H.R. 3493Securing the Cities Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Daniel Donovan [R-NY-11]
Cosponsors: 3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Emergency Management
Committees: Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Oct 21, 2015 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroducedSep 11, 2015
Passed the HouseOct 20, 2015
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(Securing the Cities Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection 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.

Under such program, the Director shall:

assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in designing and implementing, or enhancing existing, architectures for coordinated and integrated detection and interdiction of nuclear or other radiological materials that are out of regulatory control;

support the development of a region-wide operating capability to detect and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials out of operational control;
provide resources to enhance detection, analysis, communication, and coordination to better integrate state, local, tribal, and territorial assets into federal operations;
facilitate alarm adjudication and provide subject matter expertise and technical assistance on concepts of operations, training, exercises, and alarm response protocols;
communicate with, and promote sharing of information about the presence or detection of nuclear or other radiological materials among, appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in a manner that ensures transparency; and
designate participating jurisdictions from among high-risk urban areas and other cities and regions, as appropriate, and notify Congress at least three days before designating or changing such jurisdictions.

The Comptroller General is required to submit an assessment evaluating the effectiveness of the program.

(Sec. 3) This section requires the Director to report to Congress on the feasibility of developing model exercises to test the preparedness of jurisdictions participating in the program in meeting the challenges that may be posed by a range of nuclear and radiological threats.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3493 as passed House amended on Oct 20, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 550

House Oct 20, 2015

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Securing the Cities Act of 2015

Passed · Two-thirds required

411 Yea 4 Nay 19 not voting

Crossed both parties 4 of 415 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Republicans.

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All members434 members

Democratic188 members

Republican246 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3493 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

RPETER KING [R-NY-02]Original

RMichael T. McCaul [R-TX-10]Original

DSHEILA JACKSON LEE [D-TX-18]Joined Sep 24, 2015

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