3.0.0 3283 2023-01-11T13:23:58Z 2023-01-11T13:23:58Z House H HR 2013-10-10 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 3283.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall havePower to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties,Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the UnitedStates.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower to make all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and allother Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government ofthe United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H6493]]]> hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee Reported by 2014-03-27T17:08:41Z Markup by 2014-03-27T17:08:22Z Referred to 2013-10-15T14:50:01Z Markup by 2014-04-30T14:51:46Z Referred to 2013-10-10T14:00:45Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-11T21:25:17Z Referred to 2013-10-10T14:00:50Z 2014-04-30 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2014-04-30 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-03-27 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2014-03-27 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2013-10-15 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. Committee 2013-10-11 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 2013-10-10 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 2013-10-10 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 2013-10-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-10-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 12 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2014-05-01 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 2013-10-10 Introduced in House 2013-12-04T20:25:42Z Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 - 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 submit annual recommendations for the continuation and improvement of such system.

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 2013 Display Title Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-10-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3283ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3283ih.xml 2014-04-30 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 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.