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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; 
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; 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 
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 
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years of securing our Nation’s commercial air transpor-
tation system; 
Whereas the successes of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team Pro-
gram has furthered the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration’s ability to provide security against terrorist at-
tacks 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 ter-
rorists as evidenced by the March 11, 2004, attack on the 
Madrid, Spain, mass transit system, the July 7, 2005, at-
tack 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 
Resolved, That the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration should— 
(1) continue to enhance security against ter-
rorist attack and other security threats to our Na-
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tion’s rail and mass transit lines, including as pro-
vided for in 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; 
(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 safety 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. 
That the Transportation Security Administration 
should— 
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(1) continue to enhance security against terrorist 
attack and other security threats to our Nation’s rail 
and mass transit lines, as well as school transpor-
tation systems, including as provided for in the Im-
plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53); 
(2) continue development of the National Explo-
sives 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 reli-
able 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 attacks 
on our transportation systems are highly trained in 
both securing against terrorist attacks and profes-
sional relations with the traveling public; and 
(4) continue to secure our Nation’s mass transit 
and rail lines against terrorist attack and other secu-
rity threats, so as to ensure the security of commuters 
on our Nation’s mass transit lines and prevent the 
disruption of rail lines critical to our Nation’s econ-
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omy, and to give special attention to school transpor-
tation systems by working with school administrators, 
State and local law enforcement, and other represent-
atives in the school transportation industry to keep 
children safe from terrorist attack. 
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