Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007
Latest action · Aug 3, 2007 For Further Action See Titles XII, XIII, XIV and XV of H.R. 1.
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.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2007
- Passed HouseMar 27, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 - Title I: Rail and Public Transportation Security - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a plan entitled the National Strategy for Rail and Public Transportation Security.
(Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary to assign each railroad carrier, public transportation operator, or over-the-road bus private operator (covered transportation) to a certain risk-based tier.
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations that: (1) require each provider of covered transportation assigned to a high- or medium-risk tier to assess their vulnerability to terrorism and to implement, subject to approval of the Secretary, a security plan that addresses certain security performance requirements; (2) establish standards for such assessments and plans; and (3) establish a security program for providers of covered transportation not assigned to a high- or medium-risk tier.
Imposes civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with the requirements of this Act.
Requires the periodic review of vulnerability assessments and security plans by each provider of covered transportation.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of implementing named-based checks against terrorist watch lists for all National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) passengers.
(Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to develop, and submit to Congress, an information sharing plan to develop strategic intelligence on threats and vulnerabilities to covered transportation for dissemination to federal, state, and local agencies, tribal governments, and appropriate stakeholders.
(Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to providers of covered transportation with completed vulnerability assessments and approved security plans for certain security improvements. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.
(Sec. 108) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 to the Secretary to make grants to Amtrak for certain fire and life-safety improvements to tunnels on the Northeast Corridor.
(Sec. 109) Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop training programs to prepare covered transportation workers (including front-line employees) for potential threat conditions; and (2) establish a security exercises program for such workers and other named entities to respond to acts of terrorism. Requires each provider of covered transportation to: (1) develop, and submit for approval by the Secretary, a security training program; and (2) complete, not later than one year after approval, the training of all covered workers.
(Sec. 111) Requires the Secretary to carry out a research and development (R&D) program to improve the security of covered transportation. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.
(Sec. 112) Sets forth: (1) certain whistleblower protections for DHS, Department of Transportation (DOT), and covered transportation employees (including 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 covered transportation security; and (2) criminal penalties for persons who violate such requirements. Directs the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of such requirements.
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary to increase the total number of full-time DHS surface transportation security inspectors to at least 600 by December 31, 2010.
(Sec. 114) Establishes in DHS a National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011.
(Sec. 115) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to develop Visible Intermodal Protection Response (VIPR) teams to augment security for any mode of transportation at any location within the United States.
(Sec. 116) Establishes a National Transportation Security Center of Excellence at an institution of higher education to conduct research and education activities, and develop or provide professional security training (including training of rail and public transportation employees), with emphasis on the use of intelligent transportation systems, technologies, and architectures.
(Sec. 117) Provides that any statutory limitation on the number of TSA employees shall not apply to employees carrying out this Act.
(Sec. 118) Requires all security-related grants distributed under this Act to be administered on the basis of risk.
(Sec. 119) Directs the Secretary to implement a threat assessment screening program for covered transportation employees (including contractors and subcontractors).
(Sec. 120) Requires each provider of covered transportation to provide an adequate redress process for its employees (including contractors and subcontractors) who are adversely affected by background checks performed by the provider.
(Sec. 121) Establishes a task force to review lists of crimes that disqualify individuals from certain transportation-related employment under TSA regulations and to assess whether such lists are accurate indicators of a terrorism security risk.
(Sec. 122) Sets forth civil penalties for violations of regulations and orders of the Secretary.
(Sec. 123) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a threat assessment of a terrorist attack on the Nation's school bus transportation system.
(Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to require certain enhanced security measures for shipments of security sensitive materials.
(Sec. 125) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, to establish national voluntary consensus standards for the testing and use of technologies to improve the security of covered transportation. Directs the Secretary to utilize the Technology Clearinghouse to identify, acquire, and deploy technology and training for use by federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, emergency response providers, providers of covered transportation, shippers of hazardous materials, and others to prevent and respond to acts of terrorism on covered transportation.
(Sec. 126) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation to jointly assess likely methods of deliberate attacks against rail tank cars used to transport toxic-inhalation-hazard materials, including the degree to which such methods may be successful in causing death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health, the environment, or public welfare. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such assessment.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, to conduct air dispersion modeling analysis of a release of such materials from a rail tank car in an urban area. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress detailing conclusions and findings with respect to such analysis.
(Sec. 127) Directs the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to evaluate prototype systems (including spectroscopic technologies) to detect nuclear or radiological materials on the rails. Requires, upon completion of such evaluation, the Office, in coordination with Customs and Border Protection and the TSA, to ensure that certain protocols are established and a deployment strategy is developed to detect such materials arriving by rail. Requires, not later than September 30, 2008, the Office to report to Congress on such evaluation and strategy.
(Sec. 128) Requires recipients of grants for purchase of security plan technologies to give preference to qualified anti-terrorism technologies and technologies that are eligible for liability protections.
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretary with respect to the screening of in-bound rail shipments to the United States for terrorists or weapons of mass destruction to: (1) deploy, where practicable, non-intrusive inspection imaging equipment at locations where rail shipments cross an international border to enter the United States; or (2) implement alternative procedures to screen such rail shipments at locations where deployment of such equipment is not practicable.
(Sec. 131) Directs the Secretary, in carrying out the threat assessment screening program for covered transportation employees (including contractors and subcontractors), to require high-risk tier providers of covered transportation to submit the names of their employees to the Secretary to conduct checks against terrorist watchlists and immigration status databases.
(Sec. 132) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct, and submit to Congress, an annual review regarding the administration and use of grants awarded under this Act.
(Sec. 133) Makes the Secretary the principal federal official responsible for transportation security. Delineates the roles and responsibilities of DHS and the Department of Transportation (DOT) in carrying out the requirements of this Act.
(Sec. 134) Directs the Secretary to assess, and report the results to Congress on, the safety and security vulnerabilities of placing high voltage electric transmission lines along active railroad rights-of-way.
(Sec. 135) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and report to Congress on, foreign rail security practices, including the feasibility of implementing such practices in the United States.
(Sec. 136) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to coordinate with state and local governments to minimize the need to transport toxic inhalation hazardous materials by rail.
(Sec. 137) Grants immunity from civil liability to persons who report threats to or acts of terrorism against transportation systems or passengers.
Title II: Secure Transportation Through Increased Use of Canine Detection Teams - (Sec. 201) Requires the Secretary to encourage, and coordinate with owners and providers of covered transportation to encourage, the deployment of canine detection teams at high-risk transportation systems at an increase of not less than ten percent of such teams at high-risk rail and mass transit systems for each fiscal year for FY2008-FY2012.
(Sec. 202) Authorizes the TSA's National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program to train up to an additional 100 canine detection teams per year, with at least a specified number of additional teams trained for each fiscal year for FY2008-FY2012. Requires detection teams to be deployed at covered transportation systems across the country. Directs the Administrator of TSA to report to Congress on personnel and resources needed to fulfill such requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 203) Requires the TSA Puppy Program to increase the number of domestically bred canines to meet the increase in demand for canine detection teams. Directs the Administrator of TSA to report to Congress on personnel and resources needed to fulfill such requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Recorded votes 8
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 201 | On Passage | Passed299–124 | Mar 27, 2007 |
| House 200 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Passed304–121 | Mar 27, 2007 |
| House 199 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to234–184 | Mar 27, 2007 |
| House 198 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Agreed to222–197 | Mar 27, 2007 |
| House 197 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed98–332 | Mar 27, 2007 |
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 8, 2007 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007Markup Mar 13, 2007Reported Mar 22, 2007 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2007Discharged Mar 22, 2007 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2007 | |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2007 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2007 |
Actions 39
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007For Further Action See Titles XII, XIII, XIV and XV of H.R. 1.
- Mar 28, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Mar 27, 2007Rule H. Res. 270 passed House.
- Mar 27, 2007Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 270. (consideration: CR H3099-3149; text of measure as reported in House: CR H3111-3122)
- Mar 27, 2007Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1401 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill.
- Mar 27, 2007House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 270 and Rule XVIII.
- Mar 27, 2007The Speaker designated the Honorable G. K. Butterfield to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- Mar 27, 2007GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour and twenty minutes of general debate on H.R. 1401.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Thompson amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Thompson (MS) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the yeas had prevailed. Mr. LaTourette demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Arcuri amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Cohen amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cohen amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the yeas had prevailed. Mr. Cohen demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Castle amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Sessions amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sessions amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sessions demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
- Mar 27, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 270, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Lynch amendment.
- Mar 27, 2007UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
- Mar 27, 2007The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1401.
- Mar 27, 2007The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3146)
- Mar 27, 2007The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (consideration: CR H3146)
- Mar 27, 2007Mr. King (NY) moved to recommit with instructions to Homeland Security. (consideration: CR H3146-3148; text: CR H3146)
- Mar 27, 2007Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King (NY) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment inserting provisions on immunity for reporting suspicious activities and mitigating terrorist threats relating to transportation security.
- Mar 27, 2007On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by recorded vote: 304 - 121 (Roll no. 200).
- Mar 27, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 299 - 124, 1 Present (Roll no. 201).
- Mar 27, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 27, 2007The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1401.
- Mar 26, 2007Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 270 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1401 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill.
- Mar 22, 2007Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-65, Part I.
- Mar 22, 2007Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Mar 22, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
- Mar 13, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 13, 2007Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Mar 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2007Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 6
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H11688 | Steve Cohen D-TN | Oct 17, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6658 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL | Jun 18, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E704, E705 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Kay Granger R-TX | Mar 30, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3089–H3098, H3099–H3150, H3146–H3149Text printed H3089, H3111–H3122Amendments H3095, H3111, H3123, H3127, H3128, H3130, H3131, H3132, H3134, H3136, H3137, H3141, H3145, H3148Motions H3146Recorded votes H3096, H3097, H3139, H3140, H3141, H3145, H3148, H3149Cohen amendment (Dept. of Transportation program to minimize the transportation of toxic inhalation hazardous materials by rail)consideration (H. Res. 270), previous questionenactFlake amendment (prohibit awarding of Homeland Security Grant Program funds to private bus operators for over-the-road bus security improvements)King of New York motion to recommit (provide liability protection to individuals who report suspicious behavior to law enforcement agencies)Sessions amendment (prohibit Amtrak funding for lesser-traveled routes)Thompson of Mississippi amendment (clarify roles and responsibilites of Depts. of Homeland Security and Transportation and modify whistleblower protections) | Al Green D-TX, Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Bennie G. Thompson D-MS (amendment), Betty Sutton D-OH, Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Bill Shuster R-PA, Bob Etheridge D-NC, Charles W. Dent R-PA, Corrine Brown D-FL, Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, Danny K. Davis D-IL, David G. Reichert R-WA, Doris O. Matsui D-CA, Earl Pomeroy D-ND, Ed Perlmutter D-CO, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Henry Cuellar D-TX, James L. Oberstar D-MN, James R. Langevin D-RI, Jeff Flake R-AZ (amendment), John J. Hall D-NY, John L. Mica R-FL, John T. Salazar D-CO, Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL (amendment), Loretta Sanchez D-CA, Michael A. Arcuri D-NY (amendment), Michael N. Castle R-DE (amendment), Mike Rogers R-AL, Nita M. Lowey D-NY, Pete Sessions R-TX (amendment), Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Peter T. King R-NY (amendment, motion), Rush Holt D-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA (amendment), Stevan Pearce R-NM, Steve Cohen D-TN (amendment), Steven C. LaTourette R-OH, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Mar 27, 2007 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H3018 | — | Mar 23, 2007 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 21, 2007H.R. 1401, Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 13, 2007</p>
- Mar 21, 2007H.R. 1401, Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 13, 2007
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1167 | RAILROAD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 200770 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 26, 2007 |
| S. Hrg. 110-1120 | RAIL SAFETY REAUTHORIZATION114 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 22, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-93 | EMPLOYER ACCESS TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: THE NEED FOR EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY151 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 26, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-12 | COMMITTEE PRINT: RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT OF 2007172 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Mar 6, 2007 |
Amendments 9
Amendments offered to this bill.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 184 | Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2007 |
| HRES 270 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) to improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Mar 27, 2007 |
| S 763 | Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 | Related bill | Mar 13, 2007 |
| HR 1269 | Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Animal breeding
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Black colleges
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Bus drivers
- Business records
- Cameras
- Chemical warfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Damages
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Department of Transportation
- Disabled
- Discovery (Law)
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- District of Columbia
- Dogs
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power transmission
- Electronic surveillance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee training
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Equipment and supplies
- Evacuation of civilians
- Evidence (Law)
- Ex-offenders
- Executive reorganization
- Explosives
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Fire prevention
- Freight
- Geographic information systems
- Government contractors
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grenades
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Hours of labor
- Identification of criminals
- Immigration
- Indian education
- Information technology
- Informers
- Infrastructure
- Injunctions
- Intermodal transportation
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Legal fees
- Liability (Law)
- Lighting
- Marine safety
- Maryland
- Mass rapid transit
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Motor buses
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- Native Americans
- New York City
- Northeastern States
- Nuclear terrorism
- Official secrets
- Paramedical personnel
- Poisons
- Police
- Police training
- Private police
- Public service advertising
- Punitive damages
- Railroad employees
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Railroads
- Recruiting of employees
- Regional planning
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Right of privacy
- Right-of-way
- Risk
- School buses
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security clearances
- Security measures
- Ships
- Small business
- Standards
- Subcontractors
- Subways
- Surveys
- Tankers
- Technological innovations
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Terrorism
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation and the disabled
- Transportation engineering
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation planning
- Transportation research
- Transportation safety
- Transportation workers
- Tunnels
- Wage restitution
- Waste in government spending
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Whistle blowing
- Witnesses
- Women
- Women in business
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Referred in Senate
- Mar 27, 2007Engrossed in House
- Mar 22, 2007Reported in House
- Mar 8, 2007Introduced in House
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