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119-hr-1374119th Congress
Securing the Cities Improvement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
Passed House
Summary
Refocuses the Securing the Cities program on risk-based city selection and measurable performance. This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to set clear performance metrics and milestones, let that office designate eligible jurisdictions based on preparedness and threat, and deliver a report to Congress within 2 years.
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- Cities and local jurisdictions would face a new, risk-based eligibility test that looks at preparedness capacity, relative threat, vulnerability, and potential consequences for nuclear or radiological events.
- The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office would have to create and track performance metrics and milestones and monitor program spending against those measures.
- The Secretary must report to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs within 2 years on participation, metrics, performance, and planned program changes.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Risk-based city selection and new oversight
If enacted, Homeland Security would change how places are picked for the Securing the Cities program. Jurisdictions would be chosen by risk: local readiness and capacity, level of threat, vulnerability, and likely harm from nuclear or radiological events. DHS would set clear goals and milestones, track spending, and check performance against those goals. A report to Congress would be due within two years of enactment. This could shift which local areas get help and improve oversight of program money.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 2/14/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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