Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2006
Latest action · Jul 12, 2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5098)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 29, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement, and update as appropriate, a National Rail and Public Transportation Security Plan.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to promulgate regulations that require a railroad carrier or public transportation system owner or operator to: (1) conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of the rail or public transportation system to terrorism; and (2) prepare and implement a security plan that addresses identified vulnerabilities.
Directs the Secretary to develop, and submit to Congress, a Rail and Public Transportation Strategic Information Sharing Plan.
Establishes a grant program to allocate federal assistance to U.S. rail and public transportation systems. Sets forth uses of such grants, including to remedy rail and public transportation security vulnerabilities identified in the assessments.
Requires rail and public transportation systems to develop for its workers a rail and public transportation security training program that conforms to guidelines established by the Secretary.
Establishes: (1) a Rail and Public Transportation Security Exercise Program; and (2) a research and development program to improve rail and mass transit security.
Sets forth certain whistleblower protections for DHS and rail employees (including federal contractors and subcontractors) who have provided information or otherwise assisted in any investigation regarding certain conduct, or who have refused to violate or assist in the violation of any regulation related to national or homeland security.
Requires an increase in the number of DHS rail security inspectors.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2006 to Jul 18, 2006, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Jun 29, 2006 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jun 29, 2006 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 29, 2006 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jun 29, 2006 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 29, 2006 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jul 18, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 18, 2006 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5098)
- Jul 11, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
- Jun 30, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
- Jun 29, 2006Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2006Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Bridges
- Bus drivers
- Cameras
- Chemical warfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Classified defense information
- Computer security measures
- Computer software
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Damages
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Disasters
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Evacuation of civilians
- Evidence (Law)
- Explosives
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal employees
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Fraud
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Injunctions
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Legal fees
- Marine terminals
- Mass rapid transit
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Nuclear terrorism
- Paramedical personnel
- Performance measurement
- Police
- Privileges and immunities
- Punitive damages
- Railroad employees
- Railroad equipment
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Railroads
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security clearances
- Security measures
- Subcontractors
- Subways
- Surveys
- Technological innovations
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation planning
- Transportation research
- Transportation safety
- Transportation workers
- Tunnels
- Wage restitution
- Waste in government spending
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2006Introduced in House
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