logical, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents in the 
United States and to protect against an attack using such 
materials, devices, or agents against the people, territory, 
or interests of the United States. 
‘‘SEC. 1922. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DEPARTMENT ENTI-
TIES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Assistant 
Secretary under this title shall neither affect nor diminish 
the authority or the responsibility of any officer of the De-
partment or of any officer of any other department or 
agency of the United States with respect to the command, 
control, or direction of the functions, personnel, funds, as-
sets, and liabilities of any entity within the Department 
or any Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY.—Nothing in this title or any other provision of law 
may be construed to affect or reduce the responsibilities 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Ad-
ministrator or the Agency, including the diversion of any 
asset, function, or mission of the Agency or the Adminis-
trator of the Agency.’’; 
(4) by striking section 1905; 
(5) by redesignating sections 1902, 1903, 1904, 
1906, and 1907 as sections 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 
and 1927, respectively, and transferring such sec-
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tions to appear after section 1922, as added by 
paragraph (3); 
(6) in section 1923, as so redesignated, in the 
section heading by striking ‘‘MISSION OF OFFICE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘RESPONSIBILITIES’’; and 
(7) by inserting after section 1927, as so redes-
ignated, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1928. SECURING THE CITIES PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, through the 
Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Office, shall establish the ‘Securing the Cities’ 
(‘STC’) program to enhance the ability of the United 
States to detect and prevent terrorist attacks and other 
high consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radio-
logical materials that pose a high risk to homeland secu-
rity in high-risk urban areas. Through the STC program 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) assist State, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments in designing and implementing, or en-
hancing existing, architectures for coordinated and 
integrated detection and interdiction of nuclear or 
other radiological materials that are out of regu-
latory control; 
‘‘(2) support the development of a region-wide 
operating capability to detect and report on nuclear 
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and other radioactive materials out of regulatory 
control; 
‘‘(3) provide resources to enhance detection, 
analysis, communication, and coordination to better 
integrate into Federal operations State, local, tribal, 
and territorial assets; 
‘‘(4) facilitate alarm adjudication and provide 
subject matter expertise and technical assistance on 
concepts of operations, training, exercises, and alarm 
response protocols; 
‘‘(5) communicate with, and promote sharing of 
information about the presence or detection of nu-
clear or other radiological materials among appro-
priate Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments, in a manner that ensures transparency 
with the jurisdictions served by such program; 
‘‘(6) provide augmenting resources, as appro-
priate, to enable State, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments to sustain and refresh their capabilities 
developed under the STC program; and 
‘‘(7) provide any other assistance the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF JURISDICTIONS.—In carrying 
out the STC program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall designate jurisdictions from among high-risk urban 
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areas under section 2003, and other cities and regions, 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate not later than three days before 
the designation of a new jurisdiction in accordance with 
subsection (b) or any other change to participating juris-
dictions.’’. 
(b) REFERENCES AND CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of sections 
1923 through 1927 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, as so redesignated by subsection (a), any ref-
erence to— 
(A) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Coun-
tering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office; and 
(B) the Director for Domestic Nuclear De-
tection shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction Office. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Sections 1923 through 
1927 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as so 
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redesignated by subsection (a), shall be construed to 
cover the chemical and biological responsibilities of 
the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Office. 
(3) AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Director 
of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to make 
grants is transferred to the Assistant Secretary for 
the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and 
such authority shall be construed to include grants 
for all purposes of title XIX of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as amended by this Act. 
(c) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Title V of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended 
by striking section 516. 
(2) AMENDMENT.—Title XIX of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Chief Medical Officer 
‘‘SEC. 1931. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Office a Chief 
Medical Officer, who shall be appointed by the President. 
The Chief Medical Officer shall report to the Assistant 
Secretary. 
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