Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012

Summary

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

6 official files

• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 20 September 2012

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 20 September 2012

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 20 September 2012

  Open at official source

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 6 December 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 6 December 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 6 December 2011

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.