# 114-hr-5391: Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act

114-hr-5391, Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5391
- Congress: 114
- Title: Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced: 2016-06-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, in conducting research and development to generate and improve technologies to detect and prevent the illicit entry, transport, assembly, or potential use within the United States of a nuclear explosive device or fissile or radiological material, to: develop and maintain documentation that provides information on how the Office's research investments align with gaps in the enhanced global nuclear detection architecture and with research challenges identified by the Director, and that defines in detail how the Office will address such research challenges; document the rational for prioritizing and selecting research topics; and develop a systematic approach for evaluating how the outcomes of the Office's individual research projects collectively contribute to addressing its research challenges.

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5391 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5391)

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- [114-hr-6073: Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6073)
- [114-hr-6072: Election Integrity Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6072)
- [114-hr-6017: Race to the Job Initiative Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6017)
- [114-hr-5964: To provide a Federal share for disaster assistance provided to the State of Lou…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5964)
- [114-hr-5953: National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5953)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5391 (as of 2025-11-18).