I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 396 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 
of 2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public transportation 
security assistance grants and establish periods of performance for such 
grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2021 
Mr. GARBARINO (for himself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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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(5) Recommendations to improve the manner in 
which public transportation security assistance grant 
program funds address vulnerabilities in public 
transportation infrastructure. 
(6) Recommendations to improve the manage-
ment and administration of the public transportation 
security assistance grant program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and again not later than five 
years after such date of enactment, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the review re-
quired under this section. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives, provided that such statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
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