S.1725: A bill to require the Comptroller General to carry out a study to determine the feasibility of undertaking passenger rail transportation security programs that are similar to those of foreign countries.

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Bill Summary

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the passenger rail transportation security programs in Japan, members of the European Union, and other foreign countries in order to identify effective rail transportation security measures in use in their rail transportation systems, including innovative measures and screening procedures determined effective.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov. 16, 2001

Introduced in the Senate by Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

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