HR 1738 · 114th Congress · Emergency Management
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 667.(2016-12-08)
Plain Language Summary
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Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015 Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to update, modernize, and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system, including by: (1) establishing or adapting common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures; (2) including the capability to adapt the dissemination of information and the content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, and multiple communications systems and technologies and the capability to alert, warn, and provide the equivalent amount of information to individuals with limited English proficiency skills, disabilities (particularly sensory disabilities), or other access or functional needs; (3) ensuring training, tests, and exercises for the system and that the system is incorporated into other training and exercise programs of DHS; (4) ensuring that a comprehensive and periodic training program for receiving and disseminating public alert and warning system messages utilizing advanced technologies is provided to homeland security stakeholders; (5) conducting periodic…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1738, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015
Jun 2, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2015
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