IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 15 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation 
Security Administration should, in accordance with existing law, enhance 
security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit systems and other modes of surface transpor-
tation; and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Ms. JACKSON LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Transportation Security Administration should, in 
accordance with existing law, enhance security against 
terrorist attack and other security threats to our Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit systems and other modes 
of surface transportation; and for other purposes. 
Whereas the Transportation Security Administration is 
uniquely positioned to lead the efforts to secure our Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit systems and other modes of 
surface transportation against terrorist attack as a result 
of expertise developed over nine years of securing our Na-
tion’s commercial air transportation system; 
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Whereas the successes of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team 
Program has furthered the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’s ability to secure our Nation’s transpor-
tation systems against terrorist attack by preventing and 
protecting against explosives threats; 
Whereas each weekday 11,300,000 passengers depend on our 
Nation’s mass transit systems as a means of transpor-
tation; 
Whereas rail and mass transit systems serve as an enticing 
target for terrorists and terrorist organizations, such as 
Al Qaeda, as evidenced by the March 11, 2004, attack 
on the Madrid, Spain, rail system, the July 7, 2005, at-
tack on the London, England, mass transit system, the 
July 11, 2006, and November 26, 2008, attacks on the 
Mumbai, India, rail system, and the March 29, 2010, at-
tack on the Moscow, Russia, mass transit system; 
Whereas the Transportation Security Administration Author-
ization Act of 2009, which was passed by the House of 
Representatives on June 4, 2009, in an overwhelming 
and bipartisan manner, expresses Congress’ commitment 
to bolstering the security of rail and mass transit sys-
tems; and 
Whereas securing our Nation’s rail and mass transit systems 
against terrorist attack and other security threats is es-
sential due to their impact on our Nation’s economic sta-
bility and the continued functioning of our national econ-
omy: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Transportation Security Administra-
tion should— 
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(1) continue to enhance security against ter-
rorist attack and other security threats to our Na-
tion’s rail and mass transit systems and other modes 
of surface transportation, including as provided for 
in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53) and 
the Transportation Security Administration Author-
ization Act of 2009 (H.R. 2200 in the 111th Con-
gress); 
(2) continue development of the National Ex-
plosives Detection Canine Team Program, which has 
proven to be an effective tool in securing against ex-
plosives threats to our Nation’s rail and mass transit 
systems, with particular attention to the application 
of its training standards and the establishment of a 
reliable source of domestically bred canines; 
(3) improve upon the success of the Online 
Learning Center by providing increased person-to- 
person professional development programs to ensure 
those responsible for securing our surface transpor-
tation systems against terrorist attack are highly 
trained in both securing those systems against ter-
rorist attack and professional relations with the 
traveling public; and 
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(4) continue to secure our Nation’s mass tran-
sit and rail systems against terrorist attack and 
other security threats, so as to ensure the security 
of commuters on our Nation’s rail and mass transit 
systems and prevent the disruption of rail lines crit-
ical to our Nation’s economy. 
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