police,
and appropriate stakeholders; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAED357B883814FEABD46E6D744F7BE34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>followed by
remedial action in response to lessons learned;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF73E2EBF6E354B1BBB03E0A4BE76B99B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>includes exercises
involving covered transportation at or near the international land borders of
the United States and in coordination with international stakeholders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H746624E22AE44B39002ECA385B3691BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>involves
individuals in neighborhoods around the infrastructure of a provider of covered
transportation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8CA8B3C779C4CC2ADD23C00DDCE44F9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>assists State,
local, and tribal governments and providers of covered transportation in
designing, implementing, and evaluating exercises that conform to the
requirements of paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC225BA2AC92948C3A75578EAF2BBC77C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Remedial action
management program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall utilize the remedial action management program of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C972EC43F784C84BDF298AE286E5735"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and analyze each exercise
conducted under the program for lessons learned and best practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1EF7E7285BC4FA090412D27AF3F694B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate lessons learned and best
practices to participants in the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45EEBB15F29D4BF6A2D0547793E817A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor the implementation of lessons
learned and best practices by participants in the program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F9BCA69C1E74F6CA12E737E004E2F85"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct remedial
action tracking and long-term trend analysis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06BBEE50AB964866999B308FDC5DC92F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National
training program</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the training
program developed under subsection (a) is a component of the National Training
Program established under section 648 of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/748">6 U.S.C. 748</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D09270536A447FABA980177CF55C657"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ferry system
exemption</header><text>This section does not apply to any ferry for which
drills are required to be conducted pursuant to
section
70103 of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H63774A3B9A5846150099C0BB2E9F7EF"><enum>111.</enum><header>Security
research and development</header>
<subsection id="H0F3F3229E72F4AE6B1C9A0B47003302"><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 the security of
covered transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF7282B592824627BFE3236BBAC03C5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>The research and development program may include
projects—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0CC14D8F5CD4A4EB4B0EC196A1C915"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce the vulnerability of passenger
trains, stations, and equipment to explosives and hazardous chemical,
biological, and radioactive substances including the development of technology
to screen passengers in large numbers at peak commuting times with minimal
interference and disruption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88ED59813ED643459556A0CABB39D11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to
test new emergency response and recovery techniques and technologies, including
those used at international borders;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78A4AF1FEC0B4D1EA6B3BEC4AE921E17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to develop
improved railroad technologies, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA21881487DCB41688E324392806500C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technologies for
sealing or modifying railroad tank cars;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0C6BD0A481B44508360865414AEAA39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>automatic
inspection of railroad cars;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79B018C7F9304626BCE6FEC730881DD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>communication-based
train controls;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D5DE690C9DD403F85126454B381FBB4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>signal system
integrity at switches;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63B5F7F80E9C491EA094CDF87E988722"><enum>(E)</enum><text>emergency response
training, including training in a tunnel environment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD31773F55E243259FB0DE64E69353D0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>security and
redundancy for critical communications, electrical power, computer, and train
control systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H072D4DA45684498A81CC73D7FE9C2BE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>technologies for
securing bridges and tunnels;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H21E0F4A69D0541F2A896AC4FECBFE65D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to test wayside
detectors that can detect tampering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H813FDE93927D46F0B1DCE900C7CB7732"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to support
enhanced security for the transportation of security sensitive materials by
railroad;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9B61D8C2B904A4F97E27DA937F4CE90"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to mitigate
damages in the event of a cyberattack;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7B10D1990BC40F794AB1E3888B4E50"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the vulnerabilities and risks
associated with new rail and public transportation construction projects prior
to their completion; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58E3FF2CEB6440A081E7C9E00104745"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to
address other vulnerabilities and risks identified by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD86D763DA4CD4EE799A69FF61F24402"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with
other research initiatives</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC9CE529C2694F69B6A8DD256D95C886"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that the
research and development program is consistent with the National Strategy for
Rail and Public Transportation Security developed under section 101; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88ACF4CF087C4A4A83474B28272BFA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the greatest
extent practicable, coordinate the research and development activities of the
Department with other ongoing research and development security related
initiatives, including research being conducted by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC530A85EB544BADBB7F03F3004C9328"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Academy of Sciences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D70356A2B194AAA95940684E1772F5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Transportation, including University Transportation Centers and other
institutes, centers, and simulators funded by the Department of
Transportation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F95182A80024321A4B883655EE9B9D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Technical
Support Working Group;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42328971416A47ECA9D7AFBDA379906"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other Federal
departments and agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90D91D2678FA49CCA68C4E85BDC2900"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal and private research
laboratories, research entities, and universities and institutions of higher
education, including Historically Black Colleges or Universities, and Hispanic
Serving Institutions or Tribal Universities, with the capability to conduct
both practical and theoretical research and technical systems analysis on
subjects that include bridge, tunnel, blast, and infrastructure
protection;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED455FB374E14AFC00C99772BE305182"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out any research and development
project authorized by this section through a reimbursable agreement with the
appropriate agency or entity official, if the agency or entity—</text>
<subparagraph id="H680C887C7C87435EA878ABF280F95262"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is currently
sponsoring a research and development project in a similar area; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58E65E0C60C5415B00E42769D2F663FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a unique
facility or capability that would be useful in carrying out the project;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1AF711A0C01D4964A177A2FFA06FAB74"><enum>(4)</enum><text>award grants,
cooperative agreements, contracts, other transactions, or reimbursable
agreements to the entities described in subsection (c)(2) and shall adopt
necessary procedures, including audits, to ensure that awards made under this
section are expended in accordance with the purposes of this title and the
priorities and other criteria developed by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8213E67953694317A144C23DDEF50042"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make reasonable
efforts to enter into memoranda of understanding, contracts, grants,
cooperative agreements, or other transactions with owners and operators of
freight and intercity passenger rail and over-the-road bus facilities willing
to contribute both physical space and other resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H760D0B9B73474681A9E57197D6ECC5D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Privacy and
civil rights and civil liberties issues</header>
<paragraph id="H9510BBC500644DC3836150255238E48F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
carrying out research and development projects under this section, the
Secretary shall consult with the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department and
the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department as
appropriate and in accordance with section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C.
142).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EC2A87D5069434FADCEE93460100017"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Privacy impact
assessments</header><text>In accordance with sections 222 and 705 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/142">6 U.S.C. 142</external-xref>; 345), the Chief Privacy
Officer shall conduct privacy impact assessments and the Officer for Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties shall conduct reviews, as appropriate, for research
and development initiatives developed under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31621C3542A84AAA8FBA28C77D9ECAE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H70B14C70849F4A0E91AAAC651413818"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E395BABD7DF40C495B80900F4D0E5E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H724A180044A641299DA3217081FFE667"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD056B79FDA4492FA849EBFB1518233E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Such sums
shall remain available until expended.</continuation-text></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48D8C27E63454D76B53BF881BF57CE1C"><enum>112.</enum><header>Whistleblower
protections</header>
<subsection id="HBC4D92CDD1E7447C005D6EF0EDE32FD7"><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="H49E787BB204345739F1C8BB2831E9463"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 rail, public transportation, or
over-the-road-bus security, which the covered individual reasonably believes
constitutes a threat to rail, public transportation, or over-the-road-bus
security, or which the covered individual reasonably believes constitutes
fraud, waste, or mismanagement of Government funds intended to be used for
rail, public transportation, or over-the-road-bus security, if the information
or assistance is provided to or the investigation is conducted by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H223E6AB8D1C34556B5D15F97BB03380"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by a Federal,
State, or local regulatory or law enforcement agency (including an office of
the Inspector General under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.;
Public Law
95–452);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93286FA1693F419683BD1620D8019390"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any Member of
Congress, any committee of Congress, or the Government Accountability Office;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DC4B7891CD843EDB612B4C3D7D0ACBE"><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);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B3A31B05D324725AE6200689B14F4B"><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 rail, public
transportation, or over-the-road bus security; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H362BBA68BFE54B7CB538E7212DBE453D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to refuse to
violate or assist in the violation of any law, rule, or regulation relating to
rail public transportation, or over-the-road bus security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF8F1BF8D14F04B0AAD1CB5F91E23B4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement
action</header>
<paragraph id="H5A38EF684FDA4D218987F60489F8EB34"><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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59EF13D2A9564D2D9062BAD6A8004F4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a
covered individual who is employed by the Department or the Department of
Transportation, seek relief in accordance with—</text>
<clause id="H92C180ACE39C4E73831937CD7DCE3D9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, to the same extent and in the same
manner as if such individual were seeking relief from a prohibited personnel
practice described in section 2302(b)(8) of such title; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1FC83203D2A4D138CE6625D5FFA9D27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
amendments made by section 112A;</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except
that, if the disclosure involved consists in whole or in part of classified or
sensitive information, clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply, and such
individual may seek relief in the same manner as provided by section
112B;</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DB54DD7754F4259A6B41BA99BC97E24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a covered individual who is
a contractor or subcontractor of the Department or the Department of
Transportation, seek relief in accordance with section 112B; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A58FBDA9905492F93D2E4F273B5591"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of any
other covered individual, seek relief in accordance with the provisions of this
section, with any petition or other request for relief under this section to be
initiated by filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2CDCE45DF7B4C9994704E2B29E5B568"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="H761F853C12104774BEC3CB00B0E2CADB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An action under paragraph (1)(C) shall be governed under
the rules and procedures set forth in
section
42121(b) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D8C7968DE2B495FB202913F591CA3D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notification
made under section
42121(b)(1) 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="H5831B559E9F549028F003B6870479DF1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Burdens of
proof</header><text>An action brought under paragraph (1)(C) shall be governed
by the legal burdens of proof set forth in
section
42121(b) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16434DFB69CC42009C6DE9734959C2E9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Statute of
limitations</header><text>An action under paragraph (1)(C) shall be commenced
not later than 1 year after the date on which the violation occurs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6C441B65A8F46C1BE5F0000B6002457"><enum>(3)</enum><header>De novo
review</header><text>With respect to a complaint under paragraph (1)(C), if the
Secretary of Labor has not issued a final decision within 180 days after the
filing of the complaint (or, in the event that a final order or decision is
issued by the Secretary of Labor, whether within the 180-day period or
thereafter, then, not later than 90 days after such an order or decision is
issued), the covered individual may bring an original 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, and which action shall, at the request of either party to such
action, be tried by the court with a jury.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC37E262338684A9EAE78AA3C2432EC2E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<paragraph id="H05BAF6AA07294C08B4A5B4DA69B301BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A covered individual prevailing in any action under
subsection (b)(1)(C) shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make the
covered individual whole.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD42C41B3F7B64DB79BD3002708002E49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Damages</header><text>Relief
in an action under subsection (b)(1)(C) (including an action described in
subsection (b)(3)) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69551E47179D48B9B298C5DC509F40F2"><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="H7AE245620F2F417E9224E900CF2C0361"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of any
back pay, with interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78353756BA4F4DD7A42DF3E0F9AECD0"><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><paragraph id="HE08F2784967B4307BF9BE74900F42F17"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Possible
relief</header><text>Relief in an action under subsection (b)(1)(C) may include
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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3DFAF05B771A4178B28C81C99C00C0A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of state
secrets privilege</header>
<paragraph id="HA935CBF1E51244F1A400871377F42834"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If, in any action
for relief sought by a covered individual in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (b)(1)(A), (B), or (C), the Government agency moves to withhold
information from discovery based on a claim that disclosure would be inimical
to national security by asserting the privilege commonly referred to as the
<quote>state secrets privilege</quote>, and if the assertion of such privilege
prevents the covered individual from establishing an element in support of the
covered individual’s claim, the court shall resolve the disputed issue of fact
or law in favor of the covered individual, provided that, in an action brought
by a covered individual in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(b)(1)(A) or (B), an Inspector General investigation under section 112B has
resulted in substantial confirmation of that element, or those elements, of the
covered individual’s claim.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C9D75746DC84A02BF4BA37D304D0319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In any case in
which the Government agency asserts the privilege commonly referred to as the
<quote>state secrets privilege</quote>, whether or not an Inspector General has
conducted an investigation with respect to the alleged discrimination, the head
of the Government agency involved shall, at the same time it asserts the
privilege, issue a report to authorized Members of Congress, accompanied by a
classified annex if necessary, describing the reasons for the assertion,
explaining why the court hearing the matter does not have the ability to
maintain the protection of classified information related to the assertion,
detailing the steps the agency has taken to arrive at a mutually agreeable
settlement with the covered individual, setting forth the date on which the
classified information at issue will be declassified, and providing all
relevant information about the underlying substantive matter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56B3F0C6967E4C1FB1E4E200DAE7F7FF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header>
<paragraph id="H984B3295775B45EC96D9EFD5E29BE88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful
for any person employing a covered individual described in subsection (b)(1)(C)
to commit an act prohibited by subsection (a). Any person who willfully
violates this section by terminating or retaliating against any such covered
individual who makes a claim under this section shall be fined under title 18,
United States Code, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E17224C6060495182146F001F095DF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H15C14E0B84D74FC481581D1B926170B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an annual report on the enforcement of paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H089C492A54CC4551BF1DE83B8E993B61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
such report shall—</text>
<clause id="H07737024428744B0AC8FDDD484B6B69F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify each case
in which formal charges under paragraph (1) were brought;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC2E75AA2D2524FC6AC87974084D400D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe the
status or disposition of each such case; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A491B1497E2428388FA200FA8CF447"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
any actions under subsection (b)(1)(C) 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>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23653B24CE414B80B4B9584C15D529C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>No
preemption</header><text>Nothing in this section, section 112A, or section 112B
preempts or diminishes any other safeguards against discrimination, demotion,
discharge, suspension, threats, harassment, reprimand, retaliation, or any
other manner of discrimination provided by Federal or State law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD9AE9D267B694003B3EFD900F272D421"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rights retained
by covered individual</header><text>Nothing in this section, section 112A, or
section 112B 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, section 112A and
section 112B may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of
employment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB563AE408EEB4D7AB7002F97A608BF70"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, section 112A and section 112B, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HD2CF49AEED2E4058946F00C5C7484030"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered
individual</header><text>The term <quote>covered individual</quote> means an
employee of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23E0C441013A4E40BF5945C17F6103C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF542522292404B248B33C73D7BC403DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of
Transportation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1789875B92A94595B0EF55D4D5A2783F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a contractor or
subcontractor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3B3C5A6AD0E4CDC81448F3103E468FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an employer within
the meaning of section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000e(b)) and who is a provider of covered
transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC50A0368C2E34E7A85034F79B67E6178"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lawful</header><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
classified 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="HC4F1A9D127854A3799482FA25EDF5C63"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contractor</header><text>The
term <quote>contractor</quote> means a person who has entered into a contract
with the Department, the Department of Transportation, or a provider of covered
transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97C2C0E24E02459AB3F788FD44E4217F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employee</header><text>The
term <quote>employee</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4013556D73F74BF998004DC100E85FB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to an
employer referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B), an employee as defined by
section
2105 of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H535E6AF9AC1E46329DCEB5318709E401"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to an
employer referred to in paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D), any officer, partner,
employee, or agent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEC8522782154494A3AB408022CE72BF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Subcontractor</header><text>The
term <quote>subcontractor</quote>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD96737D3CC03487BABD3A5F54CED143D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any person,
other than the contractor, who offers to furnish or furnishes any supplies,
materials, equipment, or services of any kind under a contract with the
Department, the Department of Transportation, or a provider of covered
transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E087764C628429F9908A7A7801240CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any
person who offers to furnish or furnishes general supplies to the contractor or
a higher tier subcontractor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2CC1C8BF26541DDA267F572BA4E60AF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Person</header><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></section><section id="HDB7F5722C2CB4F2E86FB5E0073508F5D"><enum>113.</enum><header>Increase in
surface transportation security inspectors</header>
<subsection id="H90D88015E41B4FA28C002E80FAC002AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall increase the total number of
positions for full-time surface transportation security inspectors of the
Department so that by December 31, 2010, the total number of such positions is
at least 600.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFAA3453FD274FB1823FFEE9221E8C76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Surface
transportation security inspectors hired by the Secretary shall have at least 1
year or equivalent experience in conducting inspections and investigations and
engaging in testing security systems and any other qualifications that the
Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7C25539292B43EC9BF00000B50096B5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Roles and
responsibilities</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate
State, local, and tribal officials, shall develop a standard operating
procedure clearly defining the relationship between—</text>
<paragraph id="HC10044587C834120AEE0BB86870EFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>surface
transportation security inspectors of the Department and safety inspectors of
the Department of Transportation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC94118F0B4414BAFB9FA92DD3E669C00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal law enforcement officers and other law enforcement personnel, including
railroad and public transportation police.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BDE9951625E4767B2213BCCBBBCF4F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary. Such sums
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06A2A10C067F49BC976D762C5106E478" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header>National domestic
preparedness consortium</header>
<subsection id="HAF37AD4176B74466B3D0D625D9BF158"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department of Homeland Security a
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4548A5ABADB64FBBB757975E6712B9B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Domestic Preparedness
Consortium that identifies, develops, tests, and delivers training to State,
local, and tribal emergency response providers, provides onsite and mobile
training at the performance and management and planning levels, and facilitates
the delivery of awareness level training by the training partners of the
Department shall consist of—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D409ECD63A541AEAED11B2FEF926CFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Center for
Domestic Preparedness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H693D020FBBEC49D19D487B508C417C12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the National
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9BE79AF99694D60B57B64CD23D7BE43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National
Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H669CB4A470CA4ECEAE4414771E783DF5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the National
Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC94AD92279B47499096059C38F9EFB4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the National
Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E6C924270A443F285D9BF06CD8363D6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Transportation
Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H424E053B808E48EFAECCFE17812D641C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="HCBB1ECE4113C46718E214729F6550062"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to at least maintain the funding level of
fiscal year 2007 for each member of the National Domestic Preparedness
Consortium listed in subsection (b) in existence prior to the inclusion of the
Transportation Technology Center in the Consortium; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B17CD1367A643DDAC7BA7D15F4BC0AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in fiscal years
2008 through 2011, increase the funding level for each member of the National
Domestic Preparedness Consortium to not less than 3 percent of the amount made
available for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9348E7348CAA4B1FB4A06EED01E96BAC"><enum>115.</enum><header>Authorization
of Visible Intermodal Protection Response Teams</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, is authorized to
develop Visible Intermodal Protection Response (referred to in this section as
<quote>VIPR</quote>) teams designed to augment security for any mode of
transportation at any location within the United States. In forming a VIPR
team, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H94C37876463D487C821041965B51FD56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may use any asset
of the Department, including Federal air marshals, surface transportation
security inspectors, canine detection teams, and advanced screening
technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F50CE0CA9C84EEA9DD13DE2082E48E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has the discretion
to determine, consistent with ongoing security threats, when a VIPR should be
deployed, as well as the duration of the deployment in coordination with local
security and law enforcement officials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2BAF38B739846C08CCFCCC7738870B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prior to
deployments, shall consult with local security and law enforcement officials in
the jurisdiction where the VIPR Team is planned to deploy, to develop and agree
upon the appropriate operating protocols and in order to educate those
officials regarding the mission of the VIPR teams.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HD08E253C7412424A80D92CB7B93C1DFE"><enum>116.</enum><header>National
Transportation Security Center of Excellence</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEE41317BDC474BB09CA5DAE6527C361F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a National
Transportation Security Center of Excellence at an institution of higher
education to conduct research and education activities, and to develop or
provide professional security training, including the training of rail and
public transportation employees and rail and public transportation-related
professionals, with emphasis on utilization of intelligent transportation
systems, technologies, and architectures.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC8C19BE5D1ED4BCDB4A564AB45BFAC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select an institution
of higher education to operate the National Transportation Security Center of
Excellence according to the following selection criteria:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H450BC7C834DF497E8F10C4532C49BEC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The demonstrated
commitment of the institution to transportation security issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA5F41F3B0ABD4315BA76EFD348A23977"><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 commented="no" id="HAEF83422D0FE43CD859455A924E691AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Capability to
conduct both practical and theoretical research and technical systems
analysis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB3248D8EA64F4B84A572EFA922907FAA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Utilization of
intelligent transportation system technologies and architectures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H39E09FC9CA3A4D409DD1A243EA2048A3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Ability to develop
professional security training programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE32C3B074482482C824600B21733F026"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Capability and
willingness to conduct education of transportation security
professionals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD20D5C2A342440F5B6A090EFF95759A5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Such other
criteria as the Secretary may designate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1C55A7D67E0438285E477338EE5542B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consortium</header>
<paragraph id="HD28F118DECD44A17A5A48FC5D2A245F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consortium</header><text>The
institution of higher education selected under subsection (b) shall execute
agreements with other institutions of higher education to develop a consortium
to assist in accomplishing the goals of the Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H746BA7A56F2D4E379BF1C8A69F465BA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Experience</header><text>The
consortium shall include universities and institutions of higher education that
have existing transportation programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D6D4BFD32D74514B992C9FA9B6737D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certain
inclusions</header><text>At least two of the consortium colleges and
universities associated with the National Transportation Security Center of
Excellence shall be an Historically Black College or University, an Hispanic
Serving Institution, or Tribal University, even if the primary institution is
one of the aforementioned institutions of higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B9BB91756234A58AD00D2CC40006DD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Degree
program</header><text>Of the universities selected under paragraph (2), at
least one shall have an established degree and an advanced degree program in
transportation studies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A8330AD44AA4E6FA54773B3001E58BE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Training</header><text>If
the consortium does not include the National Transit Institute, the consortium
shall work with the National Transit Institute on training programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H217A583DF77F4602B1183CECF7FE7057"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide such funding as
is necessary to the National Transportation Security Center of Excellence
established under subsection (a) to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE3D8EB92B9754D14BAAA20E39B3A37B"><enum>117.</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 does not apply to employees carrying out this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H088EA3013572449C87E0434664A4A6CF"><enum>118.</enum><header>Homeland
security grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any provision of this Act,
all grants distributed for security-related purposes pursuant to this Act,
shall be administered on the basis of risk.</text>
</section><section id="HE58BA15BA27C46E3830062243F7B34D0"><enum>119.</enum><header>Threat
assessment screening</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
implement a threat assessment screening program, including name-based checks
against terrorist watch lists and immigration status check, for all employees
of covered transportation, that is the same as the threat assessment screening
program required for facility employees and longshoremen by the Commandant of
the Coast Guard under Coast Guard Notice USCG–2006–24189 (71 Fed. Reg. 25066
(Friday, April 28, 2006)).</text>
</section><section id="H7F86244AEF784A08BBBCF7C39BD50D0"><enum>120.</enum><header>Background
checks for covered individuals</header>
<subsection id="H49F5F34A7BB74831B4939EE744F03C98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HB506437353A648AAB6A811F503B73993"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Background
checks</header><text>The term <quote>background check</quote> means a check of
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1DFFD68FEDF46FBB4E84C36BD48584E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Relevant criminal
history databases.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H396E40ADB83049B8B6FF27FBA7FFE246"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of an
alien (as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(3)), the relevant databases to determine the status of
the alien under the immigration laws of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F9D9E001CF841B2A139CFFA9EA3005B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
individuals</header><text>The term <quote>covered individual</quote> means an
employee of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD6AA4321C27461FA1800237913835C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an employer,
within the meaning of section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(42 U.S.C.
2000e(b)), who is a provider of covered transportation;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4E30BBCCEDC425F826850F3D8BEA176"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a contractor or
subcontractor of such an employer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDCE533F1541E46A887A08816A39E5E44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redress
process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a provider of
covered transportation conducts background checks in order to satisfy any
rules, regulations, directives, or other guidance issued by the Secretary to
protect covered transportation from the threat of terrorism, the provider of
covered transportation shall provide an adequate redress process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1565127BF34B45BB85F2F938008E98CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards for
redress process</header>
<paragraph id="H5D834E044A1048E28CE13BDC634B0000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that each provider of covered
transportation implements a redress process in accordance with subsection (b)
for covered individuals adversely impacted by a background check described in
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D2611051A2241B39C19A544B31F2400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The
redress process shall be modeled after the appeals and waiver process
established for hazmat drivers and transportation workers at ports, as required
by section
1515 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13DAF20E02564779A24F9677CBB7CF91"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The redress process shall include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDCB17123B574259B6D41877485B3384"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A waiver process that will allow a covered
individual to demonstrate, through rehabilitation, or facts surrounding the
conviction or other mitigating factors, that the individual is not a security
risk.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02B1DF2266DF4D80BD365470307E1F1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An appeal process during which a covered
individual will have an opportunity to demonstrate that the individual does not
have a disqualifying conviction either by—</text>
<clause id="H98F4D205016141E19D8DA93DD045B9D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>correcting
outdated underlying court records;</text>
</clause><clause id="H034C9F18709A4ECFBAEC006520EE5703"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>proving mistaken
identity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H425E357DF204491DBBC53E9F16F2EA65"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establishing
that the conviction cannot serve as the basis for an adverse employment
decision in accordance with the limitations contained in subsection (d).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D5DC6C0B401443AA5E9F4554405592"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A proceeding
providing an independent review.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52148E9D1E0D4F1CBEB7A584E6B3BD7F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A process to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9BF27E2E7BB487DA88154B36D25B39D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Proceedings
providing an independent review</header><text>A covered individual who requests
a proceeding under paragraph (3)(C) shall have the right to have waiver and
appeal decisions heard by an independent decisionmaker with the ability to
order reinstatement expeditiously or provide other remedy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4367E7081C0451282652100F07FBF9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Previous
background checks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered
individual subjected to and adversely affected by a background check conducted
by a provider of covered transportation (or a contractor or subcontractor of
such a provider), in the period beginning on June 23, 2006, and ending on the
date of enactment of this Act, to satisfy any rules, regulations, directives,
or other guidance issued by the Secretary to protect covered transportation
from the threat of terrorism shall have an immediate right to a proceeding with
an independent decisionmaker to determine if the adverse action was in
compliance with this section and shall have a right to immediate reinstatement
or other remedy if the background check fails to comply with this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81E2B2842CE9409CB2DAF5A1301874A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HF97C3E2A9FCF45FBBD7C92CD64AA4BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), if an employer performs background checks to satisfy any rule, regulation,
directive, or other guidance issued by the Secretary regarding background
checks of covered individuals, the employer shall be prohibited from making an
adverse employment decision, including removal or suspension, with respect to a
covered individual based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1995B7E64D514CB8BD4700F54374AD14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a felony
conviction that occurred 7 or more years ago;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A99EBE1A7F7430B9D6F16FDDAFA0100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a conviction of
any offense for which the individual was released from incarceration 5 or more
years ago; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFDBF0A5A0DD4AA6B189C6C25180D4C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any felony not
listed in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/1572">section 1572.103</external-xref> of title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H408E73BE174A42768E40DF007B1D00D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
limitations contained in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a covered individual
who has been convicted of any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBAB5A23910574BA4B55BDBBE04EA3311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Treason (or
conspiracy to commit treason).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCABE0BB7BB8A404883EE26D798D10000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Espionage (or
conspiracy to commit espionage).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6C0C0B91886464B8DD365DC11BF32C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sedition (or
conspiracy to commit sedition).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80D11D69AB0145B8B5116D2711004196"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any crime listed
in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113B">chapter 113B</external-xref> of title 18,
United States Code (or conspiracy to commit such a crime).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D96721BC7824123996345720066DD99"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No preemption of
federal or state law</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed
as preempting a Federal, State, or local law that requires criminal history
background checks of covered employees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H113704DF879E4CCCB6CE25BA21FF9282"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall be construed to affect the process for review established under
section
70105(c) of title 46, United States Code, including regulations
issued pursuant to such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98FF50F5E03849EB87FEAECC6CA0D09D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>Task force on
disqualifying crimes</header>
<subsection id="H55E0778797594D26A57BC629C631F7C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a task force to review the lists of crimes that
disqualify individuals from certain transportation-related employment under
current regulations of the Transportation Security Administration and assess
whether such lists of crimes are accurate indicators of a terrorism security
risk.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B8FC46FB45D44B798E013E27965ED30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
task force shall be composed of representatives of appropriate industries,
including representatives of nonprofit employee labor organizations, and
Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H365E55BAE73443C88CEFD3969026C3B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the task force
shall transmit to the Secretary and Congress a report containing the results of
the review, including recommendations for a common list of disqualifying crimes
and the rationale for the inclusion of each crime on the list.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6DBF36B22F4F413CB265D3CD007B48EB"><enum>122.</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<subsection id="H3C5E2EAF15E748CB90E90723F6D32E9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations and
orders of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/114">Section 114</external-xref> of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H524C74F49DF34C1CA407436900F52896" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H32355B94F68545C29814AA6921FA7958"><enum>(u)</enum><header>General civil
penalties and enforcement of regulations and orders of the Secretary of
Homeland Security</header>
<paragraph id="H1E5A4BC943964F32ACF03F6C46DC1374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
subsection applies to the enforcement of regulations prescribed, and orders
issued, by the Secretary of Homeland Security under a provision of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46 and
this title (other than chapter 449) (in this subsection referred to as an
<quote>applicable provision of this title</quote>). Penalties for violation of
regulations prescribed, and orders issued, by the Secretary of Homeland
Security under a provision of chapter 449 are provided under chapter
463.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E7F05BBFDA84CC7A38FA08BD5DFA7C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General civil
penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="HA840648DAA9D49668CA8A83076497B9F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Maximum civil
penalties</header><text>A person is liable to the United States Government for
a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for a violation of a regulation
prescribed, or order issued, by the Secretary of Homeland Security under an
applicable provision of this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H11BD969E1B5548CBAA24C952437BE382"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Separate
violations</header><text>A separate violation occurs under this paragraph for
each day the violation continues.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C19CF918CE549DC87009835793BBC97"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative
imposition of civil penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="HB45AB7A8E91F43BAA34E38009854BB73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may impose a civil
penalty for a violation of a regulation prescribed, or order issued, under an
applicable provision of this title. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
give written notice of the finding of a violation and the penalty.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70DB0C46ADFB4700ADF1D06525F0F870"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Civil actions to
collect penalties</header><text>In a civil action to collect a civil penalty
imposed by the Secretary under this paragraph, the issues of liability and the
amount of the penalty may not be reexamined.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC7E3039CFEE4F3FA47D34C09E39811D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction of district courts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph, the district courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction
of a civil action involving a penalty that the Secretary initiates if—</text>
<clause id="HB32342E0FE6C44F093EB3DA12FAFFF7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount in controversy is more
than—</text>
<subclause id="HA38BC951DC0046AA91ABF5671F5B6FD8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$400,000 if the
violation was committed by a person other than an individual or small business
concern; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB6FA9B835EC848AB9DB96D26D156669B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$50,000 if the
violation was committed by an individual or small business concern;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3533FD86086A4D15909BA17C15AA7E4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the action is in
rem or another action in rem based on the same violation has been brought;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE1487FE68C864A5C80282CDE9544B63B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>another action
has been brought for an injunction based on the same violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF80C372600EB4E6E89E1DDBC00844BE1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Maximum civil
penalties imposed by the Secretary</header><text>The maximum civil penalty the
Secretary may impose under this paragraph is—</text>
<clause id="H346E3B30CF82436499D16B1D16F87382"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$400,000 if the violation was committed by
a person other than an individual or small business concern; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HFDEF0D3563274C2482526B107F03B0B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$50,000 if the
violation was committed by an individual or small business concern.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA2BED96CEE848C1AE866D00E5C694FD"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Notice and
opportunity to request hearing</header><text>Before imposing a penalty under
this section the Secretary shall provide to the person against whom the penalty
is to be imposed—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H65CBAC2FFC9643E9B03B6518D606B26E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>written notice of
the proposed penalty; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H42C843667AD34454809E63B47872BFA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the opportunity
to request, not later than 30 days after the date on which the person receives
the notice, a hearing on the proposed penalty.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2799C95026BB4D9195EEE78534DC6CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compromise and
setoff</header>
<subparagraph id="H44A3E259CC624C7F8B272DD5995128FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Compromise</header><text>The
Secretary may compromise the amount of a civil penalty imposed under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0B293A6C08D47BEB4E3AB675C0079CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Setoff</header><text>The
Government may deduct the amount of a civil penalty imposed or compromised
under this subsection from amounts it owes the person liable for the
penalty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86650815398942D59435EACF12B4DD90"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investigations
and proceedings</header><text>The provisions set forth in chapter 461 shall be
applicable to investigations and proceedings brought under this subsection to
the same extent that they are applicable to investigations and proceedings
brought with respect to aviation security duties designated to be carried out
by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66F8C0FBB6714CA39170B3A4F7EC660"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Nonapplication</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FA7D3C0143343108F90FB37A7C26286"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Persons subject
to penalties determined by the Secretary of Defense</header><text>Paragraphs
(1) through (4) of this subsection do not apply to the following persons, who
shall be subject to penalties as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary’s designee:</text>
<clause id="H8309F224579D4EB3A5A1D7C4D739D402"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transportation of personnel or
shipments of materials by contractors where the Department of Defense has
assumed control and responsibility.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEB2664D9FDF4034967CA6815064FC7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
member of the Armed Forces of the United States when performing official
duties.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD3E198CFBC03499DA68F154E22779D21"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A civilian
employee of the Department of Defense when performing official duties.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D82A3008E79421EAA2977CE8555F700"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Postal Service;
Department of Defense</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<quote>person</quote> does not include—</text>
<clause id="HB35560D0A96E4784007DD277F8CCA5E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the United States
Postal Service; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B42B9E49CC8461C8CE993425C4734"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Department of Defense.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDE82BF0052F433E00D8187426B96198"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Small business
concern defined</header><text>The term <quote>small business concern</quote>
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C.
632).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5D66D1113E6F4E88B842A3ACEDFA2034"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/46301">Section 46301(a)(4)</external-xref> of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>or another requirement under
this title administered by the Under Secretary of Transportation for
Security</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC639DE3CD5F44D8D9921661FF4A720F9"><enum>123.</enum><header>School bus
transportation security</header>
<subsection id="H596ABD0C570747B1A3F9A5D04E231485"><enum>(a)</enum><header>School bus
security threat assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees, a report, including a classified report, as
appropriate, containing a comprehensive threat assessment of the threat of a
terrorist attack on the Nation’s school bus transportation system in accordance
with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H97DDF923A375427CA5B200B691E446F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
threat assessment</header><text>The assessment shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1F7C7A31BE64A55BD16159B908B9034"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the Nation’s school bus transportation system, including publicly and privately
operated systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05BAFC0222174398B342370075A95D8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the security
threats to the assets and systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H229D21F1B7314241BD29C138971169FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
actions already taken by operators to address identified security
vulnerabilities by both private and publicly operated systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H137052B8EA6042118213236699FD4B13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of
additional actions and investments necessary to improve the security of the
Nation’s school children traveling on school buses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81DBE956CED442B8BB206600F7D09CAF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether additional legislation or Federal programs are needed to provide for
the security of children traveling on school buses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBB13641A22749AAB1A5B403FEF41F07"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of
the psychological and economic impacts of an attack on school buses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD2392130ED3438E8BE4FF497CF9F0D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the threat assessment, the Secretary shall consult with
administrators and officials of school systems, representatives of the school
bus industry, including both public and privately operated systems, public
safety and law enforcement officials, and nonprofit employee labor
organizations representing school bus drivers.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H725BE542926C4A099EC5FFEF21F96917" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><header>Enhanced security
measures for shipments of security sensitive materials</header>
<subsection id="HFDB58CFC803F4EEB9CAAC1FC7035EE6"><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 Transportation,
shall issue regulations to require enhanced security measures for shipments of
security sensitive materials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EFD15C2ADB54865ABAC98E55F003F00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="HE8225E3B044342EFABBA3F1CDED99F91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Security
sensitive material</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a material, or a
group or class of material, in a particular amount and form as security
sensitive when the Secretary determines that transporting the material in
commerce poses a significant risk to national security due to the potential use
of the material in an act of terrorism. In making such a designation, the
Secretary shall consider the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H467AC75933FF4ED4BF19A67F1BE96787"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A highway route-controlled quantity of a
Class 7 (radioactive) material, as defined in
section
173.403 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, in a motor
vehicle, railroad car, or freight container.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0898F57178F4AE6B200DA10EBA619D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>More than 25
kilograms (55 pounds) of a division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive, as defined in
section
173.50 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, in a motor
vehicle, rail car, or freight container.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H213CCB758043490B89373B41F4CFA843"><enum>(C)</enum><text>More than one
liter (1.06 quart) per package of a material poisonous by inhalation, as
defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/171">section 171.8</external-xref> of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, that meets the criteria for hazard zone A, as specified in
section 173.116(a) or
section
173.133(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2835C107894415E91FECD0100D7965"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A shipment of a
quantity of hazardous materials in a bulk packaging having a capacity equal to
or greater than 13,248 liters (3,500 gallons) for liquids or gases or more than
13.24 cubic meters (68 cubic feet) for solids.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCEC4C598228417EA8A622006026502F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A shipment in
other than a bulk packaging of 2,268 kilograms (5,000 pounds) gross weight or
more of one class of hazardous materials for which placarding of a vehicle,
rail car, or freight container is required for that class under the provisions
of section
172.521B of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFFF1E8465E048AB9CF316A86D93AA2E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A select agent or
toxin regulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under part 73
of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H171521F6BE4440078529D5466905838C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A quantity of
hazardous material that requires placarding under the provisions of subpart F
of part 172 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AF332FBDA7E44C08D3073CE926FAFB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Area of
concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
section, the term <quote>area of concern</quote> means a geographic region
designated by the Secretary as commanding special consideration with respect to
the security of the transportation of security sensitive materials, which shall
include high threat urban areas as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE998B0AC911440A00028D73802000F5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Storage
pattern</header><text>The term <quote>storage pattern</quote> is defined as the
conditions of storage, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE93D3BF341644E17931254B39B505947"><enum>(A)</enum><text>location of cars
in railroad yards or on railroad-controlled leased tracks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3588462D956948608759106DAB6ED1C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>type of storage
(such as bulk transfer or not);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA135480863B42A091E2DE00002DC2B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>typical types and
numbers of security sensitive material cars stored in close proximity (in
ranges);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9146FE12C7D4F4AA34EFB9028D1EA59"><enum>(D)</enum><text>population
density;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE867101882945B5A6DDD12CF21D551B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>average length of
time cars are stored, attended or unattended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDB61A37C5A74E92B34E8968DF668364"><enum>(F)</enum><text>security measures
present, including physical security measures, secure handoffs and nearest
available safe havens for storage in case of heightened threat
conditions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE31116C8FE5E46AFB0BBE5004DB1FA99"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Most
secure</header><text>The term <quote>most secure route or storage
pattern</quote> means the route or storage pattern that best reduces the risk,
including consequences, of a terrorist attack on a shipment of security
sensitive material that is transported through or near an area of
concern.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6737FCF2A664B288B7F408C4EBC5BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compilation of
route and storage pattern information for railroad carriers transporting
security sensitive materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the end of
each calendar year, a railroad carrier shall compile commodity data by route
and storage pattern, a line segment or series of line segments as aggregated by
the railroad carrier. Within the railroad carrier selected route, the commodity
data shall identify the geographic location of the route and storage pattern
and the total number of shipments by United Nations identification number for
security sensitive materials and storage patterns along the routes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E07B5935F2649748413DA4D118DF909"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rail
transportation route and storage pattern analysis for security sensitive
materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each calendar
year, a railroad carrier shall provide a written analysis of the security risks
for the transportation routes and storage patterns, identified in the commodity
data collected as required by subsection (c). The security risks present shall
be analyzed for the route, railroad facilities, railroad storage facilities,
private storage facilities, and areas of concern along or in proximity to the
route.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB90BA6E3B14640A9A561878C14006089"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Alternative
route and storage pattern analysis for security sensitive materials</header>
<paragraph id="HC9635531735B4DB793DE81DCD3D93600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>By the end of each
calendar year, a railroad carrier shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2247DA16EB9F47FCBEFC7EC576816600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify to the
Department practical alternative routes and storage patterns that will avoid
areas of concern for each of the transportation routes or facilities it used to
ship or store security sensitive materials through or near areas of concern in
the last calendar year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H370F999EC4BA427DAFDFB781FB7755C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perform a security
risk assessment of the alternative route or storage pattern for comparison to
the route and storage pattern analysis specified in subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB404F80975984738BC8F8384E2D96E79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The analysis shall
include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7805D90E956447DF8C71865181543E68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Identification of
security risks for alternative route or storage pattern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0086FF92F9F140EDAF09FCED206EDFB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Comparison of
those risks identified in subparagraph (A) to the primary rail transportation
route or storage pattern.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43741D3517BF46CC9C331C3376BCE7D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">railroad carriers transporting security
sensitive materials must consider the availability of interchange agreements or
systems of tracks and facilities owned by other operators when determining
whether an alternate route for transporting the security sensitive materials to
avoid areas of concern is practical.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD0AC94ABEAB4A0B8EC4A3F00387E61D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alternate route or storage facility that
will avoid an area of concern may be considered by the railroad carrier to be
impractical if the shipment originates in or is destined for the area of
concern, or if there would be no harm beyond the property of the railroad
carrier transporting the shipment or storage facility storing the shipment in
the event of a successful terrorist attack on the shipment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B906F8AC7E3472F9B468F4F43EE1244"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Alternative
route and storage pattern selection for security sensitive
materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A railroad carrier
shall use the analysis required by subsections (d) and (e) to select the most
secure route and storage pattern to be used in moving the materials specified
in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF30D565C7E964E52AFCE6059A1AD9E84"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than once every 5 years, the
analyses route and storage pattern selection determinations required under
subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall include a comprehensive, system-wide
review of all operational changes, infrastructure modifications, traffic
adjustments, changes in the nature of the areas of concern located along or in
proximity to the route, or other changes affecting the security of the
movements of the materials specified in subsection (b) of this section that
were implemented during the 5-year period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H464A72413AEA4BDE974603D76E809E69"><enum>125.</enum><header>Technology
standards and clearinghouse to improve security of covered
transportation</header>
<subsection id="H7B3525E0A5834745A5E1B7A4EF3B2E42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology and the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection
Office (for radiological and nuclear detection technologies and training), in
consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and other appropriate Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall
establish a standards program to support the development, promulgation, and
updating as necessary of national voluntary consensus standards for
performance, testing, use, and training with respect to technologies that will
improve the security of covered transportation in order to meet the security
plan requirements under section 103(d)(1) and the security performance
requirements under section 103(f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H366BB2E9D6EE437DAB743657D94FF1E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Equipment
Standards</header>
<paragraph id="H2AA8AEEAD48645ADBD108B5636AD20BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
standards for the performance, use, and validation of equipment developed under
subsection (a) shall be designed to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal
government and nongovernment emergency response providers, other components of
the Department, providers of covered transportation, shippers of hazardous
material, manufacturers of railroad and transit cars, transportation and public
safety officials, and other relevant stakeholders in acquiring and implementing
technologies to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, and respond to acts of
terrorism on covered transportation. Such standards—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8076AFDF6AF24178AC90313638A518DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be, to the
maximum extent practicable, consistent with any existing voluntary consensus
standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EECE8625B704D0C9FCF6915DC75F900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall take into
account, as appropriate, new types of terrorism threats which may target
covered transportation and responsibilities of the Department that may not have
been contemplated when such existing standards were developed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF60986C3CDD745E600C776F1DCC2D126"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall focus on
maximizing interoperability, interchangeability, durability, flexibility,
efficiency, efficacy, portability, sustainability, and safety;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF7F984AA9F84BDAB39C915DCF267912"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall facilitate
deployment of the systems to the field and include concept of
operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDB0F94671BD47E683B752968B9DACA1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall consider
human factors science; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E37396F5E8344878279BB844D00AA9F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>shall cover all
appropriate uses of the equipment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD39265960C4342A0BC008D009DF518D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Categories of
equipment</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
specifically consider national voluntary consensus standards for the
performance, use, and validation of the following categories of
equipment:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DE66B971EA64857895068EC9B0056AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Physical security
equipment, including surveillance cameras, alarm systems, access/intrusion
control, motion detection, barriers such as fences, impact resistant doors,
bomb-resistant trash receptacles, and personnel and vehicle identification
systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D38317F055A4DFF875636F34DD1E6CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Interoperable
communications equipment, including wireless and wireline voice, video, and
data networks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0ECFF70B6EA4A438C62BFB85CDD3203"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Information
technology, including position locating and tracking systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8797062856546D1925C5EFF2CE895F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Cybersecurity
equipment, including biometric authentication systems, network and personal
firewalls and other authentication technologies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B6787A9E61E40DD9390C899FCE2DDA3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Personal
protective equipment, including garments, boots, gloves, and hoods and other
protective clothing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB35721922A4740B0B88B8DD6536CAA27"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Operational and
search and rescue equipment, including canines and scene control and safety
equipment such as first aid kits.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC90B58874C845028BDA5BA3FB771D71"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Explosive
mitigation devices and explosive detection and analysis equipment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C3A4FDC9AE94A779DF895399CA0600"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear detection equipment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1493FDBC92654EBD8F5100B2F643EDB5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Decontamination
equipment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H621F4B7033A542099C8560F22AEBFD0"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Noninvasive
inspection and screening systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48531EFFA2C646B593007EA283D9A363"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Medical and
pharmaceutical supplies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H174348097B294601B5689119E683B7EC"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Other terrorism
incident prevention equipment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDEA3A32BF6648C085FA4ECAE0891157"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Such other
equipment for which the Secretary determines that national voluntary consensus
standards would be appropriate to improve the security of covered
transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A914FDE754F4AB8B6FE8C4705FEA159"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification
and accreditation</header><text>The Secretary, in carrying out this subsection,
and in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, may support the certification of equipment and the
accreditation of laboratories to conduct testing and evaluation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAEF9ED6FC25947EF802DEED0022DB42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training
Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HA3A5D8EB84BD4D8999E6FF53CDC9B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
standards for the training developed under subsection (a) shall be designed to
enable Federal, State, local, and tribal government and nongovernment emergency
response providers, other Department personnel, providers of covered
transportation, shippers of hazardous material, manufacturers of railroad and
transit cars, transportation and public safety officials, and other relevant
stakeholders to use equipment effectively and appropriately in carrying out
their responsibilities to secure covered transportation. Such standards shall
prioritize—</text>
<subparagraph id="H029681AB0E784307AB4120BF47B500AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enabling
appropriate stakeholders to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against,
and recover from terrorist threats on covered transportation, including threats
from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons and explosive
devices capable of inflicting significant human casualties, and other
potentially catastrophic emergencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF43B9A2BC1445D981418F538737F323"><enum>(B)</enum><text>familiarizing
appropriate stakeholders with the proper use of equipment, including the
capabilities and limitations of equipment and conditions in which the equipment
is expected to operate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29F674972B734791B0D78001B7ACD89F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Categories of
activities</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary
specifically shall include the following categories of activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DA78867241C4657BEEF5C2B5FA6E7B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Regional
planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16D102826F3A49449D1E00A8B2FE7D65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Joint
exercises.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC66BF99B5B6427187011B2C6910FA14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Information
analysis and sharing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBD851BE05464643A1E8D0F4F2378008"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Decision making
protocols for incident response and alarms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9511F5A669E4D30ADACEF1E47CACB5C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Emergency
notification of affected populations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5365EE6809C14A47AFA559E34C56B2C5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Detection of
biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical weapons of mass
destruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB718D34EF964CC4A361DE5EADB14195"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Screening and
patrolling procedures.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H948D4ED65FF54896A4BB36E12F01F5CE"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Such other
activities for which the Secretary determines that national voluntary consensus
training standards would be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF13565DE871F4FF29EE81DFDEC2FBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consistency</header><text>In
carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that training
standards are consistent with the principles of all hazards emergency
preparedness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD7306ADD0534AA9BC78DB6B82F7177"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation With
Standards Organizations</header><text>In establishing national voluntary
consensus standards for equipment and training under this section, the
Secretary shall consult with relevant public and private sector groups,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CDB0CAC7F91407AB706B255EF6DA20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Institute of Standards and Technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H410361C1650B431FAA00D600A7259FA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the American
Public Transportation Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC56523219D904D00A6595132ED10E7D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National Fire
Protection Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BE1D7BE67BA4F4199E6C6EAC2467AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the National
Association of County and City Health Officials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBCB409D9BAC473F9D88B013B823092F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Association of
American Railroads;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8BC7A29A4EB491783B7304B00F659E7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the American Bus
Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01FF18A63B2D404B97748E89ECDDEB1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H127448249B6C4DAB96907C4219337E6C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the American
National Standards Institute;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB59706E6EE0248EC81CC2BB7B876B5AE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the National
Institute of Justice;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H937E1758A34C43F4BED216E2EA092753"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Inter-Agency
Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F698B5B5DE44D38A1EF191E956753EB"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the National
Public Health Performance Standards Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13975E356C6F4F53B809D8C3A75B8CD8"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89F846371F15459F8400BDC6F48B5E07"><enum>(13)</enum><text>ASTM
International;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F56ED7477D947E2A40805AEEBE22EA"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the International
Safety Equipment Association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2442CC12F797493BBB613EA846969EE5"><enum>(15)</enum><text>the Emergency
Management Accreditation Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51CFD7C61F7442C8B21852B9FBE0658"><enum>(16)</enum><text>nonprofit employee
labor organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DC3B6850F044CA38F12D319B68ACD7"><enum>(17)</enum><text>to the extent the
Secretary considers appropriate, other national voluntary consensus standards
development organizations, other interested Federal, State, and local agencies,
and other interested persons.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05A1D662C55649BEB3FC9308CDE1D5B0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technology
clearinghouse to enhance the security of covered transportation</header>
<paragraph id="H664D1953B6E04411918899881B655EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall utilize the Technology Clearinghouse
established under section 313 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C.
193) to facilitate the identification, acquisition, and
deployment of technology, equipment, and training for use by Federal, State,
local, and tribal agencies, emergency response providers, other components of
the Department, providers of covered transportation, shippers of hazardous
material, manufacturers of railroad and transit cars, transportation and public
safety officials, and other relevant stakeholders to prevent, prepare for,
mitigate against, respond to, or recover from acts of terrorism on covered
transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H249D0C6D04F34D59B25F2C798864C525"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements of the
technology clearinghouse</header><text>Activities in carrying out paragraph (1)
shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA0603B1A9BE4161926E1D8780C2E5C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying
available technologies that have been, or are in the process of being,
developed, tested, evaluated, or demonstrated by the Department, other Federal
agencies, the private sector, or foreign governments and international
organizations, and reviewing whether such technologies may be useful in
assisting appropriate stakeholders to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against,
respond to, or recover from acts of terrorism on covered transportation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18C46A6ED3D74111B284402D9164F330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>communicating to
Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, emergency response providers, other
components of the Department, providers of covered transportation, shippers of
hazardous material, manufacturers of railroad and transit cars, transportation
and public safety officials, and other relevant stakeholders the availability
of such technologies, as well as—</text>
<clause id="H609D55090A9745108FAEDAEDA5F0032"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
technology’s specifications and concept of operations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFEE789FEBDD04D8B9803753546EB2246"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>satisfaction of
appropriate equipment and training standards developed under subsections (a)
and (b);</text>
</clause><clause id="HB26CFFAEBF1C418FB69364BD06991897"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>relevant grants
available from the Department to purchase or train with such technologies;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC98A51A1B7854BD9BBEA47FFE59D0C3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the
Secretary has designated a product, equipment, service, device, or technology
under subparagraph (A) as a qualified antiterrorism technology pursuant to the
Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 441 et
seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A1599EE60F4E5C84C76809E088F71"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that the technology clearinghouse activities conducted
through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology are coordinated with
appropriate components of the Department including the Domestic Nuclear
Detection Office, the Transportation Security Administration, the Office of
Infrastructure Protection, the Office of Grants and Training, and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2538885A10F343A7881036A413B802E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>The
Secretary may enter into memoranda of understandings or agreements with other
Federal agencies, foreign governments, and national and international
organizations as appropriate, in order to maximize the availability of such
technologies and information through the Technology Clearinghouse.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H722461DB11554181A37EDF15E9BED6FE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>An action of the Secretary or the Secretary of
Transportation under this Act is not an exercise, under section 4(b)(1) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/653">29 U.S.C. 653(b)(1)</external-xref>), of statutory
authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting
occupational safety or health.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1C5DDC40A2374105BFB1CAE46D00896B"><enum>126.</enum><header>Rail tank car
security testing</header>
<subsection id="HA475CBB59B574E48A0121517E4D1E332"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rail tank car
vulnerability assessment</header>
<paragraph id="HB9136FD43ABF476797FDF9E6BABC35EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Secretary of
Transportation shall jointly assess the likely methods of a deliberate attack
against a rail tank car used to transport toxic-inhalation-hazard materials,
and for each method assessed, the degree to which it may be successful in
causing death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health, the
environment, critical infrastructure, national security, the national economy,
or public welfare.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H374A1D7A321A443EBDBD50413D3B2CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Threats</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out paragraph (1), the
Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall jointly consider the most
current threat information as to likely methods of a successful attack on a
rail tank car transporting toxic-inhalation-hazard materials, and may consider
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA240E61618D8498091317FD237E94987"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An improvised
explosive device placed along the tracks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H879D5897B03446EA8399D3B13E544358"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An improvised
explosive device attached to the rail car.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDC6AF2A5FAB4C8CBBE1BFD1A6116651"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The use of
shoulder-fired missiles.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5DDD74326DD47B5BC8F38A9F016E031"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The use of rocket
propelled grenades.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF023BA279CE54E7989EDCC86ED9CEAD3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The use of mortars
or high-caliber weapons.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF671D89379914B5B9FD3880637E031E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Physical
testing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the
assessment required under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Secretary of
Transportation shall conduct physical testing of the vulnerability of rail tank
cars used to transport toxic-inhalation-hazard materials to different methods
of a deliberate attack, using technical information and criteria to evaluate
the structural integrity of railroad tank cars.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35925FE0A8FE44920002F1BCBE673978"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the completion
of the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees a report, in the appropriate format, on
such assessment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA54CD5CB32E94110A1D9878D7695D5BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rail tank car
dispersion modeling</header>
<paragraph id="HFD1A83E87B324693AFF0F4BA8CFFC46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the National Infrastructure
Simulation and Analysis Center, shall conduct air dispersion modeling analysis
of a release of the contents of a single rail tank car of
toxic-inhalation-hazard materials in at least three high-threat urban areas in
the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89CC1B54B6394AA8BA28D2FDE39CDC63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
analysis under this subsection shall take into account the following
considerations:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1EBDD2CCA9A4983865BD9E756BE357F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A deliberate
attack on a rail tank car transporting toxic-inhalation-hazard materials,
including the most likely means of attack and the resulting dispersal
rate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EDC317C03804ABC935900D65EA239A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Different times of
day, to account for differences in population size and density in the urban
area, as well as differences in cloud coverage over the affected
regions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C06793B18B044F5AEDCAC8CD423E600"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Historically
accurate wind speeds, temperatures and directions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF37DA9C6F6F84CF9992CCA30E1A9DF14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The difference
between a rail tank car in motion and a stationary rail tank car.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9DE78D2698A49E995F44A57FEFC861"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Emergency response
procedures by local officials, including the availability of medical
countermeasures to treat exposures to toxic-inhalation-hazard materials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F0B4D5222A74491B48BCB31AF3F9423"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other
considerations the Secretary believes would develop an accurate, plausible
dispersion model for toxic-inhalation-hazard materials released from a rail
tank car as a result of a terrorist act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19B0FEB679134F6FB023B464F4DFB4C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the dispersion modeling under
paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall consult
with the appropriate State, local, and tribal officials of the high-threat
urban area selected, and with other Federal agencies as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4951B073BEBE436080EA9E1EEA05D3E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information
sharing</header><text>Upon completion of the analysis required under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall share the information developed with the appropriate
stakeholders within each high-threat urban area selected, given appropriate
information protection provisions as may be required by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7385615523D456F8F9E77468B3678FD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after completion of all dispersion analyses under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing the Secretary’s conclusions and findings in an appropriate
format.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H93673C665343451EAFD828889C00DE9C"><enum>127.</enum><header>Rail
radiological and nuclear detection</header>
<subsection id="HADEB5200C9F146B8A3A85C0035CB5013"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prototype</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Domestic
Nuclear Detection Office shall begin testing and evaluation of prototype
systems to detect nuclear or radiological materials in rail security venues,
including spectroscopic technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H71BC5A7A09924CA5AF200851183E8CFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon successful developmental testing and
evaluation of such radiation detection technologies at Domestic Nuclear
Detection Office test facilities, as well as extensive testing and evaluation
in operational environments, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office shall, in
coordination with Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security
Administration, ensure appropriate training, operations, and response protocols
are established and, shall develop a deployment strategy to detect nuclear or
radiological materials arriving in or transporting through the United States by
rail. Such strategy shall consider the integration of radiation detection
technologies with other nonintrusive inspection technologies, including imagery
and density scanning, in order to utilize existing rail examination facilities
and further strengthen border security.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29356C72F85F4E0EA7006253D22C3B61"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
September 30, 2008, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office shall transmit to
Congress a report. Such report shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA114DCC76ED403ABEBFECDE22D3642C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe the
progress of testing and evaluation under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DF6E8BFD2B749BAA65154B7615F600"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with U.S. Customs and
Border Protection and the Transportation Security Administration, describe the
development of a strategy under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED90B9B9DE02438F94C78DC8CE061A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, and the Transportation Security Administration
shall begin implementation of the strategy developed under subsection (b) after
verification of systems performance.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BA4BC6C6D474D298E664F7039B68303" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>128.</enum><header>Requirement to
provide preference to qualified anti-terrorism technologies</header>
<subsection id="HC084135F2A154747B2802DB9BBE66F3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In using grant funds provided under this
Act to purchase products, equipment, services, devices, or technologies to be
employed in the implementation of any security plan required under this Act, a
grant recipient should, to the extent practicable, give preference to products,
equipment, services, devices, and technologies that the Secretary has
designated as qualified anti-terrorism technologies under the Support
Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (subtitle G of
title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002;
6 U.S.C. 441 et
seq.), if the grant recipient determines that such a product,
equipment, service, device, or technology meets or exceeds the requirements of
the security plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H666017BC25184B81AA99019B6B36F7F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect grant recipient
requirements pursuant to
section
5323(j) of title 49, United States Code,
section
24305(f) of title 49, United States Code, and the Buy American
Act (41 U.S.C.
10).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAEC8C6442B3E455D97CB52CFF400D48B"><enum>129.</enum><header>Promoting
liability protections for providers of covered transportation and related
technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
shall work with providers of covered transportation to identify for procurement
products, equipment, services, devices, and technologies to be employed in the
implementation of security plans required under this Act, that are designated
by the Secretary as qualified anti-terrorism technologies under the Support
Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (subtitle G of
title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002;
6 U.S.C. 441 et
seq.) or may otherwise be eligible for liability
protections.</text>
</section><section id="HBE99E4566CD94C6382000397C252213C"><enum>130.</enum><header>International
rail security program</header>
<subsection id="H2B3E51388A694EABA1B882A445341B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Non-intrusive
inspection equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the
purpose of checking in-bound rail shipments to the United States for terrorists
or weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F7E48BE244344768E74A8A443F3E147"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deploy, where practicable, non-intrusive
inspection imaging equipment at locations where rail shipments cross an
international border to enter the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H655DD65BCAAC4654006221E0FB24F785"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement alternative procedures to check
such rail shipments at locations where the deployment of non-intrusive
inspection imaging equipment is determined to not be practicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8D7A101DC2545E200915CEEB32F4641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced filing
of security data</header>
<paragraph id="H6AE07ACB65DF456F9086D504D92BFF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H618B0566C39148D7A0CD5F0068AD79EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and seek the submission of
additional data elements for improved high-risk targeting related to the
movement of cargo through the international supply chain utilizing a railroad
prior to importation into the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H489AB102779A44CFB727D160DDFF4E82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>analyze the data
provided pursuant to in paragraph (1) to identify high-risk cargo for
inspection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A868FE5A6E34CF48F83570603502C90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International
supply chain defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<quote>international supply chain</quote> means the end-to-end process for
shipping goods to or from the United States beginning at the point of origin
(including manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) through a point of distribution
to the destination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86A26ABAE79345C588B7929B5B534B51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
transportation data</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary shall make use of data collected and maintained by the Secretary of
Transportation.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2B87AC65D2841118BD09BE3356FB69E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>Terrorist watchlist
and immigration status review at high-risk transportation sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out section 119, the Secretary
shall require each provider of covered transportation, including contractors
and subcontractors, assigned to a high-risk tier under section 102 to submit
the names of their employees to the Secretary to conduct checks of their
employees against available terrorist watchlists and immigration status
databases.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H054684FC8A6D4860812DB7E8C8A195F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Review of
grant-making efficiency</header>
<subsection id="H96CCDB93FF944C3B9F5065BCF1E2E68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct
an annual study for each of the first 3 years after the enactment of this title
regarding the administration and use of the grants awarded under sections 105,
106, and 107 of this title, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H99BFF5D5A6254C79A043B1733B307446"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the efficiency of
the division of the grant-making process, including whether the Department of
Transportation’s role in distributing, auditing, and monitoring the grant funds
produces efficiency compared to the consolidation of these responsibilities in
the Department of Homeland Security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CE760D1CAFB4E468EE3F6B5FBA3027"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether the roles
of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation in
the administration of the grants permit the grants to be awarded and used in a
timely and efficient manner and according to their intended purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A36D71A803442FF86A54401EF52BBE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the use of grant
funds, including whether grant funds are used for authorized purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H34D3D8EEEF6E414F9EEF5C699D6DD792"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional
committees on the results of the study for each of the first 3 years after
enactment of this title, including any recommendations for improving the
administration and use of the grant funds awarded under sections 105, 106, and
107.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE936438597A34A0DA79EEBC49C75C4C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header>Roles of the
Department of Homeland Security and the Department of
Transportation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
of Homeland Security is the principal Federal official responsible for
transportation security. The roles and responsibilities of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation in carrying out sections
101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128,
129, 130, 131, and 201 of this Act are the roles and responsibilities of such
Departments pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
(Public Law
107–71); the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref>); the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan required by Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 7; Executive Order 13416: Strengthening Surface Transportation
Security, dated December 5, 2006; the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Department and the Department of Transportation on Roles and Responsibilities,
dated September 28, 2004; the Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between
the Department and the Department of Transportation on Roles and
Responsibilities concerning Railroad Security, dated September 28, 2006; the
Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the
Department of Transportation on Roles and Responsibilities concerning Public
Transportation Security, dated September 8, 2005; and any subsequent agreements
between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</section><section id="HD310533DBD4D4B4CB4CD00F1947B3FB6"><enum>134.</enum><header>Assessment and
report</header>
<subsection id="HAD793F62A4D14C1D8D97E0F005406B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of Transportation, shall assess the safety and security
vulnerabilities of placing high voltage direct current electric transmission
lines along active railroad rights-of-way. In conducting the assessment, the
Secretary shall, at a minimum, evaluate the risks to local inhabitants and to
consumers of electric power transmitted by those lines, associated with a train
collision or derailment that damages such electric transmission lines.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69C46EDDA1264886BA35757FDD787147"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall transmit the results of the assessment in subsection (a) to the
appropriate congressional committees as defined in this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67BE87DA278E4B51A28F40BC01B09100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header>Study of foreign
rail security practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE571D8D7FA6140A29E25951F2CB7163F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">study select foreign rail security
practices, and the cost and feasibility of implementing selected best practices
that are not currently used in the United States, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8717477922BE4890999BD174C576FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implementing covert
testing processes to evaluate the effectiveness of rail system security
personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81A09A651FF34EDB9F00EFCD5282E5A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implementing
practices used by foreign rail operators that integrate security into
infrastructure design;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8C5D0EF6F6748D6A2A7BEACAB0055AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>implementing
random searches or screening of passengers and their baggage; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B9BF7E1428643D4B5821DE252A0D985"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing and maintaining an information
clearinghouse on existing and emergency security technologies and security best
practices used in the passenger rail industry both in the United States and
abroad; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9028B6F32014C9F9010F67762A15DDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report the results of the study, together
with any recommendations that the Secretary may have for implementing covert
testing, practices for integrating security in infrastructure design, random
searches or screenings, and an information clearinghouse to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D20D19A6AE94712B45994D351A77D4D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header>Alternative material
sources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish a program
to coordinate with State and local governments to minimize the need for
transportation of toxic inhalation hazardous materials by rail.</text>
</section><section id="H1A52FE26436A48B5881880EDFC028543"><enum>137.</enum><header>Immunity for
reporting suspicious activities and mitigating terrorist threats relating to
transportation security</header>
<subsection id="H4BA3B737CE47426DAC4FD337B3D98710"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Immunity for
reporting suspicious behavior</header><text>Any person who makes or causes to
be made a voluntary disclosure of any suspicious transaction, activity or
occurrence indicating that an individual may be engaging or preparing to engage
in a matter described in subsection (b) to any employee or agent of the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, the
Department of Justice, any Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer,
any transportation security officer, or to any employee or agent of a
transportation system shall be immune from civil liability to any person under
any law or regulation of the United States, any constitution, law, or
regulation of any State or political subdivision of any State, for such
disclosure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32FEE79DE620420A00FC69D847A3CAF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
disclosures</header><text>The matter referred to in subsection (a) is a
possible violation or attempted violation of law or regulation relating—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B9253ED5A2D4E24BD8EFDB3565F2004"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to a threat to
transportation systems or passenger safety or security; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3A965EA988C458D99BF93124042955"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to
an act of terrorism, as defined in
section
3077 of title 18, United States Code, that involves or is
directed against transportation systems or passengers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE71B79B895974627001E863115EF467"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Immunity for
mitigation of threats</header><text>Any person, including an owner, operator or
employee of a transportation system, who takes reasonable action to mitigate a
suspicious matter described in subsection (b) shall be immune from civil
liability to any person under any law or regulation of the United States, any
constitution, law, or regulation of any State or political subdivision of any
State, for such action.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H63AE36A3A5A9458A8B0129EFFEE09DE1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on
application</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a statement or
disclosure by a person that, at the time it is made, is known by the person to
be false.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43A64AA5712C4FCD9417C38223DF8292"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Attorney fees
and costs</header><text>If a person is named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit
for making voluntary disclosures of any suspicious transaction or taking
actions to mitigate a suspicious matter described in subsection (b), and the
person is found to be immune from civil liability under this section, the
person shall be entitled to recover from the plaintiff all reasonable costs and
attorney’s fees as allowed by the court.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8FBC85F45A6B4E508566608F3500FB3E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retroactive
application</header><text>This section shall apply to activities and claims
occurring on or after November 20, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Secure
Transportation Through Increased Use of Canine Detection Teams</header>
<section commented="no" id="HFEF281752956427BB46BD581D5DE48B1"><enum>201.</enum><header>Increasing the
number of canine detection teams for transportation security</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H276B03954C18471AB8B7BC963EF062EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall coordinate with owners and providers of covered transportation systems to
encourage the deployment of canine detection teams at each high-risk
transportation system to provide continuous coverage if the Secretary considers
it necessary. Each canine detection team—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C2B799783D54931B53C75DD997F1C9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be trained
to detect explosives, and, to the greatest extent possible, chemical and
biological weapons; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD221B7F54FB0452EBCEDE1E825EE98B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be deployed to
alternate sites to provide additional coverage during times of increased risk
or due to specific threat information, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H22A09E5290FC4085A170C0B4AF799894"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall coordinate with owners
and providers of covered transportation systems to encourage an increase in the
number of trained canine detection teams deployed at the Nation’s high-risk
rail and mass transit systems by not less than 10 percent each fiscal year for
fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Each canine detection team shall be trained to
detect explosives, and, to the greatest extent possible, chemical and
biological weapons.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H74077D549F8E4E94B52473A3EFDDB1E9"><enum>202.</enum><header>National
explosives detection canine team program increase</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0939244B9E334E1B9E1598F56E464DBD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in
teams</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Explosives
Detection Canine Team Program of the Transportation Security Administration may
train up to an additional 100 canine detection teams per year but shall train
at least the following numbers of additional teams:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D220CC9A3FA4AC7B47972CF3EA93D22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 in fiscal year
2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6A986874AA114B1491AF7C941EEDBF13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>55 in fiscal year
2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H70B6DD744608458EBEADDDE243EA27C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>60 in fiscal year
2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H41C5FF037BF14D5E80AE4C001489BAEB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>66 in fiscal year
2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC244C48EF9674AB0B200393D251EBD82"><enum>(5)</enum><text>73 in fiscal year
2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDC2028DBB08B442D84148E007D44D57D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deployed
throughout country</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The canine
detection teams authorized under this section shall be deployed across the
country to strengthen the security of covered transportation systems, including
buses, subway systems, ferries, and passenger railroad carriers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0B430F2FB86B467894582E2920373B9D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report on the personnel and resource needs to fulfill
the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8F9A4C3C0F1449BAAF9CB600A97FCD8D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4B5DBCD8601942CBA4F8580000C36F8F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Transportation
security administration breeding program increase</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H19B50733CF1E4D01B4E46752637FB62E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>TSA Puppy
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Transportation
Security Administration Puppy Program shall work to increase the number of
domestically bred canines to help meet the increase in demand for canine
detection teams authorized in section 202 while preserving the current quality
of canines provided for training.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H60591CC34A9844A1B8DDDAE3515FCAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the personnel and resource needs
to fulfill the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0CCF5E225FF7407F9339DFD5798D5268"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.</text>
</subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives March 27, 2007.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.