Press Release 1 
  Senator Frank R Lautenberg Press Release of Senator Lautenberg Senate Passes Final 9 11 Bill With 
Key Lautenberg Provisions Senator s Provisions Include Rail Security Aviation Security Hazmat 
Security and Truck Security Contact Press Office 202 224 3224 Friday July 27 2007 WASHINGTON D C 
The Senate yesterday approved the conference report for legislation to help make the United States 
more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9 11 Commission The 110th Congress 
took up this bill at the beginning of the year to improve federal homeland security programs and 
protect our country from the threat of terrorism Sen Frank R Lautenberg D NJ played a prominent role 
in crafting the measure S 4 It is vital that the recommendations of the 9 11 Commission be implemented 
We must take every possible step to increase homeland security on our railways highways and at our 
airports New Jersey remains one of the states facing the greatest risk of terrorism and I will continue 
to fight to make sure we get the support we need from the federal government said Sen Lautenberg The 
bill is expected to pass the House soon and then be sent to the President for signature next week Some 
of the provisions authored by Sen Lautenberg in the final bill would do the following RAIL SECURITY 
Authorize funding through the Department of Transportation DOT to upgrade Amtrak railroad tunnels 
in New Jersey New York Washington and Baltimore to modernize safety and security standards 160 
million of this will be allocated to rail tunnels in the New Jersey New York region Require the Transportation 
Security Administration TSA to conduct a comprehensive railroad sector risk assessment and submit 
prioritized recommendations for improving rail security Provide grants through TSA to Amtrak 
freight railroads and others to upgrade security across the entire freight and intercity passenger 
railroad system Provide federal whistleblower protection for rail workers who report security 
concerns Require railroads shipping high hazard materials to create threat mitigation plans 
including plans to suspend shipments or reroute them around densely populated urban areas in times 
of elevated threat alert AVIATION SECURITY Remove arbitrary TSA screener staffing cap of 45 000 
full time employees to ensure that the agency is properly staffed at a level necessary to provide 
adequate security and keep average wait times for passengers below 10 minutes TRUCK HAZMAT SECURITY 
Require the DHS Inspector General to perform an audit of the DHS trucking security grant program 
Since 9 11 all federal trucking security grant funds totaling almost 60 million have been given 
in no bid fashion by DHS to a trucking industry lobbying group Require DHS to develop a program to 
encourage equipping trucks carrying hazardous materials with communications and tracking technology 
Establish a federal program for reviewing and enforcing hazardous materials security plans Questions 
or Comments   

 Press Release 2 
  Senator Frank R Lautenberg Press Release of Senator Lautenberg Opening Statement by Chairman 
Lautenberg During Commerce Committee Hearing on the Lautenberg Lott Amtrak Revitalization Legislation 
Tuesday February 27 2007 WASHINGTON D C United States Senator Frank R Lautenberg D NJ Chairman of 
the Commerce Committee s Subcommittee for Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure 
Safety and Security issued the following statement today during a hearing on the Lautenberg Lott 
Amtrak revitalization legislation Let me welcome everyone to today s hearing as we begin to fundamentally 
change the way America travels Let me also thank our witnesses some of whom come from states that 
are already embracing this change We welcome their input and ideas Today s hearing is about Senator 
Lott s and my vision for our nation s transportation system a system with more options and convenience 
for travelers less damage to our environment and less dependence on foreign oil Along with air and 
vehicle travel passenger rail should be one of the three pillars on which our transportation network 
rests And Amtrak should be among the great passenger rail systems in the world The Passenger Rail 
Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 can help turn that vision into a reality And as any traveler 
will tell you we need to implement that vision because strengthening this intercity travel option 
is long overdue Our highways are jammed with cars The average New Jerseyan spends three hundred 
hours commuting by car every year and fifteen percent of that time is wasted sitting in traffic And 
we know our skies are becoming jammed as more planes take to the air Last year was the worst year for 
flight delays since 2000 One in four planes was late And we expect nearly five thousand new very light 
jets to add to this traffic over the next ten years Between lines of cars on the highways and long security 
lines at the airports America s travelers need and deserve another choice And a world class passenger 
rail system is it Disasters such as September 11th and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita also showed that 
America needs passenger rail When air travel was cancelled on 9 11 people rode the rails And when 
roads became lakes during Katrina and Rita people could have turned to trains to evacuate some of 
our most vulnerable and to move supplies And Amtrak s record ridership nearly twenty five million 
passengers last year proves that Americans want passenger rail Our bill will lay the tracks for 
a strong passenger rail network one that will bring more balance to our national transportation 
system Our bill will invest twenty billion dollars in America s passenger rail system over the next 
six years combined with a bond proposal that Senator Lott and I hope the Finance Committee will act 
on this year It will fully fund Amtrak and allow it to upgrade its equipment improve its security 
and return the Northeast Corridor to a state of good repair And it will create a new intercity rail 
grant program to build passenger lines between more of our country s towns and cities Just this year 
the federal government will spend more than thirty nine billion dollars on roads and more than fifteen 
billion dollars on airports yet little more than one billion dollars on rail It s time for America 
to get on board with passenger rail transportation Questions or Comments