‘‘(4) fire suppression and decontamination 
equipment; 
‘‘(5) hazardous material response vehicles; 
‘‘(6) patient extraction equipment; 
‘‘(7) personal protective gear; 
‘‘(8) radiological response equipment, such as 
detectors; and 
‘‘(9) turnout gear and spare turnout gear. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$20,000,000 to carry out this section. Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap-
ters for subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 223 
the following new item: 
‘‘225. EMERGENCY RESPONDER GRANTS ..................................... 22501’’. 
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY RESPONDER TRAINING STANDARDS. 
Section 5116(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘States and Indian tribes’’ and 
inserting ‘‘States, Indian tribes, and nonprofit public 
sector employee organizations’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘To the 
extent that such grants are used to train emergency 
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responders, such training shall ensure that emer-
gency responders have the ability to protect nearby 
persons, property, and the environment from the ef-
fects of accidents or incidents involving the transpor-
tation of hazardous material, in accordance with ex-
isting regulations.’’. 
SEC. 
5. 
INFORMATION 
ON 
HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS 
SHIPPED. 
Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
final rules requiring railroads to inform local communities 
through which they transport hazardous materials of the 
types of hazardous materials most frequently shipped 
through those communities on an annual basis to help as-
sist those communities in their emergency management 
planning. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORTS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration 
a report containing the following: 
(1) A list of each statutory mandate regarding 
railroad safety that has not been implemented. 
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(2) A list of each open safety recommendation 
made by the National Transportation Safety Board 
or the Inspector General regarding railroad safety. 
(b) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.— 
(1) STATUTORY MANDATES.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter until each of the mandates 
referred to in subsection (a)(1) has been imple-
mented, the Secretary shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the specific actions taken to implement such 
mandates. 
(2) NTSB AND
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than January 1 of each 
year, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
containing the recommendations referred to in sec-
tion 2 of this Act and subsection (a)(2) of this sec-
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tion and a copy of the Department of Transpor-
tation response to each such recommendation. 
Æ 
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