I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4106 
To provide for the security and safety of rail transportation systems in 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. WELDON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To provide for the security and safety of rail transportation 
systems in the United States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Railroad Security and Public Awareness Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Rail worker security training program. 
Sec. 3. Public awareness. 
Sec. 4. Railroad security upgrades.
SEC. 2. RAIL WORKER SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with appropriate law enforce-
ment, security, and terrorism experts, representatives of 
railroad carriers, and nonprofit employee organizations 
that represent rail workers, shall develop and issue de-
tailed guidance for a rail worker security training program 
to prepare front-line workers for potential threat condi-
tions. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The guidance developed 
under subsection (a) shall require such a program to in-
clude, at a minimum, elements that address the following: 
(1) Determination of the seriousness of any oc-
currence. 
(2) Crew communication and coordination. 
(3) Appropriate responses to defend oneself. 
(4) Use of protective devices. 
(5) Evacuation procedures. 
(6) Psychology of terrorists to cope with hi-
jacker behavior and passenger responses. 
(7) Live situational training exercises regarding 
various threat conditions, including tunnel evacu-
ation procedures. 
(8) All employee training provisions included in 
the 
Transportation 
Security 
Directive 
(SD
RAILPAX–04–01 and SD RAILRAX–04–02) issued 
under the authority of section 114 of title 49, 
United States Code, by the Transportation Security 
Administration on May 20, 2004. 
(9) Any other areas that the Secretary deems 
appropriate. 
(c) RAILROAD CARRIER PROGRAMS.—Not later than 
60 days after the Secretary issues guidance under sub-
section (a) in final form, each railroad carrier shall develop 
a rail worker security training program in accordance with 
that guidance and submit it to the Secretary for approval. 
Not later than 30 days after receiving a railroad carrier’s 
program under this subsection, the Secretary shall review 
the program and approve it or require the railroad carrier 
to make any revisions the Secretary considers necessary 
for the program to meet the guidance requirements. 
(d) TRAINING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
Secretary approves the training program developed by a 
railroad carrier under this section, the railroad carrier 
shall complete the training of all front-line workers in ac-
cordance with that program. 
(e) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update the train-
ing guidance issued under subsection (a) from time to 
time to reflect new or different security threats, and re-