ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate that only 
those Office of Inspection employees of the Adminis-
tration who meet the requirements of sections 
8331(20), 8401(17), and 5545a of title 5, United 
States Code, are classified as criminal investigators 
and are receiving premium pay and other benefits 
associated with such classification. 
(2) EMPLOYEE
RECLASSIFICATION.—The Ad-
ministrator shall reclassify criminal investigator po-
sitions in the Office of Inspection of the Administra-
tion as noncriminal investigator positions or non-law 
enforcement positions if the individuals in such posi-
tions do not, or are not expected to, spend an aver-
age of at least 50 percent of their time performing 
criminal investigative duties. 
(3) PROJECTED COST SAVINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall estimate the total long-term cost savings 
to the Federal Government resulting from the 
implementation of paragraph (2), and provide 
such estimate to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate by not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The estimate described 
in subparagraph (A) shall identify savings asso-
ciated with the positions reclassified under 
paragraph (2) and include, among other factors 
the Administrator considers appropriate, sav-
ings from— 
(i) law enforcement training; 
(ii) early retirement benefits; 
(iii) law enforcement availability and 
other premium pay; and 
(iv) weapons, vehicles, and commu-
nications devices. 
(c) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
that the Administrator submits the certification under 
subsection (b)(1), the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a study— 
(1) reviewing the employee requirements, re-
sponsibilities, and benefits of criminal investigators
in the Office of Inspection of the Administration 
with criminal investigators employed at agencies ad-
hering to the Office of Personnel Management em-
ployee classification system; and 
(2) identifying any inconsistencies and costs im-
plications for differences between the varying em-
ployee requirements, responsibilities, and benefits. 
SEC. 203. REPEAL OF BIENNIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 
OFFICE RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING PLAN. 
Subsection (u) of section 114 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking paragraph (7); and 
(2) redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively. 
SEC. 204. SECURITY TRAINING FOR FRONTLINE TRANSPOR-
TATION WORKERS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
regarding the status of the implementation of sections
1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137) and 1534 (6 U.S.C. 1184) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53). The Administrator 
shall include in such report specific information on the 
challenges that the Administrator has encountered since 
the date of the enactment of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 with 
respect to establishing regulations requiring the provision 
of basic security training to public transportation frontline 
employees and over-the-road bus frontline employees for 
preparedness for potential security threats and conditions. 
SEC. 205. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a feasi-
bility assessment of partnering with an independent, not- 
for-profit organization to help provide venture capital to 
businesses, particularly small businesses, for commer-
cialization of innovative homeland security technologies 
that are expected to be ready for commercialization in the 
near term and within 36 months. In conducting such feasi-
bility assessment, the Administrator shall consider the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Establishing an independent, not-for-profit 
organization, modeled after the In-Q-tel program, a 
venture capital partnership between the private sec-
tor and the intelligence community (as such term is 
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)), to help businesses, 
particularly small businesses, commercialize innova-
tive security-related technologies. 
(2) Enhanced engagement, either through the 
Science and Technology Directorate of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security or directly, with the In- 
Q-tel program described in paragraph (1). 
Passed the House of Representatives February 23, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.