3.0.0 6038 2022-02-03T05:13:08Z 2022-02-03T05:13:08Z House H HR 2008-05-13 110 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2008-05-14T15:22:02Z Referred to 2008-05-13T16:32:35Z Alerting Lives through Effective and Reliable Technological Systems Act of 2008 110 6392 HR 2008-09-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. Related bill CRS 2008-05-14 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2008-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2008-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2008-05-13 True T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2008-05-22 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2008-05-22 False T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2008-05-22 False E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2008-05-22 False Emergency Management Disabled Disasters Emergency communication systems Government Operations and Politics Illiteracy Information technology Regional planning Science, Technology, Communications Emergency Management 00 2008-05-13 Introduced in House 2008-06-04T18:43:10Z Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to: (1) modernize and implement the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to ensure that the President can alert governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by disasters under all conditions; (2) assign to the National Continuity Programs Directorate responsibility for advising on system modernization and implementation; (3) establish or adopt common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures; (4) include in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and to alert individuals with disabilities or limited English proficiency; and (5) ensure the conduct of training, tests, and exercises.

Requires the system to: (1) incorporate multiple communications technologies; (2) be designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public; (3) be designed to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible and improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (4) promote local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; and (5) provide redundant alert mechanisms.

Requires the Director to conduct pilot programs to demonstrate the feasibility of using a variety of methods for achieving system requirements.

]]> Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2008 Display Title Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6038ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6038ih.xml 2008-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. 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.