Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
Latest action · Dec 14, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 19, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 14, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
This bill establishes periods of performance for the use of public transportation security assistance grant funds. Additionally, the bill allows such grants provided for operational purposes to be used to backfill positions when employees attend security training.
Funds provided pursuant to such a grant for a specified authorized use, including for tunnel protection systems and surveillance equipment, shall remain available for use by a grant recipient for at least 36 months. However, any such funds used for security improvements for public transportation systems or security improvements for stations and other public transportation infrastructure, including those owned by state or local governments, shall remain available for at least 55 months.
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a review of the public transportation security assistance grant program, including an assessment of the manner in which projects under the program address threats to public transportation infrastructure.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 14, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 14, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 19, 2019 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2019 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2019Markup Jul 22, 2020Reported Dec 14, 2020 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-323.
- Dec 14, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
- Jul 22, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 15, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 14, 2019Ms. Torres Small (NM) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 14, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3756-3758)
- May 14, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1313.
- May 14, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3756-3757)
- May 14, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
- Feb 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H3756–H3758Text printed H3756Notices H3786Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1313, Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act | John A. Yarmuth D-KY, John Joyce R-PA, Peter T. King R-NY, Xochitl Torres Small D-NM | May 14, 2019 |
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 31, February 19, 2019, page H2042.
Printed hearings 2
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. 116-57 | TO PROTECT AND SERVE: JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN BUILDING SAFE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND STOPPING DANGEROUS DRUGS FROM ENTERING INDIAN COUNTRY77 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Mar 20, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-8 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON UNMASKING THE HIDDEN CRISIS OF MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN (MMIW): EXPLORING SOLUTIONS TO END THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE60 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 14, 2019 |
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48543 | Transportation Security: Background and Issues for the 119th Congress | Report | May 23, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of performance for such grants, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2020Reported to Senate
- May 15, 2019Referred in Senate
- May 14, 2019Engrossed in House
- Feb 19, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
