I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1493 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to public trans-
portation agencies, over-the-road bus operators, railroads, and other cer-
tain entities to improve security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2007 
Mr. MICA (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, 
Mr. PETRI, Mr. COBLE, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. GARY G. 
MILLER of California, Mr. HAYES, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. 
PLATTS, Mr. MACK, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mrs. DRAKE, Ms. FALLIN, and Mr. BU-
CHANAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 
to public transportation agencies, over-the-road bus oper-
ators, railroads, and other certain entities to improve 
security, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Transportation 
and Rail Security Assistance Act of 2007’’. 
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TITLE I—PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) throughout the world, public transportation 
systems have been a primary target of terrorist at-
tacks, causing countless deaths and injuries; 
(2) 5,800 public transportation agencies operate 
in the United States; 
(3) 14,000,000 people in the United States ride 
public transportation each work day; 
(4) safe and secure public transportation sys-
tems are essential to the Nation’s economy and for 
significant national and international public events; 
(5) the Federal Transit Administration has in-
vested $84,500,000,000 since 1992 for construction 
and improvements to the Nation’s public transpor-
tation systems; 
(6) the Federal Government appropriately in-
vested $19,600,000,000 in fiscal years 2002 through 
2006 to protect the Nation’s aviation system and its 
2,000,000 daily passengers; 
(7) 
the 
Federal 
Government 
invested 
$380,000,000 in fiscal years 2003 through 2006 for 
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grants to protect public transportation systems in 
the United States; 
(8) the Federal Government has invested $9.00 
in aviation security improvements per passenger, but 
only $0.01 in public transportation security improve-
ments per passenger; 
(9) the Government Accountability Office, the 
Mineta International Institute for Surface Transpor-
tation Policy Studies, the American Public Trans-
portation Association, and other experts have re-
ported an urgent need for significant investment in 
transit security improvements; 
(10) Federal financial assistance for transit se-
curity improvements should be separate from and 
supplementary to funding for longstanding Federal 
programs for investment in public transportation in-
frastructure; 
(11) the final report of the National Commis-
sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
(also known as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’) found that 
the Federal Government should— 
(A) identify and evaluate the transpor-
tation assets that need to be protected, set risk- 
based priorities for defending them, and select 
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the most practical and cost-effective ways of 
doing so; 
(B) develop a plan, a budget, and funding 
to implement the effort; and 
(C) assign roles and missions to the rel-
evant authorities (Federal, State, regional, and 
local) and to private stakeholders; 
(12) the final report of the 9/11 Commission 
also found that homeland security assistance should 
be based strictly on an assessment of risks and 
vulnerabilities; and 
(13) the Federal Government has a duty to 
deter and mitigate, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, threats against the Nation’s public transpor-
tation systems. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to provide 
grants to public transportation agencies and over-the-road 
bus operators to improve security in a manner consistent 
with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission de-
scribed in subsections (a)(11) and (a)(12). 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.—The 
term 
‘‘public transportation’’ has the meaning given the 
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term in section 5302(a) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(2) PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
AS-
SESSMENT.—The term ‘‘public transportation secu-
rity assessment’’ means a risk assessment (including 
a criticality or vulnerability assessment) of a public 
transportation system conducted pursuant to the 
annex executed under section 3028(b) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (49 U.S.C. 5321 note; 
119 Stat. 1624). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided. 
SEC. 103. COMPONENTS OF SECURITY ASSESSMENTS AND 
PRIORITIZED PLANS. 
(a) SECURITY ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
request that the Secretary of Homeland Security take nec-
essary actions to ensure that the public transportation se-
curity assessment of each public transportation system 
identifies— 
(1) the critical assets of the public transpor-
tation system; 
(2) threats to those assets; 
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(3) security weaknesses in the public transpor-
tation system and its assets; 
(4) redundant and backup systems required to 
ensure the continued operation of critical elements 
of the public transportation system in the event of 
an attack or other incident; and 
(5) the extent to which public transportation 
employees, including bus and rail operators, mechan-
ics, customer service personnel, maintenance employ-
ees, transit police, and security personnel, have re-
ceived training in security awareness and public 
transportation system emergency response proce-
dures. 
(b) PRIORITIZED PLANS.—A public transportation 
agency that has received an assessment described in sub-
section (a) shall develop, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, a prioritized plan of needed 
capital and operational security improvements based on 
the results of the assessment. 
SEC. 104. NATIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop a na-
tional public transportation security needs assessment (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘national assessment’’) to 
determine the total costs of needed capital and operational 
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security improvements for the Nation’s public transpor-
tation systems. 
(b) USE OF PRIORITIZED PLANS DEVELOPED BY 
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
AGENCIES.—The Secretary 
shall develop the national assessment based on prioritized 
plans developed by public transportation agencies under 
section 103(b). 
(c) RECOMMENDED FUNDING LEVELS.—The na-
tional assessment shall include recommended funding lev-
els for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for carrying 
out the capital security assistance program authorized by 
section 105(a) and the operational security assistance pro-
gram authorized by section 105(b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a re-
port containing the national assessment. 
SEC. 105. SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) CAPITAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants directly to eligible public transportation agen-
cies for capital security improvements described in 
paragraph (2). 
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(2) ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 
received under paragraph (1) shall be used for— 
(A) tunnel protection systems; 
(B) perimeter protection systems; 
(C) redundant critical operations control 
systems; 
(D) chemical, biological, radiological, or ex-
plosive detection systems; 
(E) surveillance equipment; 
(F) inspection technology; 
(G) interoperable communications systems 
and equipment, including mobile service equip-
ment to provide access to 911 emergency serv-
ices in an underground fixed guideway system; 
(H) emergency response equipment; 
(I) fire suppression and decontamination 
equipment; 
(J) global positioning or automated vehicle 
locator type system equipment; 
(K) evacuation improvements; 
(L) security training for transit employees, 
including bus and rail operators, mechanics, 
customer service employees, maintenance em-
ployees, transit police, and security personnel; 
(M) live or simulated drills; and 
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(N) other capital security improvements. 
(3) GOVERNMENT’S SHARE.—A grant for a cap-
ital security improvement project under this sub-
section shall be for 80 percent of the net project cost 
of the project. The recipient may provide additional 
local matching amounts. 
(b) OPERATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants directly to eligible public transportation agen-
cies for operational security improvements described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds 
received under paragraph (1) shall be used for— 
(A) public awareness campaigns for en-
hanced public transportation security; 
(B) canine patrols for chemical, biological, 
or explosives detection; 
(C) overtime reimbursement for enhanced 
security personnel during significant national 
and international public events, consistent with 
the priorities established under subsection (e); 
and 
(D) other appropriate security improve-
ments identified under subsection (e), including 
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hiring additional security personnel determined 
necessary under subsection (e), but excluding 
routine, ongoing personnel costs. 
(3) GOVERNMENT’S
SHARE.—A grant for an 
operating security improvement project under this 
subsection may not exceed 50 percent of the net 
project cost of the project. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A public transportation agency 
shall be eligible for a grant under this section if the agency 
has received or is undergoing a public transportation secu-
rity assessment. 
(d) ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
allocate grant funds under this section based on the 
results of public transportation security assessments 
described in section 103(a) and in a manner that 
prioritizes the award of grant funds each fiscal year 
based on risk, consequences, vulnerability, and 
threat. 
(2) RESPONSE
TO
URGENT
THREATS.—After 
providing written notice to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Secretary 
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may adjust grant allocations under this subsection if 
the Secretary determines that the adjustment is nec-
essary to respond to an urgent threat or other sig-
nificant factors. 
(e) SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
establish security improvement priorities for each 
public transportation agency receiving a public 
transportation security assessment. 
(2) CONSULTATION; PRIORITIZED PLAN.—The 
Secretary shall establish priorities under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) in consultation with the management 
and employee representatives of the public 
transportation agency; and 
(B) in a manner that is consistent with the 
system’s prioritized plan of needed capital and 
operational security improvements described in 
section 103(b). 
(3) 
APPLICABILITY.—Priorities 
established 
under paragraph (1) shall apply to funds provided to 
a public transportation agency under this section. 
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(f) TRANSIT
AGENCY
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each 
public transportation agency that receives a grant under 
this section shall— 
(1) identify a security coordinator to coordinate 
security improvements; 
(2) develop a comprehensive plan that dem-
onstrates the agency’s capacity for operating and 
maintaining the equipment purchased under this 
section; and 
(3) report annually to the Department of 
Transportation on the use of grant funds received 
under this section. 
(g) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise 
specifically provided in this title, a grant provided under 
this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions 
applicable to grants made under section 5307 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to such other terms and condi-
tions as are determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 106. INTELLIGENCE SHARING. 
(a) INTELLIGENCE SHARING.—The Secretary shall 
request that the Secretary of Homeland Security provide 
appropriate and timely notification of all credible terrorist 
threats against public transportation assets in the United 
States. 
(b) INFORMATION SHARING ANALYSIS CENTER.— 
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