[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4453]
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  SA 3212. Mr. DAINES (for Mr. Schatz) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2385, to establish best practices for State, tribal, and local 
governments participating in the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 
System, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 7(a) and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--
       (1) Authority.--Beginning on the date that is 120 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the authority to 
     originate an alert warning the public of a missile launch 
     directed against a State using the public alert and warning 
     system shall reside primarily with the Federal Government.
       (2) Delegation of authority.--The Secretary of Homeland 
     Security may delegate to a State, tribal, or local entity the 
     authority described in paragraph (1), if, not later than 60 
     days after the end of the 120-day period described in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security submits a 
     report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     of the House of Representatives that--
       (A) it is not feasible for the Federal Government to alert 
     the public of a missile threat against a State; or
       (B) it is not in the national security interest of the 
     United States for the Federal Government to alert the public 
     of missile threat against a State.
       (3) Activation of system.--Upon verification of a missile 
     threat, the President, utilizing established authorities, 
     protocols and procedures, may activate the public alert and 
     warning system.
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