United States HR 1374: Securing the Cities Improvement Act

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION 
H. R. 1374 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make improvements to 
the Securing the Cities program, and for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY14, 2025 
Mr.  C
ARTERof  Louisiana  (for  himself,  Mr.  HIGGINSof  Louisiana,  and  Mr.  
T
HOMPSONof  Mississippi)  introduced  the  following  bill;  which  was  re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A  BILL  
To  amend  the  Homeland  Security  Act  of  2002  to  make  
improvements  to  the  Securing  the  Cities  program,  and  
for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Securing  the  Cities  4
Improvement Act’’. 5
SEC.  2.  STC  PROGRAM  ELIGIBILITY,  METRICS,  AND  CON-6
GRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. 7
Section  1928  of  the  Homeland  Security  Act  of  2002  8
(6 U.S.C. 596b) is amended— 9
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(1)   in   subsection   (a),   by   striking   ‘‘high-risk   1
urban  areas’’  and  inserting  ‘‘jurisdictions  designated  2
under subsection (c)’’; 3
(2)  by  amending  paragraph  (7)  of  subsection  4
(b) to read as follows: 5
‘‘(7)  establish  performance  metrics  and  mile-6
stones  for  the  STC  program,  monitor  expenditures  7
for  the  program,  and  track  the  performance  against  8
program metrics and milestones; and’’; 9
(3)   in   subsection   (c)(1),   by   striking   ‘‘from   10
among  high-risk  urban  areas  under  section  2003’’  11
and  inserting  ‘‘based  on  the  capability  and  capacity  12
of  the  jurisdiction  relating  to  preparedness  and  re-13
sponse,  as  well  as  the  relative  threat  to  such  juris-14
diction,  vulnerability  of  such  jurisdiction,  and  con-15
sequences  for  such  jurisdiction,  regarding  terrorist  16
attacks  and  other  high-consequence  events  utilizing  17
nuclear or other radiological materials’’; and 18
(4)  by  amending  subsection  (d)  to  read  as  fol-19
lows: 20
‘‘(d)  R
EPORT.—Not  later  than  two  years  after  the  21
date  of  the  enactment  of  this  subsection,  the  Secretary  22
shall  submit  to  the  Committee  on  Homeland  Security  of  23
the   House   of   Representatives   and   the   Committee   on   24
Homeland  Security  and  Governmental  Affairs  of  the  Sen-25
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ate  a  report  regarding  participation  in  the  STC  program,  1
the  establishment  of  metrics  and  milestones  for  the  STC  2
program,  performance  against  such  metrics  and  mile-3
stones,  and  plans  for  any  changes  to  the  STC  program.’’.  4
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