quired by subsection (a) and an estimate of the cost 
to implement such recommendations. 
(2) FORMAT.—The Under Secretary may sub-
mit the report in both classified and redacted for-
mats if the Under Secretary determines that such 
action is appropriate or necessary. 
(d) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Under Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall 
update the assessment and recommendations annually and 
transmit a report, which may be submitted in both classi-
fied and redacted formats, to the Committees named in 
subsection (c)(1), containing the updated assessment and 
recommendations. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Se-
curity $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 for the purpose of 
carrying out this section. 
SEC. 4. RAIL SECURITY. 
(a) RAIL POLICE OFFICERS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 28101 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 28101. Rail and State public transit police officers 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Transportation, a rail or public transit
system police officer who is employed by a rail carrier or 
a public transportation system and certified or commis-
sioned as a police officer under the laws of a State may 
enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which the rail car-
rier or public transit system owns property or provides 
service, to the extent of the authority of a police officer 
certified or commissioned under the laws of that jurisdic-
tion, to protect— 
‘‘(1) employees, passengers, or patrons of the 
rail carrier or public transit system; 
‘‘(2) property, equipment, and facilities owned, 
leased, operated, or maintained by the rail carrier or 
public transit system; 
‘‘(3) property moving in interstate or foreign 
commerce in the possession of the rail carrier or 
public transit system; and 
‘‘(4) personnel, equipment, and material moving 
by rail or public transit that are vital to the national 
defense. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘public 
transit’ has the meaning given that term by section 
5302(a) of this title.’’. 
(2) TABLE
OF
SECTIONS
AMENDMENT.—The 
item relating to section 28101 in the table of sec-
tions for chapter 281 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘28101. Rail and State public transit police officers.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF RAIL REGULATIONS.—Within 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Se-
curity, shall review existing rail regulations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation for the purpose of identifying 
areas in which those regulations need to be revised to im-
prove rail security. 
SEC. 5. STUDY OF FOREIGN RAIL TRANSPORT SECURITY 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—Within one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall complete a study of the rail passenger trans-
portation security programs that are carried out for rail 
transportation systems in Japan, member nations of the 
European Union, and other foreign countries. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the study shall be to 
identify effective rail transportation security measures 
that are in use in foreign rail transportation systems, in-
cluding innovative measures and screening procedures de-
termined effective. 
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 
a report on the results of the study to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. The report shall include 
the Comptroller General’s assessment regarding whether 
it is feasible to implement within the United States any 
of the same or similar security measures that are deter-
mined effective under the study. 
SEC. 6. PASSENGER, BAGGAGE, AND CARGO SCREENING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY AND REPORT.—The 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and 
Transportation Security, in cooperation with the Secretary 
of Transportation, shall— 
(1) analyze the cost and feasibility of requiring 
security screening for passengers, baggage, and mail 
on passenger trains; and 
(2) report the results of the study, together 
with any recommendations that the Under Secretary 
may have for implementing a rail security screening 
program to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate within 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.—As part of the study under 
subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall complete a pilot
program of random security screening of passengers and 
baggage at 5 passenger rail stations served by Amtrak se-
lected by the Under Secretary. In conducting the pilot pro-
gram, the Under Secretary shall— 
(1) test a wide range of explosives detection 
technologies, devices, and methods; 
(2) require that intercity rail passengers 
produce government-issued photographic identifica-
tion which matches the name on the passenger’s 
tickets prior to boarding trains; and 
(3) attempt to achieve a distribution of partici-
pating train stations in terms of geographic location, 
size, passenger volume, and whether the station is 
used by commuter rail passengers as well as Amtrak 
passengers. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Se-
curity to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006. 
SEC. 7. CERTAIN PERSONNEL LIMITATIONS NOT TO APPLY. 
Any statutory limitation on the number of employees 
in the Transportation Security Administration of the De-
partment of Transportation, before or after its transfer 
to the Department of Homeland Security, does not apply
to the extent that any such employees are responsible for 
implementing the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 8. FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) LIFE SAFETY NEEDS.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation is authorized to make grants to Amtrak for the 
purpose of making fire and life-safety improvements to 
tunnels on the Northeast Corridor in New York, New 
York, Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, District of 
Columbia. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation for the purposes of carrying out subsection 
(a) the following amounts: 
(1) For the 6 New York tunnels to provide ven-
tilation, electrical, and fire safety technology up-
grades, emergency communication and lighting sys-
tems, and emergency access and egress for pas-
sengers— 
(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(D) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
and 
(E) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.