3.0.0 5029 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z 2023-01-13T04:48:55Z House H HR 2006-03-28 109 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-28T19:01:20Z 2006-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2006-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000321 Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7] JOHN LINDER R GA 7 N L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2006-03-28 True K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2006-03-28 True M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2006-03-28 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2006-03-28 True S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 2006-03-28 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2006-03-28 True D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 2006-03-28 True D000604 Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] Charles Dent R PA W. 15 2006-03-28 True L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2006-03-28 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2006-03-28 True Emergency Management Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal officials Fissionable materials Government Operations and Politics Nuclear terrorism Nuclear weapons Performance measurement Presidential appointments Radioactivity Research and development Risk Science, Technology, Communications Smuggling Technological innovations Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2006-03-28 Introduced in House 2006-05-18T14:39:25Z Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the establishment within the Department of Homeland Security of a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to vest in the Office's Director the primary responsibility for: (1) administering the Department's nuclear and radiological detection and prevention functions and assets; and (2) coordinating such administration with other federal detection and prevention activities.

Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate the government's implementation of a global nuclear detection architecture; (2) carry out a research and development program and a program to test and evaluate technology; (3) develop and execute a strategy for the acquisition and deployment of detection systems; (4) continuously monitor detection information received from foreign and domestic detection systems to maintain a situational awareness of all nuclear threats; (5) gather and archive detection data measurements taken of benign activities; (6) coordinate with other agencies to ensure that the detection of unauthorized nuclear explosive devices or radiological material is promptly reported; (7) assess nuclear threats communicated by federal, state, tribal, or local officials and provide adequate capability for swift and effective incident resolution; (8) develop and implement security standards for the protection of classified or sensitive information; (9) perform research, development, and acquisition activities pertaining to forensic analysis and attribution of nuclear and radiological attacks; and (10) utilize classified and unclassified threat assessments in designing the architecture.

Establishes within the Office an Advisory Council on Nuclear Detection. Requires the Director to establish an interagency coordination council.

]]> Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 Display Title Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to improve the ability of the United States to detect and prevent acts of nuclear and radiological terrorism and to enhance coordination of such efforts across Federal agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-03-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5029ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5029ih.xml 2006-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.