Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURING THE CITIES INI-
TIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1908. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURING THE CITIES INI-
TIATIVE. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The Securing the Cities Initiative of the 
Department uses next generation radiation detection 
technology to detect the transport of nuclear and ra-
diological material in urban areas by terrorists or 
other unauthorized individuals. 
‘‘(2) The technology used by partners in the Se-
curing the Cities Initiative leverages radiation detec-
tion technology used at ports of entry. 
‘‘(3) The Securing the Cities Initiative has fos-
tered unprecedented collaboration and coordination 
among its Federal, State, and local partners. 
‘‘(4) The Securing the Cities Initiative is a crit-
ical national capability to detect the dangerous intro-
duction of nuclear and radiological material. 
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‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Do-
mestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department for the 
Securing the Cities Initiative such sums as may be nec-
essary for each fiscal year, including such sums as are nec-
essary to provide to each city in which the initiative is 
implemented after fiscal year 2009, and for each city in 
which it has been implemented by fiscal year 2009— 
‘‘(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(2) not less than $10,000,000 in sustainment 
assistance for each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 1907 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1908. Authorization of Securing the Cities Initiative.’’. 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURING THE CITIES INI-
TIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1908. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURING THE CITIES INI-
TIATIVE. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The Securing the Cities Initiative of the De-
partment uses next generation radiation detection 
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technology to detect the transport of nuclear and radi-
ological material in urban areas by terrorists or other 
unauthorized individuals. 
‘‘(2) The technology used by partners in the Se-
curing the Cities Initiative leverages radiation detec-
tion technology used at ports of entry. 
‘‘(3) The Securing the Cities Initiative has fos-
tered unprecedented collaboration and coordination 
among its Federal, State, and local partners. 
‘‘(4) The Securing the Cities Initiative is a crit-
ical national capability to detect the dangerous intro-
duction of nuclear and radiological material. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Domes-
tic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department for the Se-
curing the Cities Initiative such sums as may be necessary 
for each fiscal year, including— 
‘‘(1) for each city in which it has been imple-
mented by fiscal year 2009— 
‘‘(A) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(C) 
not 
less 
than 
$10,000,000 
in 
sustainment assistance for each fiscal year there-
after; and 
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‘‘(2) for additional Securing the Cities initia-
tives to be implemented in not fewer than 2 sites par-
ticipating in the Urban Area Security Initiative, 
such sums as may be necessary each fiscal year to im-
plement and sustain each additional initiative.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1907 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1908. Authorization of Securing the Cities Initiative.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 226 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2611 
[Report No. 111–389] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 12, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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