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 
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 material
changes made to the vulnerability assessment or se-
curity plan. 
(2) REVIEW OF REVIEW.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which a review is submitted, 
the Secretary shall review the review and notify the 
provider of covered transportation submitting the re-
view of the Secretary’s approval or disapproval of 
such review. 
(m) SHARED FACILITIES.—The Secretary 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. 
(n) FERRY EXEMPTION.—This section does not apply 
to any ferry system for which a vulnerability assessment 
and security plan is required pursuant to chapter 701 of 
title 46, United States Code. 
(o) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees regard-
ing the feasibility of implementing name-based checks
against terrorist watch lists for all National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation passengers. 
SEC. 104. INFORMATION SHARING PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 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 
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 the Department provided with 
each intelligence 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). 
(e) CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIAL.—To the greatest 
extent possible, the Department shall provide appropriate 
stakeholders with information in an unclassified format. 
(f) 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. 
SEC. 105. RAIL SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program for making grants to eligible entities for security 
improvements 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 to reduce the vulnerability of 
railroad cars.
(3) Passenger railroad station security 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, including stations and other railroad 
transportation infrastructure owned by State or local 
governments. 
(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) Railroad security inspection facilities and 
related infrastructure at United States international 
borders, including additional side railroad track nec-
essary for passenger and freight train security in-
spection. 
(13) Emergency response equipment, including 
fire suppression and decontamination equipment, 
personal protective equipment, and defibrillators. 
(14) Global positioning or tracking and recovery 
equipment. 
(15) Redundant critical operations control sys-
tems. 
(16) Operating and capital costs associated 
with security awareness, preparedness, and response 
training, including training under section 109 and 
training developed by universities and institutions of 
higher education and by nonprofit employee labor 
organizations, for railroad employees, including 
front-line employees. 
(17) Live or simulated exercises described in 
section 110. 
(18) Overtime reimbursement for additional se-
curity personnel during periods of heightened secu-
rity as determined by the Secretary. 
(19) Public awareness campaigns for enhanced 
rail security.