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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3493 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Securing 

the Cities program to enhance the ability of the United States to detect 

and prevent terrorist attacks and other high consequence events utilizing 

nuclear or other radiological materials that pose a high risk to homeland 

security in high-risk urban areas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 

Mr. DONOVAN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the Securing the Cities program to enhance the ability 

of the United States to detect and prevent terrorist attacks and other high consequence events utilizing nuclear 

or other radiological materials that pose a high risk 

to homeland security in high-risk urban areas, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing the Cities 

3 Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SECURING THE CITIES PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Homeland Secu6 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1908. SECURING THE CITIES PROGRAM. 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director for Domestic 

10 Nuclear Detection shall establish the ‘Securing the Cities’ 

11 (‘STC’) program to enhance the ability of the United 

12 States to detect and prevent terrorist attacks and other 

13 high consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radio14 logical materials that pose a high risk to homeland secu15 rity in high-risk urban areas. Through such program the 

16 Director shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) assist State, local, tribal, and territorial 

18 governments in designing and implementing, or en19 hancing existing, architectures for coordinated and 

20 integrated detection and interdiction of nuclear or 

21 other radiological materials that are out of regu22 latory control; 

23 ‘‘(2) support the development of a region-wide 

24 operating capability to detect and report on nuclear 

25 and other radioactive materials out of operational 

26 control; 


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1 ‘‘(3) provide resources to enhance detection, 

2 analysis, communication, and coordination to better 

3 integrate State, local, tribal, and territorial assets 

4 into Federal operations; 

5 ‘‘(4) facilitate alarm adjudication and provide 

6 subject matter expertise and technical assistance on 

7 concepts of operations, training, exercises, and alarm 

8 response protocols; 

9 ‘‘(5) communicate with, and promote sharing of 

10 information about the presence or detection of nu11 clear or other radiological materials among appro12 priate Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 

13 governments, in a manner that ensures transparency 

14 with the jurisdictions served by such program; and 

15 ‘‘(6) provide any other assistance the Director 

16 determines appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF JURISDICTIONS.—In carrying 

18 out the program under subsection (a), the Director shall 

19 designate jurisdictions from among high-risk urban areas 

20 under section 2003, and other cities and regions, as appro21 priate. 

22 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Director 

23 shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security and the 

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1 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate not later than three days before the designa3 tion of new jurisdictions under subsection (b) or other 

4 changes to participating jurisdictions. 

5 ‘‘(d) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after 

6 the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller 

7 General of the United States shall submit to the congres8 sional committees specified in subsection (c) an assess9 ment, including an evaluation of the effectiveness, of the 

10 STC program under this section. 

11 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No 

12 funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

13 section. This section shall be carried out using amounts 

14 otherwise appropriated or made available for such pur15 pose.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

17 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

18 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

19 1907 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1908. Securing the Cities program.’’. 

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