(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 
fund the reasonable costs of the Information Shar-
ing and Analysis Center for Public Transportation 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘ISAC’’) estab-
lished pursuant to Presidential Directive 63 to pro-
tect critical infrastructure. 
(2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY PARTICI-
PATION.—The Secretary— 
(A) shall require those public transpor-
tation agencies that the Secretary determines to 
be at significant risk of terrorist attack to par-
ticipate in the ISAC; 
(B) shall encourage all other public trans-
portation agencies to participate in the ISAC; 
and 
(C) shall not charge any public transpor-
tation agency a fee for participation in the 
ISAC. 
SEC. 107. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2008, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that describes the 
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implementation of sections 103 through 106. The Sec-
retary may submit the report in classified and unclassified 
forms. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(1) a description of the state of public transpor-
tation security in the United States; and 
(2) a description of actions taken by Federal, 
State, regional, and local governments and private 
stakeholders to address threats to, and security 
weaknesses in, the public transportation system and 
its assets. 
SEC. 108. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE SECURITY 
TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, appropriate 
law enforcement, security, and terrorism experts, rep-
resentatives of public transportation agencies, and rep-
resentatives of public transportation employees, shall de-
velop and issue guidelines for a public transportation em-
ployee security training program to prepare public trans-
portation employees for potential threat conditions. 
(b) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which Secretary issues guidance under 
subsection (a) in final form, each public transpor-
tation agency that has received or is undergoing a 
public transportation security assessment shall de-
velop an employee training program in accordance 
with such guidance. 
(2) REVIEW
AND
APPROVAL.—Each public 
transportation agency referred to in paragraph (1) 
shall submit its employee training program to the 
Secretary for review and approval or amendment. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one 
year after the date on which the Secretary approves 
an employee training program of a public transpor-
tation agency under paragraph (2), the agency shall 
complete employee training in accordance with such 
program with respect to the employees of the agency 
identified in the agency’s public transportation secu-
rity assessment. Other public transportation agency 
employees may also be trained under the agency’s 
employee training program. 
(c) REPORTING.—As part of the Secretary’s report 
to Congress under section 107, the Secretary shall include 
an analysis of the extent to which public transportation 
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agencies are successfully carrying out the employee train-
ing programs described in this section. 
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) CAPITAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
Subject to subsection (d), there is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out sec-
tion 105(a) for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010. 
(b) OPERATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—Subject to subsection (d), there is authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out section 105(b) for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2010. 
(c) INFORMATION SHARING
AND ANALYSIS CEN-
TER.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
section 106(b) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2010. 
(d) EFFECT
OF RECOMMENDED FUNDING LEV-
ELS.—Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out 
a program authorized by section 105(a) or 105(b) may 
not exceed the recommended funding level for that pro-
gram established by the Secretary for that fiscal year 
under section 104(c). 
(e) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appropriated 
pursuant to this section shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
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TITLE II—OVER-THE-ROAD BUS 
SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. EMERGENCY OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, shall establish a program 
for making grants to private operators of over-the-road 
buses for system-wide security improvements to their oper-
ations, including— 
(1) constructing and modifying terminals, ga-
rages, facilities, or over-the-road buses to assure 
their security; 
(2) protecting or isolating the driver; 
(3) acquiring, upgrading, installing, or oper-
ating equipment, software, or accessorial services for 
collection, storage, or exchange of passenger and 
driver information through ticketing systems or oth-
erwise, and information links with government agen-
cies; 
(4) training employees in recognizing and re-
sponding to security threats, evacuation procedures, 
passenger screening procedures, and baggage inspec-
tion; 
(5) hiring and training security officers; 
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(6) installing cameras and video surveillance 
equipment on over-the-road buses and at terminals, 
garages, and over-the-road bus facilities; 
(7) creating a program for employee identifica-
tion or background investigation; 
(8) establishing an emergency communications 
system linked to law enforcement and emergency 
personnel; and 
(9) implementing and operating passenger 
screening programs at terminals and on over-the- 
road buses. 
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
for which any grant is made under this section shall be 
80 percent. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be subject to all the terms and conditions that 
a grant is subject to under section 3038(f) of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 
5310 note; 112 Stat. 393). 
(d) REPORT ON INDUSTRY PRIORITIES.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall conduct a 
study of— 
(A) the critical assets and systems of the 
nationwide over-the-road bus industry; 
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(B) security threats to the assets and sys-
tems; 
(C) security weaknesses in the assets and 
systems; and 
(D) redundant and backup systems re-
quired to ensure the continued operation of crit-
ical elements of the assets and systems in the 
event of an attack or other incident. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, 
the Administrator shall consult with representatives 
of private over-the-road bus operators and the em-
ployees of such operators. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security a report, based 
on the results of the study, detailing the critical as-
sets, threats, and weaknesses in the over-the-road 
bus industry. The Administrator shall update the re-
port on an annual basis. 
(e) ALLOCATION
OF GRANTS.—The Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall establish priorities for the allo-
cation of grants under this section based on the report 
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required by subsection (d)(3) and shall make grants under 
this section in accordance with those priorities. 
SEC. 202. PLAN REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may not make a grant under section 201 to a private oper-
ator of over-the-road buses until the operator has first 
submitted to the Secretary an application containing— 
(1) a plan for making security improvements 
described in section 201 and the Secretary has ap-
proved the plan; and 
(2) such additional information as the Secretary 
may require to ensure accountability for the obliga-
tion and expenditure of amounts made available to 
the operator under the grant. 
(b) COORDINATION.—To the extent that an applica-
tion for a grant submitted under this section proposes se-
curity improvements within a specific terminal owned and 
operated by an entity other than the applicant, the appli-
cant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
that the applicant has coordinated the security improve-
ments for the terminal with that entity. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH DHS.—In approving plans 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may consult with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
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