H.R. 3726: Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011
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H.R. 3726: Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-16 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011
Plain summary
Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to modify the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to include within the initial assessment of the relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of terrorism faced by each eligible metropolitan area, consideration of each area's past performance, and each area's potential, to contribute to a reduction or mitigation of the relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of terrorism faced either within such area or nationally. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider such past performance in allocating homeland security grant funds among states and high-risk urban areas.
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Official text
Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3726.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3726 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112