[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3726 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3726

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve efficiency and 
 guarantee accountability in the Urban Area Security Initiative grant 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2011

  Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mr. Higgins) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve efficiency and 
 guarantee accountability in the Urban Area Security Initiative grant 
                                program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Area Security Initiative 
Modernization Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.

    The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
            (1) in section 2003(b)(2)(A) (6 U.S.C. 604(b)(2)(A))--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``(K)'' and inserting ``(K) 
                        and (L)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(iii) the potential relative contribution 
                        of each eligible metropolitan area to a 
                        reduction or mitigation of the relative threat, 
                        vulnerability, and consequences from acts of 
                        terrorism faced nationally.''; and
            (2) in section 2007(a)(1) (6 U.S.C. 608 (a)(1))--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as 
                subparagraph (L); and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(K) its past performance in contributing to the 
                reduction or mitigation of threat, vulnerability, and 
                consequences from acts of terrorism faced within either 
                the grantee's geographic area or the comprehensive 
                threat, vulnerability, and consequences faced 
                nationally.''.
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