Part A - General Provisions

6 USC 1151 - Definitions

In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees 
The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(2) Secretary 
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(3) Department 
The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security.
(4) Over-the-road bus 
The term over-the-road bus means a bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compartment.
(5) Over-the-road bus frontline employees 
In this section,[1] the term over-the-road bus frontline employees means over-the-road bus drivers, security personnel, dispatchers, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, ticket agents, other terminal employees, and other employees of an over-the-road bus operator or terminal owner or operator that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(6) Railroad frontline employees 
In this section,[1] the term railroad frontline employees means security personnel, dispatchers, locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen, other onboard employees, maintenance and maintenance support personnel, bridge tenders, and any other employees of railroad carriers that the Secretary determines should receive security training under this subchapter.
(7) Railroad 
The term railroad has the meaning that term has in section 20102 of title 49.
(8) Railroad carrier 
The term railroad carrier has the meaning that term has in section 20102 of title 49.
(9) State 
The term State means any one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(10) Terrorism 
The term terrorism has the meaning that term has in section 101 of this title.
(11) Transportation 
The term transportation, as used with respect to an over-the-road bus, means the movement of passengers or property by an over-the-road bus
(A) in the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a State and a place outside the State (including a place outside the United States); or
(B) in a State that affects trade, traffic, and transportation described in subparagraph (A).
(12) United States 
The term United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(13) Security-sensitive material 
The term security-sensitive material means a material, or a group or class of material, in a particular amount and form that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, determines, through a rulemaking with opportunity for public comment, poses a significant risk to national security while being transported in commerce due to the potential use of the material in an act of terrorism. In making such a designation, the Secretary shall, at a minimum, consider the following:
(A) Class 7 radioactive materials.
(B) Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives.
(C) Materials poisonous or toxic by inhalation, including Division 2.3 gases and Division 6.1 materials.
(D) A select agent or toxin regulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under part 73 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.
(14) Disadvantaged business concerns 
The term disadvantaged business concerns means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 124,2 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations.
(15) Amtrak 
The term Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
[1] So in original. “In this section,” probably should not appear.
[2] So in original. Probably should be “part 124,”.

6 USC 1152 - Oversight and grant procedures

(a) Secretarial oversight 
The Secretary, in coordination with[1] Secretary of Transportation for grants awarded to Amtrak, shall establish necessary procedures, including monitoring and audits, to ensure that grants made under this subchapter are expended in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter and the priorities and other criteria developed by the Secretary.
(b) Additional audits and reviews 
The Secretary, and the Secretary of Transportation for grants awarded to Amtrak, may award contracts to undertake additional audits and reviews of the safety, security, procurement, management, and financial compliance of a recipient of amounts under this subchapter.
(c) Procedures for grant award 
Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants under this subchapter, including application and qualification procedures, and a record of decision on applicant eligibility. The procedures shall include the execution of a grant agreement between the grant recipient and the Secretary and shall be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the grant procedures established under section 70107 (i) and (j) of title 46.
(d) Additional authority 

(1) Issuance 
The Secretary may issue non-binding letters of intent to recipients of a grant under this subchapter, to commit funding from future budget authority of an amount, not more than the Federal Governments share of the projects cost, for a capital improvement project.
(2) Schedule 
The letter of intent under this subsection shall establish a schedule under which the Secretary will reimburse the recipient for the Governments share of the projects costs, as amounts become available, if the recipient, after the Secretary issues that letter, carries out the project without receiving amounts under a grant issued under this subchapter.
(3) Notice to Secretary 
A recipient that has been issued a letter of intent under this section shall notify the Secretary of the recipients intent to carry out a project before the project begins.
(4) Notice to Congress 
The Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a written notification at least 5 days before the issuance of a letter of intent under this subsection.
(5) Limitations 
A letter of intent issued under this subsection is not an obligation of the Federal Government under section 1501 of title 31, and the letter is not deemed to be an administrative commitment for financing. An obligation or administrative commitment may be made only as amounts are provided in authorization and appropriations laws.
(e) Return of misspent grant funds 
As part of the grant agreement under subsection (c), the Secretary shall require grant applicants to return any misspent grant funds received under this subchapter that the Secretary considers to have been spent for a purpose other than those specified in the grant award. The Secretary shall take all necessary actions to recover such funds.
(f) Congressional notification 
Not later than 5 days before the award of any grant is made under this subchapter, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the intent to award such grant.
(g) Guidelines 
The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that grant recipients under this subchapter who use contractors or subcontractors use small, minority, women-owned, or disadvantaged business concerns as contractors or subcontractors when appropriate.
[1] So in original. The word “the” probably should appear.

6 USC 1153 - Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out section 1165 of this title
(1) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.

6 USC 1154 - Public awareness

Not later than 180 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall develop a national plan for railroad and over-the-road bus security public outreach and awareness. Such a plan shall be designed to increase awareness of measures that the general public, passengers, and employees of railroad carriers and over-the-road bus operators can take to increase the security of the national railroad and over-the-road bus transportation systems. Such a plan shall also provide outreach to railroad carriers and over-the-road bus operators and their employees to improve their awareness of available technologies, ongoing research and development efforts, and available Federal funding sources to improve security. Not later than 9 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall implement the plan developed under this section.