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[H.R. 1313 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 626
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1313

                          [Report No. 116-323]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2019

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                           December 14, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
      2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public 
  transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of 
          performance for such grants, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Transit Security Grant 
Program Flexibility Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
              SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subparagraph (A) of section 1406(b)(2) of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 
1135(b)(2); Public Law 110-53) is amended by inserting ``and associated 
backfill'' after ``security training''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
              SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/
11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 110-53) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
        (n); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the 
        following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(m) Periods of Performance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), funds provided pursuant to a grant awarded under this 
        section for a use specified in subsection (b) shall remain 
        available for use by a grant recipient for a period of not 
        fewer than 36 months.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Exception.--Funds provided pursuant to a 
        grant awarded under this section for a use specified in 
        subparagraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) shall remain 
        available for use by a grant recipient for a period of not 
        fewer than 55 months.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the public transportation security 
assistance grant program under section 1406 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; 
Public Law 110-53).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Scope.--The review required under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) An assessment of the type of projects funded 
        under the public transportation security grant program referred 
        to in such paragraph.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) An assessment of the manner in which such 
        projects address threats to public transportation 
        infrastructure.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) An assessment of the impact, if any, of this 
        Act (including the amendments made by this Act) on types of 
        projects funded under the public transportation security 
        assistance grant program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) An assessment of the management and 
        administration of public transportation security assistance 
        grant program funds by grantees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Recommendations to improve the manner in which 
        public transportation security assistance grant program funds 
        address vulnerabilities in public transportation 
        infrastructure.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Recommendations to improve the management and 
        administration of the public transportation security assistance 
        grant program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and again not later than five years after such 
date of enactment, the Comptroller General 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 review required under this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be 
determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary 
Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in 
the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
of the House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been 
submitted prior to the vote on passage.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transit Security Grant Program 
Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Section 1406(b)(2)(A) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/
11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ``and associated backfill'' after ``security training''.

SEC. 3. PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following:
    ``(m) Periods of Performance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        funds provided pursuant to a grant awarded under this section 
        for a use specified in subsection (b) shall remain available 
        for use by a grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 36 
        months.
            ``(2) Exception.--Funds provided pursuant to a grant 
        awarded under this section for a use specified in subparagraph 
        (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) shall remain available for use 
        by a grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 48 
        months.''.

SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a review of the public transportation security assistance grant 
program under section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135).
    (b) Scope.--The review required under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An assessment of the type of projects funded under the 
        public transportation security assistance grant program 
        referred to in such subsection.
            (2) An assessment of the manner in which such projects 
        address threats to public transportation infrastructure.
            (3) An assessment of the impact, if any, of this Act 
        (including the amendments made by this Act) on the types of 
        projects funded under the public transportation security 
        assistance grant program.
            (4) An assessment of the management and administration of 
        public transportation security assistance grant program funds 
        by grantees.
            (5) Recommendations to improve the manner in which public 
        transportation security assistance grant program funds address 
        vulnerabilities in public transportation infrastructure.
            (6) Recommendations to improve the management and 
        administration of the public transportation security assistance 
        grant program.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act and again not later than 5 years after such date of enactment, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the 
review required under this section.

SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
                                                       Calendar No. 626

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1313

                          [Report No. 116-323]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
      2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public 
  transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of 
          performance for such grants, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 14, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment