(b) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of issuance of the regulations under 
subsection (a), the vulnerability assessments and security 
plans required by such regulations for a provider of cov-
ered transportation assigned to a high- or medium-risk 
tier shall be completed and submitted to the Secretary for 
review and approval. 
(c) VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall 
provide technical assistance and guidance to pro-
viders of covered transportation in conducting vul-
nerability assessments under this section and shall 
require that each vulnerability assessment of a pro-
vider of covered transportation assigned to a high- 
or medium-risk tier under section 4 include, at a 
minimum— 
(A) identification and evaluation of critical 
covered transportation assets and infrastruc-
tures of the provider, including platforms, sta-
tions, bus and intermodal terminals, tunnels, 
bridges, switching and storage areas, and infor-
mation systems; 
(B) identification of the threats to those 
assets and infrastructures; 
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(C) identification of the security weak-
nesses of the covered transportation in— 
(i) physical security; 
(ii) passenger and cargo security; 
(iii) programmable electronic devices, 
computers, or other automated systems 
which are used in providing the transpor-
tation; 
(iv) alarms, cameras, and other pro-
tection systems; 
(v) communications systems, including 
dispatching services and mobile service 
equipment systems, to provide access to 
emergency services in underground fixed 
guideway systems; 
(vi) utilities; 
(vii) emergency response planning; 
(viii) employee training; and 
(ix) such other matters as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
(D) identification of redundant and backup 
systems required to ensure the continued oper-
ations of critical elements of the covered trans-
portation in the event of an attack or other in-
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cident, including disruption of commercial elec-
tric power or communications network. 
(2) THREAT INFORMATION.—A provider of cov-
ered transportation conducting a vulnerability as-
sessment under this section shall incorporate in the 
assessment any threat information provided by the 
Secretary and other sources. 
(d) SECURITY PLANS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall 
provide technical assistance and guidance to pro-
viders of covered transportation in preparing and 
implementing security plans under this section and 
shall require that each security plan of each provider 
of covered transportation assigned a high- or me-
dium-risk under section 4 include, at a minimum— 
(A) identification of a security coordinator 
having authority— 
(i) to implement security actions 
under the plan; 
(ii) to coordinate security improve-
ments described in sections 7, 8, and 9; 
and 
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(iii) to require immediate communica-
tions from appropriate Federal officials re-
garding covered transportation security; 
(B) security measures to address the secu-
rity performance requirements of covered trans-
portation; 
(C) plans for periodic exercises under sec-
tion 12 that include participation by local law 
enforcement agencies and emergency responders 
as appropriate; 
(D) a list of needed capital and operational 
improvements described in sections 7, 8, and 9; 
(E) procedures to be implemented or used 
by the provider in response to a terrorist at-
tack, including evacuation and passenger com-
munication plans; 
(F) identification of steps taken with State 
and local law enforcement agencies, emergency 
responders, and Federal officials to coordinate 
security measures and plans for response to a 
terrorist attack; 
(G) a strategy and timeline for conducting 
training under section 11, including recurrent 
training and periodic unannounced exercises for 
employees of the provider to be carried out 
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under the plan to prevent, prepare for, or re-
spond to a terrorist attack; 
(H) enhanced security measures to be 
taken by the provider when the Secretary de-
clares a period of heightened security risk; 
(I) plans for redundant and backup sys-
tems required to ensure the continued operation 
of critical covered transportation elements of 
the provider in the event of a terrorist attack 
or other incident; 
(J) plans for locating, including by covert 
electronic devices, shipments of railroad cars 
transporting extremely hazardous materials or 
nuclear waste so that, if the assets are lost or 
stolen, the provider and law enforcement au-
thorities may locate, track, and recover the as-
sets; and 
(K) such other actions or procedures as 
the Secretary determines are appropriate to ad-
dress the covered transportation security of the 
provider to a terrorist attack. 
(2) CONSISTENCY
WITH
OTHER
PLANS.—The 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Transportation, shall ensure that each security plan 
under this section is consistent with the require-
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ments of the National Strategy for Rail and Public 
Transportation Security described in section 3. 
(e) PROVIDED BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
provide, in a timely manner to the maximum extent prac-
ticable under applicable authority and in the interest of 
national security, to the provider of the covered transpor-
tation threat information that is relevant to the provider 
when preparing and submitting vulnerabilities and secu-
rity plans, including an assessment of the most likely 
method that could be used by terrorists to exploit weak-
nesses in the covered transportation security and the like-
lihood of success by such terrorists. 
(f) SECURITY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish security perform-
ance requirements for the security plans required for pro-
viders of covered transportation. The regulations shall— 
(1) require separate and increasingly stringent 
security performance requirements for security plans 
as the level of risk associated with the tier increases; 
and 
(2) permit each provider of covered transpor-
tation submitting a security plan to select a com-
bination of security measures that satisfy the secu-
rity performance requirements established by the 
Secretary under this subsection. 
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(g) DEADLINE FOR REVIEW PROCESS.—Not later 
than 12 months after the date of the issuance of the regu-
lations under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall— 
(1) review each vulnerability assessment and se-
curity plan submitted to the Secretary in accordance 
with subsection (b); 
(2) require amendments to any security plan 
that does not meet the requirements of this section, 
including the regulations issued under subsection 
(a); 
(3) approve any vulnerability assessment or se-
curity plan that meets the requirements of this sec-
tion, including such regulations; and 
(4) review each security plan periodically there-
after. 
(h) INTERIM SECURITY MEASURES.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall 
require, during the period before the deadline established 
under subsection (b), each provider of covered transpor-
tation required to submit a security plan under subsection 
(b) to implement any necessary interim security measures 
to deter, mitigate, and respond to, to the maximum extent 
practicable, a transportation security incident with respect 
to the covered transportation or a substantive threat of 
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such an incident until the security plan of the provider 
is approved. 
(i) NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to require the disclosure of a vulnerability 
assessment or a security plan of a provider of cov-
ered transportation to the extent that such informa-
tion is exempted from mandatory disclosure under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) OTHER OBLIGATIONS UNAFFECTED.—Noth-
ing in this section shall affect any obligation of the 
provider of covered transportation to submit or 
make available information to covered transportation 
employees, nonprofit employee labor organizations, 
or a Federal, State, or local government agency 
under, or otherwise to comply with, any other law. 
(3) SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
as authorizing the withholding of any information 
from Congress. 
(4) DISCLOSURE
OF
INDEPENDENTLY
FUR-
NISHED
INFORMATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as affecting any authority or obli-
gation of a Federal agency to disclose any record or 
information that the Federal agency obtains from a 
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provider of covered transportation under any other 
law. 
(j) PENALTIES.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may im-
pose an administrative penalty of not more than 
$100,000 for failure to comply with this sec-
tion, including regulations issued under sub-
section (a). 
(B) NOTICE
AND
OPPORTUNITY
TO
RE-
QUEST HEARING.—Before imposing a penalty 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
provide to the person against whom the penalty 
is to be imposed— 
(i) written notice of the proposed pen-
alty; and 
(ii) the opportunity to request, not 
later than 30 days after the date on which 
the person receives the notice, a hearing on 
the proposed penalty. 
(C) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may 
issue regulations establishing the procedures for 
administrative hearings and appropriate review 
of penalties imposed under this Act, including 
deadlines. 
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(2) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
bring an action in a United States district court 
against any provider of covered transportation 
that violates or fails to comply with this Act, in-
cluding regulations issued under subsection (a), 
or a security plan approved by the Secretary 
under this section. 
(B) RELIEF.—In any action under this 
Act, a court may issue an order for injunctive 
relief and may impose a civil penalty of not 
more than $75,000 for each day on which a vio-
lation occurs or a failure to comply continues. 
(3) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—A provider of cov-
ered transportation who intentionally violates this 
section, including regulations issued under sub-
section (a), shall be fined not more than $50,000 for 
each day of such violation, imprisoned for not more 
than 2 years, or both. 
(k) 
EXISTING
PROCEDURES, 
PROTOCOLS
AND 
STANDARDS.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—In response to a peti-
tion by a provider of covered transportation or at 
the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may 
recognize existing procedures, protocols, and stand-
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ards of a provider of covered transportation that the 
Secretary determines to meet all or part of the re-
quirements of this section, including regulations 
issued under subsection (a), regarding vulnerability 
assessments and security plans. 
(2) ELECTION.—Upon review and written de-
termination by the Secretary that existing proce-
dures, protocols, or standards of a provider of cov-
ered transportation satisfy all of the requirements of 
this section, including regulations issued under sub-
section (a), the provider may elect to comply with 
those procedures, protocols, or standards instead of 
the requirements of this section. 
(3) PARTIAL APPROVAL.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the existing procedures, protocols, or 
standards of a provider of covered transportation 
satisfy only part of the requirements of this section, 
including regulations issued under subsection (a), 
the Secretary may accept those submissions, but 
shall require submission by the provider of any addi-
tional information relevant to vulnerability assess-
ments and security plans of the provider to ensure 
that the remaining requirements of this section are 
fulfilled. 
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(4) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that particular existing procedures, protocols, 
or standards of a provider of covered transportation 
under this subsection do not satisfy the require-
ments of this section, including regulations issued 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to 
such provider a written notification that includes an 
explanation of the reasons why the determination 
could not be made. 
(5) REVIEW.—Nothing in this subsection shall 
relieve the Secretary of the obligation— 
(A) to review the vulnerability assessment 
and security plan submitted by a provider of 
covered transportation under this section; and 
(B) to approve or disapprove each submis-
sion on an individual basis. 
(l) PERIODIC REVIEW BY PROVIDER OF COVERED 
TRANSPORTATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF REVIEW.—Not later than 3 
years after the date on which a vulnerability assess-
ment or security plan required to be submitted to 
the Secretary under subsection (b) is submitted, and 
at least once every 5 years thereafter (or on such a 
schedule as the Secretary may establish by regula-
tion), the provider of covered transportation who 
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submitted the vulnerability assessment or security 
plan shall also submit to the Secretary a review of 
the adequacy of the vulnerability assessment or secu-
rity plan that includes a description of any changes 
made to the vulnerability assessment or security 
plan. 
(2) 
REVIEW
OF
REVIEW.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
(A) ensure that a review required under 
paragraph (1) is submitted not later than the 
applicable date; and 
(B) not later than 6 months after the date 
on which a review is submitted under para-
graph (1), review the review and notify the pro-
vider of covered transportation submitting the 
review of the Secretary’s approval or dis-
approval of the covered provider’s review. 
(m) SHARED FACILITIES.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, may per-
mit under this section the development and implementa-
tion of coordinated vulnerability assessments and security 
plans to the extent 2 or more providers of covered trans-
portation have shared facilities (such as tunnels, bridges, 
or stations, or facilities) that are geographically close or 
otherwise co-located. 
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SEC. 6. INFORMATION SHARING PLAN. 
(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 Transportation, shall develop 
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a railroad, public transportation, and over-the-road bus in-
formation sharing plan to ensure the development of both 
tactical and strategic intelligence products pertaining to 
the threats and vulnerabilities to covered transportation 
for dissemination to Federal, State, and local agencies, 
tribal governments, and appropriate stakeholders. 
(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—The plan submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of how intelligence analysts in 
the Transportation Security Administration are co-
ordinating with other intelligence analysts in the De-
partment and other Federal, State, and local agen-
cies; 
(2) reasonable deadlines for the completion of 
any organizational changes within the Department 
to accommodate implementation of the plan; and 
(3) a description of resource needs for fulfilling 
the plan. 
(c) UPDATES.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTATION.— 
After the plan is submitted under subsection (a), the 
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Secretary shall certify to the appropriate congres-
sional committees when the plan has been imple-
mented. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—After the Secretary 
provides the certification under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall provide a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees each year thereafter on the 
following: 
(A) The number and brief description of 
each railroad, public transportation, and over- 
the-road bus intelligence report created and dis-
seminated under the plan. 
(B) The classification of each report as 
tactical or strategic. 
(C) The numbers of different government, 
law enforcement, and public or private sector 
partners who were provided with each intel-
ligence product. 
(d) ANNUAL SURVEYS.—The Secretary shall conduct 
an annual survey of the satisfaction of each of the recipi-
ents of railroad, public transportation, and over-the-road 
bus intelligence reports created and disseminated under 
the plan and include the results of the survey as part of 
the corresponding annual report provided under sub-
section (c)(2). 
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(e) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Department shall 
assist the appropriate Federal, State, regional, local, and 
tribal authorities, in addition to appropriate stakeholders, 
in obtaining the security clearances needed to receive clas-
sified covered transportation security information as nec-
essary if this information cannot be disseminated in an 
unclassified format. 
(f) CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIAL.—To the greatest 
extent possible, the Department shall provide appropriate 
stakeholders with information in an unclassified format. 
SEC. 7. RAIL SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a pro-
gram for making grants to eligible entities for security im-
provements described in subsection (b). 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
this section shall use the grant funds for one or more of 
the following: 
(1) Perimeter protection systems, including ac-
cess control, installation of improved lighting, fenc-
ing, and barricades at railroad facilities. 
(2) Technologies for reduction of rail car vul-
nerability. 
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(3) Passenger railroad station security redevel-
opment and capital improvement projects that the 
Secretary determines enhance rail station security. 
(4) Security improvements to passenger rail-
road stations and other railroad transportation in-
frastructure. 
(5) Tunnel protection systems. 
(6) Evacuation improvements. 
(7) Inspection technologies, including verified 
visual inspection technologies using hand-held read-
ers and discs. 
(8) 
Communications 
equipment, 
including 
equipment that is interoperable with Federal, State, 
and local agencies and tribal governments. 
(9) Chemical, biological, radiological, or explo-
sive detection, including canine patrols for such de-
tection. 
(10) Surveillance equipment. 
(11) Cargo or passenger screening equipment. 
(12) Emergency response equipment, including 
fire suppression and decontamination equipment, 
personal protective equipment, and defibrillators. 
(13) Global positioning or tracking and recovery 
equipment. 
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(14) Redundant critical operations control sys-
tems. 
(15) Operating and capital costs associated 
with security awareness, preparedness, and response 
training, including training under section 11 and 
training developed by universities and institutions of 
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor 
organizations, for front-line railroad employees. 
(16) Live or simulated exercises described in 
section 12. 
(17) Overtime reimbursement for additional se-
curity personnel during periods of heightened secu-
rity as determined by the Secretary. 
(18) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced 
rail security. 
(19) Operational costs for personnel assigned to 
full-time security or counterterrorism duties related 
to rail transportation. 
(20) Such other security improvements as the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES.—In estab-
lishing guidelines for applications for grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall establish a list in order of pri-
ority regarding uses of funds for grant recipients under 
this section. 
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(d) MULTIYEAR AWARDS.—Pursuant to this section, 
the Secretary may issue multi-year grants for not longer 
than a 5-year period. 
(e) LETTERS OF INTENT.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue a let-
ter of intent to a recipient of a grant under this sec-
tion, to commit funding from future budget author-
ity of an amount, not more than the Federal Gov-
ernment’s share of the project’s cost, for a capital 
improvement project. 
(2) SCHEDULE.—The letter of intent under this 
subsection shall establish a schedule under which the 
Secretary will reimburse the recipient for the Fed-
eral Government’s share of the project’s costs, as 
amounts become available, if the recipient, after the 
Secretary issues that letter, carries out the project 
without receiving amounts under a grant issued 
under this section. 
(3) NOTICE TO SECRETARY.—A recipient that 
has been issued a letter of intent under this section 
shall notify the Secretary of the recipient’s intent to 
carry out a project before the project begins. 
(4) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional 
Committees a written notification at least 3 days be-
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fore the issuance of a letter of intent under this sub-
section. 
(5) LIMITATIONS.—A letter of intent issued 
under this subsection is not an obligation of the 
Federal Government under section 1501 of title 31, 
United States Code, and the letter is not deemed to 
be an administrative commitment for financing. An 
obligation or administrative commitment may be 
made only as amounts are provided in authorization 
and appropriations laws. 
(6) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit the obliga-
tion of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent under 
this section in the same fiscal year as the letter of 
intent is issued. 
(f) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Eligible entities for a grant 
under this section may include State, local, and trib-
al governmental entities, as well as infrastructure 
owners, including railroad carriers, private entities 
and public-private entities, or their designees. 
(2) PROJECT
ELIGIBILITY.—A recipient of a 
grant under this section may use grant funds only 
for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further 
a rail security plan developed, submitted to, and ap-
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proved by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Transportation, under section 5. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), a grant for a project under this 
section shall be for 80 percent of the net cost of the 
project. 
(2) SMALL PROJECT EXCEPTION.—If a grant 
under this section is for a project with a net cost of 
$25,000 or less, the Federal share for the grant 
shall be for 100 percent of such cost. 
(3) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.—If the 
Secretary determines, upon written notice to the ap-
propriate congressional committees, that a higher 
Federal share for a grant under this section is nec-
essary to respond to an urgent threat to national se-
curity, the Secretary may increase the Federal share 
for the grant to up to 100 percent of the net cost 
of the project. 
(4) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall only 
apply to freight rail carriers. 
(h) SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STANDARDS.—The Sec-
retary shall require a recipient of a grant under this sec-
tion and section 10 to comply with the standards of sec-
tion 24312 of title 49, United States Code, as in effect 
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on January 1, 2007, with respect to the project in the 
same manner as the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration is required to comply with such standards for 
construction work financed under an agreement made 
under section 24308(a) of that title. 
(i) LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS.—A grant made 
under this section may not be used to— 
(1) supplant State or local funds for activities 
described in subsection (c); and 
(2) make any State or local government cost- 
sharing contribution under any other law. 
(j) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each recipient of a grant 
under this section shall report annually to the Secretary 
on the use of grant funds. 
(k) GUIDELINES.—Before distribution of funds to re-
cipients of grants under this section, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall issue 
guidelines to ensure that recipients of grants under this 
section use small, minority, women-owned, and disadvan-
taged businesses as contractors or subcontractors to the 
extent practicable. 
(l) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall be responsible 
for monitoring the manner in which the grants are used. 
(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $600,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for making grants 
under this section. 
(2) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Sums appro-
priated to carry out this section shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 8. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a pro-
gram for making grants to an eligible public transpor-
tation designated recipient for security improvements de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for one or more 
of the following: 
(1) Perimeter protection systems, including ac-
cess control, installation improved lighting, fencing, 
and barricades. 
(2) Security improvements to stations and other 
public transportation infrastructure. 
(3) Tunnel protection systems. 
(4) Evacuation improvements. 
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(5) Inspection technologies, including verified 
visual inspection technologies using hand-held read-
ers and discs. 
(6) Communications equipment, including mo-
bile service equipment to provide access to emer-
gency services in an underground fixed guideway 
system. 
(7) Chemical, biological, or radiological or ex-
plosive detection, including canine patrols for such 
detection. 
(8) Surveillance equipment. 
(9) Emergency response equipment, including 
fire suppression and decontamination equipment, 
personal protective equipment, and defibrillators. 
(10) Global positioning or tracking and recovery 
equipment. 
(11) Redundant critical operations control sys-
tems. 
(12) Live or simulated exercises described in 
section 12. 
(13) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced 
public transportation security. 
(14) Operating and capital costs associated 
with security awareness, preparedness, and response 
training, including training under section 11 and 
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training developed by universities and institutions of 
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor 
organizations, for front-line public transportation 
employees. 
(15) Overtime reimbursement for additional se-
curity personnel during periods of heightened secu-
rity as determined by the Secretary. 
(16) Operational costs for personnel assigned to 
full-time security or counterterrorism duties related 
to public transportation. 
(17) Such other security improvements as the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Eligible entities for a grant 
under this section may include public transportation 
agencies and State, local, and tribal governmental 
entities that provide security or counterterrorism re-
lated services to public transportation. 
(2) PROJECT
ELIGIBILITY.—A recipient of a 
grant under this section may use grant funds only 
for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further 
a public transportation security plan developed, sub-
mitted to, and approved by the Secretary in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, 
under section 5. 
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(d) SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES.—In estab-
lishing guidelines for applications for grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall establish a list in order of pri-
ority regarding uses of funds for grant recipients under 
this section. 
(e) SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN TERMS
AND CONDI-
TIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically provided in this 
section, a grant provided under this section shall be sub-
ject to the terms and conditions applicable to a grant 
made under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
under effect on January 1, 2007, and such other terms 
and conditions as are determined necessary by the Sec-
retary. 
(f) LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS.—Grants made 
under this section may not be used to— 
(1) supplant State or local funds for activities 
described in subsection (c); and 
(2) make any State or local government cost- 
sharing contribution under any other law. 
(g) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each recipient of a grant 
under this section shall report annually to the Secretary 
on the use of the grant funds. 
(h) GUIDELINES.—Before distribution of funds to re-
cipients of grants under this section, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall issue 
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guidelines to ensure that recipients of grants under this 
section use small, minority, women-owned, and disadvan-
taged businesses as contractors or subcontractors to the 
extent practicable. 
(i) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall be responsible 
for monitoring the manner in which the grants are used. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to make grants under 
this section— 
(A) $775,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(B) $825,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(C) $880,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(D) $880,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
(2) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Sums appro-
priated to carry out this section shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 9. OVER-THE-ROAD BUS SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a pro-
gram for making grants for eligible private operators pro-
viding transportation by an over-the-road bus for security 
improvements described in subsection (b). 
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(b) USES OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant received 
under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for one or 
more of the following: 
(1) Constructing and modifying terminals, ga-
rages, facilities, or over-the-road buses to increase 
their security. 
(2) Protecting or isolating the driver of an over- 
the-road bus. 
(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 for information links with government 
agencies. 
(4) Installing cameras and video surveillance 
equipment on over-the-road buses and at terminals, 
garages, and over-the-road bus facilities. 
(5) Establishing and improving an emergency 
communications system linking drivers and over-the- 
road buses to the recipient’s operations center or 
linking the operations center to law enforcement and 
emergency personnel. 
(6) Implementing and operating passenger 
screening programs for weapons and explosives. 
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(7) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced 
over-the-road bus security. 
(8) Operating and capital costs associated with 
security awareness, preparedness, and response 
training, including training under section 11 and 
training developed by universities and institutions of 
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor 
organizations, for front-line over-the-road bus em-
ployees. 
(9) Chemical, biological, radiological, or explo-
sive detection, including canine patrols for such de-
tection. 
(10) Overtime reimbursement for additional se-
curity personnel during periods of heightened secu-
rity as determined by the Secretary. 
(11) Live or simulated exercises described in 
section 12. 
(12) Operational costs for personnel assigned to 
full-time security or counterterrorism duties related 
to over-the-road bus transportation. 
(13) Such other improvements as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Eligible entities for a grant 
under this section may include over-the-road bus 
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providers and State, local, and tribal governmental 
entities that provide security or counterterrorism re-
lated services to over-the-road bus providers. 
(2) PROJECT
ELIGIBILITY.—A recipient of a 
grant under this section may use grant funds only 
for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further 
an over-the-road bus security plan developed, sub-
mitted to, and approved by the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, 
under section 5. 
(d) SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES.—In estab-
lishing guidelines for applications for grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall establish a list in order of pri-
ority regarding uses of funds for grant recipients under 
this section. 
(e) SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN TERMS
AND CONDI-
TIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically provided in this 
section, a grant made under this section shall be subject 
to the terms and conditions applicable to subrecipients 
who provide intercity bus transportation under section 
5311(f) of title 49, United States Code, and such other 
terms and conditions as are determined necessary by the 
Secretary. 
(f) LIMITATION ON USES OF FUNDS.—A grant made 
under this section may not be used to— 
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