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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5629 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 3, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to strengthen 

the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Domes3 tic Nuclear Security Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE. 

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 sections: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1908. DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL 

9 NUCLEAR DETECTION ARCHITECTURE. 

10 ‘‘In carrying out the mission of the Office under sub11 paragraph (A) of section 1902(a)(4), the Director for Do12 mestic Nuclear Detection shall provide support for plan13 ning, organization, equipment, training, exercises, and 

14 operational assessments to Federal, State, local, terri15 torial, and tribal entities to assist in implementing radio16 logical and nuclear detection capabilities in the event of 

17 a radiological or nuclear act of terror or other attack. Such 

18 capabilities shall be integrated into the enhanced global 

19 nuclear detection architecture referred to in such section 

20 1902(a)(4), and shall inform and be guided by architec21 ture studies, technology needs, and research activities of 

22 the Office. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 1909. SECURING THE CITIES PROGRAM. 

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

25 Nuclear Detection shall establish the ‘Securing the Cities’ 

26 (‘STC’) program to enhance, through Federal, State, 


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1 local, tribal, and private entities, the ability of the United 

2 States to detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear act 

3 of terror or other attack in high-risk urban areas. 

4 ‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF JURISDICTIONS.—In desig5 nating jurisdiction under subsection (a), the Director for 

6 Domestic Nuclear Detection shall consider jurisdictions 

7 designated by the Secretary as high-risk urban areas 

8 under section 2003, and other cities and regions as appro9 priate, for the selection of new STC locations. 

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

11 for Domestic Nuclear Detection shall notify the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Ap13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af15 fairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

16 not later than 30 days after any additions or changes to 

17 the jurisdictions participating in the STC program under 

18 this section. 

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

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

21 General of the United States shall submit to the congres22 sional committees specified in subsection (c) an assess23 ment, including an evaluation of the effectiveness, of the 

24 STC program. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1910. PROCUREMENT REFORM. 

2 ‘‘In the event of an acquisition of a new system for 

3 a component of the Department of Homeland Security or 

4 any other Department-related or -associated end-user, the 

5 head of such component shall complete and sign a Mission 

6 Need Statement and Operational Requirements Docu7 ment, in accordance with relevant Department Acquisition 

8 Management Directives. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1911. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this title $291,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 and 

12 2016.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 

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

15 amended by striking the item relating to section 1907 and 

16 inserting the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 1907. Joint biennial interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture. 

‘‘Sec. 1908. Domestic implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture. 

‘‘Sec. 1909. Securing the Cities program. 

‘‘Sec. 1910. Procurement reform. 

‘‘Sec. 1911. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 

18 the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

21 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 1906 (6 U.S.C. 596), in the mat2 ter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para3 graphs (6) and (7) of’’; and 

4 (2) in section 1907 (6 U.S.C. 596a)— 

5 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (a)— 

8 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AN9 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

10 (ii) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (I) in the matter preceding sub12 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘each 

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘every two 

14 years’’; and 

15 (II) in subparagraph (C)— 

16 (aa) in clauses (i) and (iii), 

17 by striking ‘‘previous year’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘previous two years’’ 

19 each place it appears; and 

20 (bb) in clause (ii), by strik21 ing ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘Bi22 ennial’’; and 

23 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

24 ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘every two 

25 years’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AN3 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

4 (ii) in paragraph (1), in the matter 

5 preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 

6 ‘‘odd-numbered’’ before ‘‘year’’; and 

7 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘an8 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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