S 2791 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

A bill to amend title 46 and 49, United States Code, to provide improved maritime, rail, and public transportation security, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 11, 2006 Originated Senate Sponsor Ted Stevens R-AK

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 12, 2006 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 11, 2006
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006 - Requires the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration to submit all public transportation security assessments to the Secretary of Homeland Security to review and augment such assessments.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and update annually security improvement priorities; (2) conduct security assessments of all public transportation agencies considered to be at greatest risk of a terrorist attack; (3) conduct security assessments to determine the specific needs of local bus-only public transportation systems and of selected rural transportation systems; and (4) use information collected to establish the process for developing security guidelines.

Directs the Secretary to award grants: (1) directly to public transportation agencies for allowable capital security improvements; and (2) to public or private entities to conduct research into, and demonstrate, methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from terrorist attacks against public transportation systems.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DOT receives timely notification of all credible terrorist threats against U.S. public transportation assets; and (2) award grants for research, development, and demonstration of technologies and methods to reduce and deter terrorist threats or mitigate damages resulting from such attacks.

Rail Security Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary to establish a task force to complete, and make prioritized recommendations regarding, a vulnerability and risk assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation for identification of: (1) critical assets and infrastructures, and vulnerabilities and risks, to such assets and infrastructures; (2) vulnerabilities and risks specific to the transportation of hazardous materials via railroad; and (3) security weaknesses in passenger and cargo security, transportation infrastructure, protection systems, procedural policies, communications systems, employee training, emergency response planning, and any other area.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for certain system-wide Amtrak security upgrades.

Directs the Secretary to require rail carriers transporting high hazardous materials to develop high hazard material security threat mitigation plans containing appropriate measures (including alternative routing and temporary shipment suspension options) to address assessed risks to high consequence targets.

Maritime Security Improvement Act of 2006 - Establishes interagency operational centers to provide greater protection against terrorism at high priority ports.

Directs the Secretary to identify foreign assistance programs that could facilitate implementation of port security antiterrorism measures in foreign countries.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2006 to Jul 27, 2006; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-MTConrad R. BurnsOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-NCElizabeth DoleOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-VAGeorge AllenOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-ORGordon H. SmithOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-KYJim BunningOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-MOJim TalentOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalMay 11, 2006
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-ARMark L. PryorOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-OHMike DeWineOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-NMPete V. DomeniciOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-UTRobert F. BennettOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-MSTrent LottOriginalMay 11, 2006
R-COWayne AllardOriginalMay 11, 2006
D-WVRobert C. ByrdJul 27, 2006

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2006Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.
  2. May 11, 2006Introduced in Senate
  3. May 11, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4473-4474)
  4. May 11, 2006Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4526William H. Frist R-TNMay 12, 2006
SenateDebate and remarks S4473–S4476, S4503Daniel K. Inouye D-HI, Mitch McConnell R-KY, Paul S. Sarbanes D-MD, Ted Stevens R-AKMay 11, 2006

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RL32160Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations ArchivedReportOct 27, 2006

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1052Transportation Security Improvement Act of 2005Related billFeb 27, 2006
S 2032Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005Related billNov 17, 2005

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title 46 and 49, United States Code, to provide improved maritime, rail, and public transportation security, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Rail Security Act of 2006
Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006
Maritime Security Improvement Act of 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2006Placed on Calendar Senate

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