3.0.0 3563 2022-03-02T16:39:41Z 2022-03-02T16:39:41Z House H HR 2011-12-06 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 3563.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8, clause 1.The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shallbe necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H8187]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2011-12-07T16:09:34Z Discharged from 2012-09-20T22:14:11Z Referred to 2011-12-06T15:00:34Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee Reported by 2011-12-08T14:52:54Z Markup by 2011-12-08T14:52:34Z Referred to 2011-12-07T22:36:12Z Reported by 2012-09-20T22:14:00Z Markup by 2012-03-28T16:24:35Z Referred to 2011-12-06T15:00:29Z H. Rept. 112-685 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2011 112 2904 HR 2011-09-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2012-09-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00496 2012-09-20 Committee on Transportation discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2012-09-20 Committee on Transportation discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2012-09-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 112-685, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-09-20 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 112-685, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-03-28 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2012-03-28 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-12-08 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2011-12-08 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-12-07 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. Committee 2011-12-07 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 2011-12-06 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2011-12-06 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 2011-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-12-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 9 N R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2011-12-06 True C001075 Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6] Bill Cassidy R LA 6 2012-06-19 False Emergency Management Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Emergency communications systems Government information and archives Homeland security Intergovernmental relations Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Right of privacy State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2011-12-06 Introduced in House 2012-04-12T18:55:24Z Integrated Public Alert Warning System Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 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, or personal user preferences and the capability to alert, warn, and provide the equivalent amount of information to individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs; (3) ensuring the conduct of training, tests, and exercise for the system that are incorporated into other training and exercise programs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (4) ensuring that the system uses the National Terrorism Advisory System; (5) conducting periodic nationwide tests of the system; and (6) consulting, coordinating, and cooperating with other federal agencies and with state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and other key stakeholders to leverage existing alert and warning capabilities.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that the system: (1) incorporates redundant and diverse modes to disseminate warning messages to reach the greatest number of individuals; (2) can be adapted to incorporate future technologies; (3) is resilient, secure, and can withstand acts of terrorism and other external attacks; (4) promotes state, local, tribal, and regional partnerships to enhance coordination; (5) is designed to provide alerts that are accessible to the largest portion of the affected population feasible; (6) improves the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; and (7) includes mechanisms to ensure the protection of individual privacy.

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to permit the use of homeland security grant funds to improve public alert and warning capabilities.

]]> 18 2012-09-20 Reported to House amended, Part I 2012-12-05T23:03:33Z Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 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, or personal user preferences and the capability to alert, warn, and provide the equivalent amount of information to individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs; (3) ensuring the conduct of training, tests, and exercises for the system that are incorporated into other training and exercise programs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (4) ensuring that ongoing training, integrated into the National Incident Management System, for receiving and disseminating public alert and warning system messages utilizing advanced technologies is provided to state, local, tribal, and other homeland security stakeholders; (5) ensuring that the system uses the National Terrorism Advisory System; (6) conducting periodic nationwide tests of the system at least once every three years; and (7) consulting, coordinating, and cooperating with other federal agencies and with state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and other key stakeholders to leverage existing alert and warning capabilities.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that the system: (1) incorporates redundant and diverse modes to disseminate warning messages to reach the greatest number of individuals; (2) can be adapted to incorporate future technologies; (3) is resilient, secure, and can withstand acts of terrorism and other external attacks; (4) promotes state, local, tribal, and regional partnerships to enhance coordination; (5) is designed to provide alerts that are accessible to the largest portion of the affected population feasible and to improve the ability of remote areas and areas with underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure to receive alerts; and (6) includes mechanisms to ensure the protection of individual privacy.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Advisory Committee, which shall develop and submit in annual reports recommendations for the continuation and improvement of an integrated public alert and warning system, including: (1) recommendations for common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for the system; (2) an assessment of system accomplishments and deficiencies, as well as the impact on current alert and warning systems; and (3) recommendations for increasing participation in the system, particularly among elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions. Requires the recommendations to include recommendations to provide a system that: (1) has the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, multiple communication systems and technologies or personal user preferences and to alert and warn individuals with disabilities, access and functional needs, and limited English proficiency; (2) incorporates multiple communications technologies; (3) is designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (4) encourages proper use by state and local governments through training programs and other means; (5) promotes local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; (6) promotes the participation of representatives from under served and under represented communities to ensure that alerts and warnings reach such populations; and (7) provides redundant alert mechanisms to reach the greatest number of people regardless of whether they have access to, or utilize, any specific medium of communication or any particular device.

Requires the Secretary, one year after the system is fully functional and every six months thereafter, to report to specified congressional committees on the functionality and performance of the system.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2017.

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to permit the use of homeland security grant funds to improve public alert and warning capabilities.

]]> Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Integrated Public Alert Warning System Modernization Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to House Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 H House Display Title Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system to disseminate homeland security information and other information, and for other purposes. Reported in House 2012-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3563rh/xml/BILLS-112hr3563rh.xml Introduced in House 2011-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3563ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3563ih.xml 2012-09-20 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496. 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.