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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1076 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study |
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| 6 | 6 | | on the effectiveness of emergency alerting systems, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANGWORTHY (for himself, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | OYLAN, Mr. ROGERSof Alabama, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. CARTER |
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| 13 | 13 | | of Louisiana, Ms. N |
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| 14 | 14 | | ORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mrs. DINGELL, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. L |
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| 16 | 16 | | AWLER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. HARDERof California, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. |
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| 18 | 18 | | ING-HINDS, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr. PAPPAS, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ms. B |
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| 20 | 20 | | ARRAGA´N, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 21 | 21 | | was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to |
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| 23 | 23 | | conduct a study on the effectiveness of emergency alert- |
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| 24 | 24 | | ing systems, and for other purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Weather Alert Re-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | sponse and Notification Act’’ or the ‘‘WARN Act’’. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL, STATE, TERRITORY, 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | AND FEDERAL ALERTING SYSTEMS. 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) I |
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| 36 | 36 | | NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | United States shall conduct a study on the effectiveness 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of local, State, territory, and Federal emergency alerting 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | systems in disseminating timely and relevant information 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | during weather-related emergencies to help communities 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | develop better policies and procedures for emergency re-8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sponse and enhance public safety in the event of a weath-9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | er-related emergency. 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b) C |
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| 45 | 45 | | ONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | section (a), the Comptroller General shall— 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) evaluate the efficacy of various alert medi-13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ums, including platforms such as social media, to 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | disseminate emergency alerts, including travel bans 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and mass power outages, during extreme weather 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | events; 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) assess the extent that guidance and training 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | exists for developing alert content, such as ensuring 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | alerts are clear, relevant, and provide the public with 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | actionable information; and 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) determine whether improvements could be 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | made to public alerting, including outdoor siren sys-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tems, based on input from a selected sample of 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | emergency managers, local officials, and community 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | groups. 26 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | frastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the House of Representatives and the Committee on 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ate a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). 7 |
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