‘‘(2) MEETINGS.—The working group shall 
meet at least semiannually and provide annual re-
ports to the Assistant Secretary with recommenda-
tions to improve the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s initiatives relating to passenger rail, over- 
the-road bus, and public transportation security, in-
cluding grant, training, inspection, or other relevant 
programs authorized in titles XIII and XIV, and 
subtitle C of title XV of this Act. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The working group shall 
be composed of members from the Advisory Com-
mittee with expertise in public transportation, over- 
the-road bus, or passenger rail systems and oper-
ations, all appointed by the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The working group 
shall prepare and submit reports to the Assist-
ant Secretary in accordance with this para-
graph that provide recommendations as de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of the Trans-
portation Security Administration Authorization 
Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the 
working group shall submit a report on the
findings and recommendations developed under 
subparagraph (A) to the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(e) FREIGHT RAIL SECURITY WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall establish within the Advisory Committee a 
freight rail security working group to provide rec-
ommendations for successful implementation of ini-
tiatives relating to freight rail security proposed by 
the Transportation Security Administration in ac-
cordance with statutory requirements, including rel-
evant grant programs and security training provi-
sions. 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.—The working group shall 
meet at least semiannually and provide annual re-
ports to the Assistant Secretary with recommenda-
tions to improve the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s initiatives relating to freight rail security, 
including grant, training, inspection, or other rel-
evant programs authorized in titles XIII and XV of 
this Act. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The working group shall 
be composed of members from the Advisory Com-
mittee with expertise in freight rail systems and op-
erations, all appointed by the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The working group 
shall prepare and submit reports to the Assist-
ant Secretary in accordance with this para-
graph that provide recommendations as de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of the Trans-
portation Security Administration Authorization 
Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the 
working group shall submit a report on the 
findings and recommendations developed under 
subparagraph (A) to the Assistant Secretary.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53) is amended by adding 
at the end of title XIII (Transportation Security Enchant-
ments) the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1311. Transit Security Advisory Committee.’’. 
SEC. 305. HUMAN CAPITAL PLAN FOR SURFACE TRANSPOR-
TATION SECURITY PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a human capital plan for hiring, training, managing,
and compensating surface transportation security per-
sonnel, including surface transportation security inspec-
tors. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the human cap-
ital plan, the Assistant Secretary shall consult with the 
chief human capital officer of the Department of Home-
land Security, the Director of the Surface Transportation 
Security Inspection Office, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and the Comptroller 
General. 
(c) APPROVAL.—Prior to submission, the human cap-
ital plan shall be reviewed and approved by the chief 
human capital officer of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
SEC. 306. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY TRAIN-
ING. 
(a) STATUS REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate on the status of the Department’s implementation of 
sections 1408, 1517, and 1534 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1137, 1167, and 1184), including detailed time-
frames for development and issuance of the transportation 
security training regulations required under such sections. 
(b) PRIVATE PROVIDERS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall identify criteria and establish a process for 
approving and maintaining a list of approved private 
third-party providers of security training with whom sur-
face transportation entities may enter into contracts, as 
needed, for the purpose of satisfying security training re-
quirements of the Department of Homeland Security, in-
cluding requirements developed under sections 1408, 
1517, and 1534 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1137, 
1167, and 1184), in accordance with section 103 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 307. IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SE-
CURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1406 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 110–53) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘bollards,’’ after ‘‘including’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
after ‘‘including’’ the following: ‘‘projects for
the purpose of demonstrating or assessing the 
capability of such systems and’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) through (k) 
as subsections (f) through (l), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as 
subsections (n) and (o), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) PROCEDURE.— 
‘‘(1) TIMELINE.— 
‘‘(A) AVAILABILITY
OF
APPLICATIONS.— 
Applications for grants under this section for a 
grant cycle shall be made available to eligible 
applicants not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of the appropriations Act for 
the Department of Homeland Security for the 
same fiscal year as the grant cycle. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION
OF
APPLICATIONS.—A 
public transportation agency that is eligible for 
a grant under this section shall submit an ap-
plication for a grant not later than 45 days 
after the applications are made available under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ACTION.—The Secretary shall make a 
determination approving or rejecting each appli-
cation submitted under subparagraph (B), no-
tify the applicant of the determination, and im-
mediately commence any additional processes 
required to allow an approved applicant to 
begin to receive grant funds by not later than 
60 days after date on which the Secretary re-
ceives the application. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION OF COST-SHARING REQUIRE-
MENT.—No grant under this section may require 
any cost-sharing contribution from the grant recipi-
ent or from any related State or local agency. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than the 
date that is 180 days after the last determination 
made under paragraph (1)(C) for a grant cycle, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations and Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report that includes a list of 
all grant awarded under this section for that grant 
cycle for which the grant recipient is not, as of such 
date, able to receive grant funds and an explanation 
of why such funds have not yet been released for use 
by the recipient. 
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE.—
(6) in subsection (o), as redesignated by para-
graph (3) of this section— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to make grants under 
this section— 
‘‘(A) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
except that not more than 30 percent of such 
funds may be used for operational costs under 
subsection (b)(2) of this section; and 
‘‘(B) $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 
except that not more than 30 percent of such 
funds may be used for operational costs under 
subsection (b)(2) of this section.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The limitation on the per-
centage of funds that may be used for operational 
costs under paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
costs involved with or relating to explosives detection 
canine teams acquired or used for the purpose of se-
curing public transportation systems or facilities.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Assistant Secretary shall conduct and complete 
a pilot program to provide grants to not more 
than 7 public transportation agencies eligible 
for security grants under section 1406 of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Pub-
lic Law 110–53) for the purpose of obtaining 
external technical support and expertise to as-
sist such agencies in conducting comprehensive 
security risk assessments of public transpor-
tation systems, resources, and facilities. 
(B) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Assistant Secretary shall identify— 
(i) a comprehensive risk methodology 
for conducting comprehensive security risk 
assessments using grants made under this 
subsection that accounts for all three ele-
ments of risk, including threat, vulner-
ability, and consequence; and
(ii) an approved third-party provider 
of technical support and expertise for the 
purpose of providing external assistance to 
grantees in conducting comprehensive se-
curity risk assessments. 
(C) PARTICIPANTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In selecting public 
transportation agencies to participate in 
the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary 
shall approve eligible agencies based on a 
combination of factors, including risk, 
whether the agency has completed a com-
prehensive security risk assessment re-
ferred to in subparagraph (B)(i) within a 
year preceding the date of enactment of 
this Act, and geographic representation. 
(ii) PRIOR
EFFORTS.—No eligible 
public transportation agency may be de-
nied participation in the pilot program on 
the grounds that it has applied for other 
grants administered by the Department for 
the purpose of conducting a comprehensive 
security risk assessment.
(D) PROHIBITIONS.—In carrying out the 
pilot program the Assistant Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(i) grants awarded under the pilot 
program shall supplement and not replace 
other sources of Federal funding; 
(ii) other sources of Federal funding 
are not taken into consideration when as-
sistance is awarded under the pilot pro-
gram; and 
(iii) no aspect of the pilot program is 
conducted or administered by a component 
of the Department other than the Trans-
portation Security Administration. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the completion of the pilot program, the Assistant 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives a re-
port on the results of the pilot program, including 
an analysis of the feasibility and merit of expanding 
the pilot program to a permanent program and any 
recommendations determined appropriate by the As-
sistant Secretary. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts made available pursuant to section 101 for
fiscal year 2010, $7,000,000 shall be available to the 
Assistant Secretary to carry out this subsection. Any 
amount made available to the Assistant Secretary 
pursuant to this paragraph shall remain available 
until the end of fiscal year 2011. 
(c) REPORT
ON
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report on the status of the Secretary’s implementa-
tion of the recommendations of the Comptroller Gen-
eral with respect to the improvement of the adminis-
tration of security grants under section 1406 of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com-
mission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 
110–53). 
(2) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Before 
the Secretary submits the report required under 
paragraph (1), the report shall be reviewed by the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security. When the Secretary submits the report to
Congress under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
include with the report documentation verifying that 
the report was reviewed by the Inspector General in 
accordance with this paragraph. 
SEC. 308. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS LEARNED FOR SECUR-
ING PASSENGER RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION SYSTEMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) numerous terrorist attacks since September 
11, 2001, have targeted passenger rail or public 
transportation systems; 
(2) nearly 200 people were killed and almost 
2,000 more were injured when terrorists set off 10 
simultaneous explosions on 4 commuter trains in 
Madrid, Spain, on March 11, 2004; 
(3) 50 people were killed and more than 700 in-
jured in successive bombings of 3 transit stations 
and a public bus in London, England, on July 7, 
2005, and a second attack against 4 similar targets 
on July 21, 2005, failed because of faulty deto-
nators; 
(4) more than 200 people were killed and more 
than 700 injured in simultaneous terrorist bombings 
of commuter trains on the Western Line in the sub-
urbs of Mamba, India, on July 11, 2006;
(5) the acts of terrorism in Mamba, India, on 
November 26, 2008, included commando-style at-
tacks on a major railway station; and 
(6) a disproportionately low amount of atten-
tion and resources have been devoted to surface 
transportation security by the Department of Home-
land Security, including the security of passenger 
rail and public transportation systems, as compared 
with aviation security, which has been the primary 
focus of Federal transportation security efforts gen-
erally, and of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration in particular. 
(b) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 
a study on the efforts undertaken by the Secretary and 
Assistant Secretary, as well as other entities determined 
by the Comptroller General to have made significant ef-
forts, since January 1, 2004, to learn from foreign nations 
that have been targets of terrorist attacks on passenger 
rail and public transportation systems in an effort to iden-
tify lessons learned from the experience of such nations 
to improve the execution of Department functions to ad-
dress transportation security gaps in the United States. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the re-
sults of the study. The report shall also include an 
analysis of relevant legal differences that may affect 
the ability of the Department to apply lessons 
learned. 
(2) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Comptroller 
General shall include in the report recommendations 
on how the Department and its components, includ-
ing the Transportation Security Administration, can 
expand efforts to learn from the expertise and the 
security practices of passenger rail and public trans-
portation systems in foreign nations that have expe-
rienced terrorist attacks on such systems. 
SEC. 309. UNDERWATER TUNNEL SECURITY DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The Assistant Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, shall conduct a full-scale dem-
onstration project to test and assess the feasibility and 
effectiveness of certain technologies to enhance the secu-
rity of underwater public transportation tunnels against
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terrorist attacks involving the use of improvised explosive 
devices. 
(b) INFLATABLE PLUGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At least one of the tech-
nologies tested under subsection (a) shall be inflat-
able plugs that may be rapidly deployed to prevent 
flooding of a tunnel. 
(2) FIRST
TECHNOLOGY
TESTED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Assistant Secretary shall carry out a dem-
onstration project that tests the effectiveness of 
using inflatable plugs for the purpose described in 
paragraph (1). 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after completion of the demonstration project under this 
section, the Assistant Secretary shall submit a report to 
the appropriate committees of Congress, including the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, on the results of the demonstration project. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—Of the 
amounts made available under section 101 for fiscal year 
2010, $8,000,000 shall be available to carry out this sec-
tion.
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SEC. 310. PASSENGER RAIL SECURITY DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The Assistant Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, shall conduct a demonstration 
project in a passenger rail system to test and assess the 
feasibility and effectiveness of technologies to strengthen 
the security of passenger rail systems against terrorist at-
tacks involving the use of improvised explosive devices. 
(b) SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES.—The demonstration 
project under this section shall test and assess tech-
nologies to— 
(1) detect improvised explosive devices on sta-
tion platforms, through the use of foreign object de-
tection programs in conjunction with cameras; and 
(2) defeat improvised explosive devices left on 
rail tracks. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after completion of the demonstration project under this 
section, the Assistant Secretary shall submit a report to 
the appropriate committees of Congress, including the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, on the results of the demonstration project.
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SEC. 311. EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE TEAMS. 
Section 1307 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1116) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
increase the number of canine teams certified 
by the Transportation Security Administration 
for the purpose of passenger rail and public 
transportation security activities to not less 
than 200 canine teams by the end of fiscal year 
2011. 
‘‘(B) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall expand the use of canine teams 
to enhance passenger rail and public transpor-
tation security by entering into cooperative 
agreements with passenger rail and public 
transportation agencies eligible for security as-
sistance under section 1406 of this Act for the 
purpose of deploying and maintaining canine 
teams to such agencies for use in passenger rail
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or public transportation security activities and 
providing for assistance in an amount not less 
than $75,000 for each canine team deployed, to 
be adjusted by the Secretary for inflation. 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—From amounts made available under 
section 101 of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration Authorization Act, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this paragraph for fiscal years 2010 and 
2011.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) expand the use of canine teams trained to 
detect vapor wave trails in passenger rail and public 
transportation security environments, as the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary, 
determines appropriate.’’;