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HR 1374 Passed a chamber

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to base city eligibility for the Securing the Cities program on each jurisdiction's capability, capacity, and threat profile, and to require performance metrics and a report to Congress.

Official title: Securing the Cities Improvement Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 14-FEB-2025
Referred 14-FEB-2025
Passed 10-MAR-2025
Senate
Received 11-MAR-2025
Key points
  • Replaces the requirement that STC program participants come from high-risk urban areas with designation of jurisdictions based on preparedness and response capability and capacity, plus relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from nuclear or radiological terrorism.
  • Requires the Secretary to establish performance metrics and milestones for the STC program, monitor program expenditures, and track performance against those metrics and milestones.
  • Requires the Secretary, within two years after enactment, to report to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on program participation, metrics, performance, and planned changes.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (14-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 10-MAR-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Emergency Management

Sponsor Troy A. Carter (D-LA) Cosponsors · 2
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Republican
1 Democrat