IV 
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 Com-
mission 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 Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit lines from the threat of ter-
rorism as a result of expertise developed through over 
five years of securing our Nation’s commercial air trans-
portation system; 
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Whereas the successes of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team 
Program has furthered the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’s ability to provide security against terrorist 
attacks on the Nation’s transportation systems by pre-
venting 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 ter-
rorists 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 sys-
tem, 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 essen-
tial due to their impact on our Nation’s economic sta-
bility and the continued functioning of our national econ-
omy: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration should— 
(1) continue to enhance security against ter-
rorist attack and other security threats to our Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit lines, as well as school 
transportation systems, including as provided for in 
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the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53); 
(2) continue development of the National Ex-
plosives Detection Canine Team Program, which has 
proven to be an effective tool in securing against ex-
plosives threats to our Nation’s rail and mass transit 
lines, with particular attention to the application of 
its training standards and the establishment of a re-
liable 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 against terrorist at-
tacks on our transportation systems are highly 
trained in both securing against terrorist attacks 
and professional relations with the traveling public; 
and 
(4) continue to secure our Nation’s mass tran-
sit and rail lines against terrorist attack and other 
security threats, so as to ensure the security of com-
muters on our Nation’s mass transit lines and pre-
vent the disruption of rail lines critical to our Na-
tion’s economy, and to give special attention to 
school transportation systems by working with 
school administrators, State and local law enforce-
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ment, and other representatives in the school trans-
portation industry to keep children safe from ter-
rorist attack. 
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