(5) Recommendations to improve the manner in 
which public transportation security assistance grant 
program
funds
address
vulnerabilities
in
public 
transportation infrastructure. 
(6) Recommendations to improve the manage-
ment and administration of the public transportation 
security assistance grant program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and again not later than five 
years after such date of enactment, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report on the review required under this section. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives, provided that such statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transit Security Grant 
Program Flexibility Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
Section 1406(b)(2)(A) of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and associ-
ated backfill’’ after ‘‘security training’’. 
SEC. 3. PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
(n); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following: 
‘‘(m) PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), funds provided pursuant to a grant 
awarded under this section for a use specified in sub-
section (b) shall remain available for use by a grant 
recipient for a period of not fewer than 36 months. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Funds provided pursuant to 
a grant awarded under this section for a use specified 
in subparagraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) shall 
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remain available for use by a grant recipient for a 
period of not fewer than 48 months.’’. 
SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a review of the public transpor-
tation security assistance grant program under section 
1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135). 
(b) SCOPE.—The review required under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the type of projects funded 
under the public transportation security assistance 
grant program referred to in such subsection. 
(2) An assessment of the manner in which such 
projects address threats to public transportation in-
frastructure. 
(3) An assessment of the impact, if any, of this 
Act (including the amendments made by this Act) on 
the types of projects funded under the public trans-
portation security assistance grant program. 
(4) An assessment of the management and ad-
ministration of public transportation security assist-
ance grant program funds by grantees. 
(5) Recommendations to improve the manner in 
which public transportation security assistance grant 
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program funds address vulnerabilities in public 
transportation infrastructure. 
(6) Recommendations to improve the manage-
ment and administration of the public transportation 
security assistance grant program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act and again not later than 5 years after 
such date of enactment, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives a report on 
the review required under this section. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage. 
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Calendar No. 626 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1313 
[Report No. 116–323] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to clarify cer-
tain allowable uses of funds for public transpor-
tation security assistance grants and establish 
periods of performance for such grants, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 14, 2020 
Reported with an amendment 
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