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Calendar No. 626 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1313 
[Report No. 116–323] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 15, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
DECEMBER 14, 2020 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/ 
11 Commission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allowable 
uses of funds for public transportation security assist-
ance grants and establish periods of performance for 
such grants, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Transit Security Grant 
Program Flexibility Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 1406(b)(2) of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(b)(2); Public Law 110–53) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and associated backfill’’ after ‘‘se-
curity training’’. 
SEC. 3. PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Pub-
lic Law 110–53) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub-
section (n); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (l) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(m) PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), funds provided pursuant to a grant 
awarded under this section for a use specified in 
subsection (b) shall remain available for use by a 
grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 36 
months. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Funds provided pursuant to 
a grant awarded under this section for a use speci-
fied in subparagraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) 
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shall remain available for use by a grant recipient 
for a period of not fewer than 55 months.’’. 
SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a review of the public trans-
portation security assistance grant program under section 
1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 
110–53). 
(b) SCOPE.—The review required under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the type of projects fund-
ed under the public transportation security grant 
program referred to in such paragraph. 
(2) An assessment of the manner in which such 
projects address threats to public transportation in-
frastructure. 
(3) An assessment of the impact, if any, of this 
Act (including the amendments made by this Act) on 
types of projects funded under the public transpor-
tation security assistance grant program. 
(4) An assessment of the management and ad-
ministration of public transportation security assist-
ance grant program funds by grantees. 
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