S 1753 · 109th Congress · Emergency Management

Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act

Introduced 2005-09-22· Sponsored by Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 321.(2005-12-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act - Establishes an all hazards alert system that will: (1) enable any appropriate federal department or agency or state or local governmental entity to alert the public to any imminent threat from natural phenomena, accidents, natural disasters, terrorist activity, and other emergency situations that present a significant risk of injury or death to the public; (2) be coordinated with and supplement existing federal, state, and local emergency warning and alert systems; (3) be flexible enough in its application to permit narrowly targeted alerts in circumstances in which only a small geographic area is exposed or potentially exposed to the threat; and (4) transmit alerts in response to natural hazards, hazardous materials incidents, and terrorist attacks across the greatest possible variety of media, including digital and analog broadcast, cable, and satellite television and radio, wireless telecommunications, and hardwire telecommunications, to reach the largest portion of the affected population. Establishes the National Program Office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct the day-to-day operation and managemen…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 1753, National Alert System and Tsunami Preparedness Act

Dec 1, 2005

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005</p>

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S. 1753, National Alert System and Tsunami Preparedness Act

Dec 1, 2005

Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (7)

3 Democrats4 Republicans