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Union Calendar No. 394 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5808 
[Report No. 109–662] 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to public trans-
portation agencies and over-the-road bus operators to improve security, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, and Mr. 
DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GERLACH, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. FORTUN˜O, 
Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. PORTER, Mr. 
HAYES, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. MACK, Mr. NEY, 
Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and 
Mr. BAKER 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 17, 2006] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 
to public transportation agencies and over-the-road bus 
operators to improve security, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Transportation 
Security Assistance Act of 2006’’. 
TITLE I—PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) throughout the world, public transportation 
systems have been a primary target of terrorist at-
tacks, causing countless deaths and injuries; 
(2) 5,800 public transportation agencies operate 
in the United States; 
(3) 14,000,000 people in the United States ride 
public transportation each work day; 
(4) safe and secure public transportation systems 
are essential to the Nation’s economy and for signifi-
cant national and international public events; 
(5) the Federal Transit Administration has in-
vested $84,500,000,000 since 1992 for construction 
and improvements to the Nation’s public transpor-
tation systems; 
(6) the Federal Government appropriately in-
vested $19,600,000,000 in fiscal years 2002 through 
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2006 to protect the Nation’s aviation system and its 
2,000,000 daily passengers; 
(7) 
the 
Federal 
Government 
invested 
$380,000,000 in fiscal years 2003 through 2006 for 
grants to protect public transportation systems in the 
United States; 
(8) the Federal Government has invested $9.00 
in aviation security improvements per passenger, but 
only $0.01 in public transportation security improve-
ments per passenger; 
(9) the Government Accountability Office, the 
Mineta International Institute for Surface Transpor-
tation Policy Studies, the American Public Transpor-
tation Association, and other experts have reported an 
urgent need for significant investment in transit secu-
rity improvements; 
(10) Federal financial assistance for transit se-
curity improvements should be separate from and 
supplementary to funding for longstanding Federal 
programs for investment in public transportation in-
frastructure; 
(11) the final report of the National Commission 
on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also 
known as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’) found that the 
Federal Government should— 
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(A) identify and evaluate the transportation 
assets that need to be protected, set risk-based 
priorities for defending them, and select the most 
practical and cost-effective ways of doing so; 
(B) develop a plan, a budget, and funding 
to implement the effort; and 
(C) assign roles and missions to the relevant 
authorities (Federal, State, regional, and local) 
and to private stakeholders; 
(12) the final report of the 9/11 Commission also 
found that homeland security assistance should be 
based strictly on an assessment of risks and 
vulnerabilities; and 
(13) the Federal Government has a duty to deter 
and mitigate, to the greatest extent practicable, 
threats against the Nation’s public transportation 
systems. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to provide 
grants to public transportation agencies and over-the-road 
bus operators to improve security in a manner consistent 
with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission described 
in subsections (a)(11) and (a)(12). 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
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(1) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘‘pub-
lic transportation’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 5302(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
(2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSESS-
MENT.—The term ‘‘public transportation security as-
sessment’’ means a risk assessment (including a criti-
cality or vulnerability assessment) of a public trans-
portation system conducted pursuant to the annex ex-
ecuted under section 3028(b) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Leg-
acy for Users (49 U.S.C. 5321 note; 119 Stat. 1624). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided. 
SEC. 103. COMPONENTS OF SECURITY ASSESSMENTS AND 
PRIORITIZED PLANS. 
(a) SECURITY ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall re-
quest that the Secretary of Homeland Security take nec-
essary actions to ensure that the public transportation secu-
rity assessment of each public transportation system identi-
fies— 
(1) the critical assets of the public transportation 
system; 
(2) threats to those assets; 
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(3) security weaknesses in the public transpor-
tation system and its assets; 
(4) redundant and backup systems required to 
ensure the continued operation of critical elements of 
the public transportation system in the event of an 
attack or other incident; and 
(5) the extent to which public transportation em-
ployees, including bus and rail operators, mechanics, 
customer service personnel, maintenance employees, 
transit police, and security personnel, have received 
training in security awareness and public transpor-
tation system emergency response procedures. 
(b) PRIORITIZED PLANS.—A public transportation 
agency that has received an assessment described in sub-
section (a) shall develop, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, a prioritized plan of needed capital 
and operational security improvements based on the results 
of the assessment. 
SEC. 104. SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) CAPITAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants directly to eligible public transportation agen-
cies for capital security improvements described in 
paragraph (2). 
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(2) ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 
received under paragraph (1) shall be used for— 
(A) tunnel protection systems; 
(B) perimeter protection systems; 
(C) redundant critical operations control 
systems; 
(D) chemical, biological, radiological, or ex-
plosive detection systems; 
(E) surveillance equipment; 
(F) inspection technology; 
(G) communications equipment, including 
mobile service equipment to provide access to 911 
emergency services in an underground fixed 
guideway system; 
(H) emergency response equipment; 
(I) fire suppression and decontamination 
equipment; 
(J) global positioning or automated vehicle 
locator type system equipment; 
(K) evacuation improvements; 
(L) security training for transit employees, 
including bus and rail operators, mechanics, cus-
tomer service employees, maintenance employees, 
transit police, and security personnel; 
(M) live or simulated drills; and 
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(N) other capital security improvements. 
(3) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—A grant for a cap-
ital security improvement project under this sub-
section shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost 
of the project. The recipient may provide additional 
local matching amounts. 
(b) OPERATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants directly to eligible public transportation agen-
cies for operational security improvements described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 
received under paragraph (1) shall be used for— 
(A) public awareness campaigns for en-
hanced public transportation security; 
(B) canine patrols for chemical, biological, 
or explosives detection; 
(C) overtime reimbursement for enhanced 
security personnel during significant national 
and international public events, consistent with 
the priorities established under subsection (e); 
and 
(D) other appropriate security improve-
ments identified under subsection (e), including 
hiring additional security personnel determined 
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necessary under subsection (e), but excluding 
routine, ongoing personnel costs. 
(3) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—A grant for an op-
erating security improvement project under this sub-
section may not exceed 50 percent of the net project 
cost of the project. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A public transportation agency 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section if the agency 
has received or is undergoing a public transportation secu-
rity assessment. 
(d) ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall allo-
cate grant funds under this section based on the re-
sults of public transportation security assessments de-
scribed in section 103(a) and in a manner that 
prioritizes the award of grant funds each fiscal year 
based on risk, consequences, vulnerability, and threat. 
(2) RESPONSE TO URGENT THREATS.—After pro-
viding written notice to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Secretary may adjust 
grant allocations under this subsection if the Sec-
retary determines that the adjustment is necessary to 
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respond to an urgent threat or other significant fac-
tors. 
(e) SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall estab-
lish security improvement priorities for each public 
transportation agency receiving a public transpor-
tation security assessment. 
(2) CONSULTATION; PRIORITIZED
PLAN.—The 
Secretary shall establish priorities under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) in consultation with the management 
and employee representatives of the public trans-
portation agency; and 
(B) in a manner that is consistent with the 
system’s prioritized plan of needed capital and 
operational security improvements described in 
section 103(b). 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—Priorities established under 
paragraph (1) shall apply to funds provided to a 
public transportation agency under this section. 
(f) TRANSIT AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each pub-
lic transportation agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall— 
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(1) identify a security coordinator to coordinate 
security improvements; 
(2) develop a comprehensive plan that dem-
onstrates the agency’s capacity for operating and 
maintaining the equipment purchased under this sec-
tion; and 
(3) report annually to the Department of Trans-
portation on the use of grant funds received under 
this section. 
(g) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided in this title, a grant provided under this 
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applica-
ble to grants made under section 5307 of title 49, United 
States Code, and to such other terms and conditions as are 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 105. INTELLIGENCE SHARING. 
(a) INTELLIGENCE SHARING.—The Secretary shall re-
quest that the Secretary of Homeland Security provide ap-
propriate and timely notification of all credible terrorist 
threats against public transportation assets in the United 
States. 
(b) INFORMATION SHARING ANALYSIS CENTER.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall fund 
the reasonable costs of the Information Sharing and 
Analysis Center for Public Transportation (referred 
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