Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-763
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Law
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Police training
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Transportation planning
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Requires the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, within 30 days of enactment, to submit all public transportation security assessments to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to review and augment such assessments, not later than July 31, 2007. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and annually update security improvement priorities (improvement priorities), by September 30, 2007, that are consistent with relevant State Homeland Security Plans; (2) annually update the assessments and annually conduct assessments of all public transportation agencies considered to be at greatest risk of a terrorist attack; (3) by July 31, 2007, conduct security assessments of local bus-only public transportation systems and of selected transportation systems receiving grants as other than urbanized areas; and (4) use information collected from the assessments to develop security guidelines for public transportation security and design a security improvement strategy.
 
Directs the Secretary, consistent with relevant State Homeland Security Plans, to award grants to public transportation agencies for allowable capital and operational security improvements based on the improvement priorities. Defines allowable. Requires congressional notification before the award of any grant. Sets forth public transportation agency requirements for receiving a grant.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and issue regulations for a public transportation worker security training program; (2) ensure that DOT receives timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against U.S. public transportation assets; (3) provide assistance for the reasonable costs of the Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) for Public Transportation to protect critical infrastructure; and (4) award grants or contracts for research and the demonstration of technologies and methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from terrorist attacks.
 
Requires public transportation agencies determined to be at significant risk of terrorist attack to participate in the ISAC and encourages all other public transportation agencies to participate in the ISAC. Prohibits charging a fee to any public transportation agency for participating in the ISAC.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes appropriations through FY2010.
 
Terminates grant authority on October 1, 2011.
 

action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Requires the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration, within 30 days of enactment, to submit all public transportation security assessments to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to review and augment such assessments, not later than July 31, 2007. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and annually update security improvement priorities (improvement priorities), by September 30, 2007, that are consistent with relevant State Homeland Security Plans; (2) annually update the assessments and annually conduct assessments of all public transportation agencies considered to be at greatest risk of a terrorist attack; (3) by July 31, 2007, conduct security assessments of local bus-only public transportation systems and of selected transportation systems receiving grants as other than urbanized areas; and (4) use information collected from the assessments to develop security guidelines for public transportation security and design a security improvement strategy.
 
Directs the Secretary, consistent with relevant State Homeland Security Plans, to award grants to public transportation agencies for allowable capital and operational security improvements based on the improvement priorities. Defines allowable. Requires congressional notification before the award of any grant. Sets forth public transportation agency requirements for receiving a grant.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and issue regulations for a public transportation worker security training program; (2) ensure that DOT receives timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against U.S. public transportation assets; (3) provide assistance for the reasonable costs of the Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) for Public Transportation to protect critical infrastructure; and (4) award grants or contracts for research and the demonstration of technologies and methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from terrorist attacks.
 
Requires public transportation agencies determined to be at significant risk of terrorist attack to participate in the ISAC and encourages all other public transportation agencies to participate in the ISAC. Prohibits charging a fee to any public transportation agency for participating in the ISAC.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes appropriations through FY2010.
 
Terminates grant authority on October 1, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Star Print ordered on the report to accompany the bill (Report 110-32).
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3048)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dodd. With written report No. 110-32.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Dodd. With written report No. 110-32.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate