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equipment, services, devices, and technologies to be em-
ployed in the implementation of security plans required 
under this Act, that are designated by the Secretary as 
qualified anti-terrorism technologies under the Support 
Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 
2002 (subtitle G of title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002; 6 U.S.C. 441 et seq.) or may otherwise be 
eligible for liability protections. 
SEC. 130. INTERNATIONAL RAIL SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT.—For 
the purpose of checking in-bound rail shipments to the 
United States for terrorists or weapons, including weapons 
of mass destruction, the Secretary shall— 
(1) deploy, where practicable, non-intrusive in-
spection imaging equipment at locations where rail 
shipments cross an international border to enter the 
United States; or 
(2) implement alternative procedures to check 
such rail shipments at locations where the deploy-
ment of non-intrusive inspection imaging equipment 
is determined to not be practicable. 
(b) ADVANCED FILING OF SECURITY DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(A) identify and seek the submission of ad-
ditional data elements for improved high-risk 
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targeting related to the movement of cargo 
through the international supply chain utilizing 
a railroad prior to importation into the United 
States; and 
(B) analyze the data provided pursuant to 
in paragraph (1) to identify high-risk cargo for 
inspection. 
(2) 
INTERNATIONAL
SUPPLY
CHAIN
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘‘international supply chain’’ means the end-to-end 
process for shipping goods to or from the United 
States beginning at the point of origin (including 
manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) through a point 
of distribution to the destination. 
(c) USE OF TRANSPORTATION DATA.—In carrying 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall make use of data 
collected and maintained by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 131. TERRORIST WATCHLIST AND IMMIGRATION STA-
TUS 
REVIEW 
AT 
HIGH-RISK 
TRANSPOR-
TATION SITES. 
In carrying out section 119, the Secretary shall re-
quire each provider of covered transportation, including 
contractors and subcontractors, assigned to a high-risk 
tier under section 102 to submit the names of their em-
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ployees to the Secretary to conduct checks of their employ-
ees against available terrorist watchlists and immigration 
status databases. 
SEC. 132. REVIEW OF GRANT-MAKING EFFICIENCY. 
(a) ANNUAL STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct an annual study for each 
of the first 3 years after the enactment of this title regard-
ing the administration and use of the grants awarded 
under sections 105, 106, and 107 of this title, including— 
(1) the efficiency of the division of the grant- 
making process, including whether the Department 
of Transportation’s role in distributing, auditing, 
and monitoring the grant funds produces efficiency 
compared to the consolidation of these responsibil-
ities in the Department of Homeland Security; 
(2) whether the roles of the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Department of Trans-
portation in the administration of the grants permit 
the grants to be awarded and used in a timely and 
efficient manner and according to their intended 
purposes; 
(3) the use of grant funds, including whether 
grant funds are used for authorized purposes. 
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit an annual report to the appro-
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priate congressional committees on the results of the study 
for each of the first 3 years after enactment of this title, 
including any recommendations for improving the admin-
istration and use of the grant funds awarded under sec-
tions 105, 106, and 107. 
SEC. 133. ROLES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
PORTATION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security is the principal 
Federal official responsible for transportation security. 
The roles and responsibilities of the Department of Home-
land Security and the Department of Transportation in 
carrying out sections 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 
110, 111, 113, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 
131, and 201 of this Act are the roles and responsibilities 
of such Departments pursuant to the Aviation and Trans-
portation Security Act (Public Law 107–71); the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458); the National Infrastructure Pro-
tection Plan required by Homeland Security Presidential 
Directive 7; Executive Order 13416: Strengthening Sur-
face Transportation Security, dated December 5, 2006; 
the Memorandum of Understanding between the Depart-
ment and the Department of Transportation on Roles and 
Responsibilities, dated September 28, 2004; the Annex to 
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