[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 15 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 15

     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
   Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with 
   existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other 
  security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and 
     other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

Ms. Jackson Lee submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
   Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with 
   existing law, enhance security against terrorist attack and other 
  security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit systems and 
     other modes of surface transportation; and for other purposes.

Whereas the Transportation Security Administration is uniquely positioned to 
        lead the efforts to secure our Nation's rail and mass transit systems 
        and other modes of surface transportation against terrorist attack as a 
        result of expertise developed over nine years of securing our Nation's 
        commercial air transportation system;
Whereas the successes of the Transportation Security Administration's National 
        Explosives Detection Canine Team Program has furthered the 
        Transportation Security Administration's ability to secure our Nation's 
        transportation systems against terrorist attack by preventing and 
        protecting against explosives threats;
Whereas each weekday 11,300,000 passengers depend on our Nation's mass transit 
        systems as a means of transportation;
Whereas rail and mass transit systems serve as an enticing target for terrorists 
        and terrorist organizations, such as Al Qaeda, as evidenced by the March 
        11, 2004, attack on the Madrid, Spain, rail system, the July 7, 2005, 
        attack on the London, England, mass transit system, the July 11, 2006, 
        and November 26, 2008, attacks on the Mumbai, India, rail system, and 
        the March 29, 2010, attack on the Moscow, Russia, mass transit system;
Whereas the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2009, 
        which was passed by the House of Representatives on June 4, 2009, in an 
        overwhelming and bipartisan manner, expresses Congress' commitment to 
        bolstering the security of rail and mass transit systems; and
Whereas securing our Nation's rail and mass transit systems against terrorist 
        attack and other security threats is essential due to their impact on 
        our Nation's economic stability and the continued functioning of our 
        national economy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Transportation Security Administration should--
            (1) continue to enhance security against terrorist attack 
        and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass 
        transit systems and other modes of surface transportation, 
        including as provided for in the Implementing Recommendations 
        of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53) and the 
        Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 
        2009 (H.R. 2200 in the 111th Congress);
            (2) continue development of the National Explosives 
        Detection Canine Team Program, which has proven to be an 
        effective tool in securing against explosives threats to our 
        Nation's rail and mass transit systems, with particular 
        attention to the application of its training standards and the 
        establishment of a reliable source of domestically bred 
        canines;
            (3) improve upon the success of the Online Learning Center 
        by providing increased person-to-person professional 
        development programs to ensure those responsible for securing 
        our surface transportation systems against terrorist attack are 
        highly trained in both securing those systems against terrorist 
        attack and professional relations with the traveling public; 
        and
            (4) continue to secure our Nation's mass transit and rail 
        systems against terrorist attack and other security threats, so 
        as to ensure the security of commuters on our Nation's rail and 
        mass transit systems and prevent the disruption of rail lines 
        critical to our Nation's economy.
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