February 16, 2010
On Tuesday, February 16, 2010, the President signed into law:
H.R. 730, the "Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act," which establishes in statute the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and requires DHS to establish a National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program to provide scholarships and fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students for studies in specialties relevant to nuclear forensics.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 730 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/292622