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(B) a plan, developed in consultation with
the freight and intercity passenger railroads, and
State and local governments, for the government
to provide increased security support at high or
severe threat levels of alert; and
(C) a plan for coordinating rail security
initiatives undertaken by the public and private
sectors.
(2) FORMAT.—The Under Secretary may submit
the report in both classified and redacted formats if
the Under Secretary determines that such action is
appropriate or necessary.
(d) 2-YEAR UPDATES.—The Under Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall update
the assessment and recommendations every 2 years and
transmit a report, which may be submitted in both classi-
fied and redacted formats, to the Committees named in sub-
section (c)(1), containing the updated assessment and rec-
ommendations.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 to carry out this section.
SEC. 503. RAIL SECURITY.
(a) RAIL POLICE OFFICERS.—Section 28101 of title
49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the rail
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carrier’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any rail car-
rier’’.
(b) REVIEW OF RAIL REGULATIONS.—Not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Under
Secretary, shall review existing rail regulations of the De-
partment of Transportation for the purpose of identifying
areas in which those regulations need to be revised to im-
prove rail security.
SEC. 504. STUDY OF FOREIGN RAIL TRANSPORT SECURITY
PROGRAMS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall complete a study of the
rail passenger transportation security programs that are
carried out for rail transportation systems in Japan, mem-
ber nations of the European Union, and other foreign coun-
tries.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the study conducted
under subsection (a) shall be to identify effective rail trans-
portation security measures that are in use in foreign rail
transportation systems, including innovative measures and
screening procedures determined effective.
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit
a report on the results of the study conducted under sub-
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section (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives. The report shall include the Comptroller Gen-
eral’s assessment regarding whether it is feasible to imple-
ment within the United States any of the same or similar
security measures that are determined effective under the
study.
SEC. 505. PASSENGER, BAGGAGE, AND CARGO SCREENING.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY AND REPORT.—The
Under Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of
Transportation, shall—
(1) conduct a study to analyze the cost and feasi-
bility of requiring security screening for passengers,
baggage, and cargo on passenger trains; and
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, submit a report containing the
results of the study and any recommendations that
the Under Secretary may have for implementing a
rail security screening program to—
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation and the Committee of Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.—As part of the study conducted
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,
which shall be selected by the Under Secretary. In con-
ducting the pilot program under this subsection, the Under
Secretary shall—
(1) test a wide range of explosives detection tech-
nologies, devices, and methods;
(2) require that intercity rail passengers produce
government-issued photographic identification, which
matches the name on the passenger’s tickets before the
passenger boarding a train; and
(3) attempt to give preference to locations at the
highest risk of terrorist attack and achieve a distribu-
tion of participating train stations in terms of geo-
graphic location, size, passenger volume, and whether
the station is used by commuter rail passengers and
Amtrak passengers.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary to
carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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SEC. 506. 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 im-
plementing the provisions of this title.
SEC. 507. FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) LIFE-SAFETY NEEDS.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation may award grants to Amtrak for the purpose of
making fire and life-safety improvements to Amtrak tunnels
on the Northeast Corridor in New York, New York, Balti-
more, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation 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
passengers—
(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
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(D) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(2) For the Baltimore & Potomac tunnel and the
Union tunnel, together, to provide adequate drainage,
ventilation, communication, lighting, and passenger
egress upgrades—
(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(B) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(C) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(D) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(3) For the Washington, DC Union Station tun-
nels to improve ventilation, communication, lighting,
and passenger egress upgrades—
(A) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(C) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(D) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(c) INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for the preliminary design
of options for a new tunnel on a different alignment to aug-
ment the capacity of the existing Baltimore tunnels.
(d) AVAILABILITY
OF
APPROPRIATED
FUNDS.—
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall re-
main available until expended.