3.0.0 6351 2019-11-15T21:40:52Z 2019-11-15T21:40:52Z House H HR 2006-12-05 109 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Referred to 2006-12-08T16:47:48Z Referred to 2006-12-05T15:06:50Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-05T15:06:45Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-12-05T15:06:40Z 2006-12-08 hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology. Committee 2006-12-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2006-12-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2006-12-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000213 Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] JOE BARTON R TX L. 6 N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Broadband Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Federal Communications Commission Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Independent regulatory commissions Law Liability (Law) Licenses Research and development Research grants Standards Technological innovations Television broadcasting Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2006-12-05 Introduced in House 2007-02-02T20:08:22Z Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) adopt technical requirements for commercial mobile service alerts; and (2) establish a Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the FCC for assisting commercial mobile service providers in providing emergency alerts to their subscribers.

Requires the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology to establish a research, development, testing, and evaluation program to support the development of technologies to increase the number of commercial mobile service devices that can receive emergency alerts.

Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to establish a grant program to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities to enable residents of such communities to receive emergency alerts.

Provides for additional funding for commercial mobile service alerts from the Digital Transition and Public Safety Fund.

Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to borrow up to $106 million from the Treasury to implement mobile alert programs under this Act.

]]> Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act Short Titles as Introduced Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act Display Title Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a voluntary framework through which commercial mobile service providers can elect to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers. Introduced in House 2006-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6351ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6351ih.xml 2006-12-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.