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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 28 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation 

Security Administration should, in accordance with the congressional 

mandate provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/ 

11 Commission Act of 2007, enhance security against terrorist attack 

and other security threats to our Nation’s rail and mass transit lines. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2009 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Transportation Security Administration should, in 

accordance with the congressional mandate provided for 

in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, enhance security against terrorist 

attack and other security threats to our Nation’s rail 

and mass transit lines. 

Whereas the Transportation Security Administration is 

uniquely positioned to lead the efforts to secure our Nation’s rail and mass transit lines from the threat of terrorism as a result of expertise developed through over 

five years of securing our Nation’s commercial air transportation system; 


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Whereas the successes of the Transportation Security Administration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team 

Program has furthered the Transportation Security Administration’s ability to provide security against terrorist 

attacks on the Nation’s transportation systems by preventing and protecting against explosives threats; 

Whereas each weekday 11,300,000 passengers depend on our 

Nation’s mass transit lines as a means of transportation, 

and mass transit lines serve as an enticing target for terrorists as evidenced by the March 11, 2004, attack on 

the Madrid, Spain, mass transit system, the July 7, 

2005, attack on the London, England, mass transit system, and the July 11, 2006, attack on the Mumbai, 

India, mass transit system; 

Whereas each weekday more than 25 million children depend 

on our Nation’s school transportation system, in addition 

to mass transit systems, to get to and from school and 

school activities, and the security of these systems must 

be enhanced to address the threat of terrorism; and 

Whereas securing our Nation’s rail and mass transit lines 

from 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 

1 Resolved, That the Transportation Security Adminis2 tration should— 

3 (1) continue to enhance security against ter4 rorist attack and other security threats to our Na5 tion’s rail and mass transit lines, as well as school 

6 transportation systems, including as provided for in 


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1 the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 

2 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53); 

3 (2) continue development of the National Ex4 plosives Detection Canine Team Program, which has 

5 proven to be an effective tool in securing against ex6 plosives threats to our Nation’s rail and mass transit 

7 lines, with particular attention to the application of 

8 its training standards and the establishment of a re9 liable source of domestically bred canines; 

10 (3) improve upon the success of the Online 

11 Learning Center by providing increased person-to12 person professional development programs to ensure 

13 those responsible for securing against terrorist at14 tacks on our transportation systems are highly 

15 trained in both securing against terrorist attacks 

16 and professional relations with the traveling public; 

17 and 

18 (4) continue to secure our Nation’s mass tran19 sit and rail lines against terrorist attack and other 

20 security threats, so as to ensure the security of com21 muters on our Nation’s mass transit lines and pre22 vent the disruption of rail lines critical to our Na23 tion’s economy, and to give special attention to 

24 school transportation systems by working with 

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1 ment, and other representatives in the school trans2 portation industry to keep children safe from ter3 rorist attack. 

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