The Inter-City Passenger Rail (IPR) Program directly supports transportation infrastructure security activities for the Amtrak System and is one tool in the comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to strengthen the Nation's critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks.
The FY 2025 priorities are:
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets and crowded places
- Supporting Homeland Security Task Forces and fusion centers
- Enhancing and integrating cybersecurity resiliency
- Enhancing election security
- Supporting Border Crisis Response and Enforcement
Likewise, there are several enduring security needs that crosscut the homeland security enterprise. The following are second-tier priorities that help recipients implement a comprehensive approach to securing critical transportation infrastructure:
- Effective planning;
- Training and awareness campaigns;
- Equipment and capital projects; and
- Exercises.
The IPR program supports all core capabilities in the Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery mission areas based on allowable costs. Examples of tangible outcomes from IPR include building and sustaining emergency management capabilities through operational activities, operational packages (OPacks), Top Transit Asset List (TTAL) remediation; protection of high-risk, high-consequence underwater and underground rail assets; planning; use of visible, unpredictable deterrence; emergency preparedness drills and exercises; public awareness and preparedness campaigns; and protection of other high-risk, high-consequence areas and systems that have been identified through system wide risk assessments.
In FY24, $9 million was available through the IPR Program.