[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5497

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the integrated 
 public alert and warning system relating to active shooters, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committee on 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the integrated 
 public alert and warning system relating to active shooters, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Active Shooter Alert System 
Improvements Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION AND 
              COORDINATION.

    (a) Active Shooter Alert Coordinator.--Section 2006 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(G) shall serve as, or appoint an individual 
                within the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement 
                to serve as, the Active Shooter Alert Coordinator of 
                the Department.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Active Shooter Alert Coordinator Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Active Shooter Alert Coordinator of 
        the Department shall--
                    ``(A) seek to eliminate gaps in the integrated 
                public alert and warning system under section 526 
                relating to active shooters, including gaps relating to 
                interstate travel of active shooters;
                    ``(B) work with law enforcement, States, and 
                localities to encourage the development of additional 
                elements, such as local active shooter plans, when 
                utilizing such integrated public alert and warning 
                systems;
                    ``(C) encourage States and localities to apply for 
                grants under subtitle A of this title to obtain, 
                improve, train users of, and implement integrated 
                public alert and warning systems relating to active 
                shooters; and
                    ``(D) work with States and localities to ensure 
                appropriate regional and local coordination of various 
                elements of the integrated public alert and warning 
                systems relating to active shooters.
            ``(2) Active shooter alert cooperation.--The Active Shooter 
        Alert Coordinator of the Department shall cooperate with 
        appropriate authorities in carrying out activities under this 
        subsection.''.
    (b) Performance Reports.--Subparagraph (B) of section 526(e)(1) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321o(e)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting a 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(iv) the recruitment and registration of 
                        alerting authorities of States and units of 
                        local government to use the public alert and 
                        warning system, whether an alerting authority 
                        was appointed, efforts to solicit local law 
                        enforcement participation in the public alert 
                        and warning system, and the number of alerts 
                        sent in a calendar year by altering 
                        authorities; and
                            ``(v) efforts to improve the geolocation 
                        capabilities of the public alert and warning 
                        system.''.
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