,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,mullin 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,pelosi1 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,administrator  
of the ,federal ,emergency ,management  
,agency to carry out a program to       
provide technical and financial         
assistance to ,state1 local1 and ,tribal
 authorities to conduct testing of      
emergency alert and warning systems1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,resilient ,emergency ,alert            
,communications and ,training ,act or   
the ,,react ,act4  #b4 ,support for     
emergency alerting systems  7a7 ,in     
general ,the ,administrator of the      
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
shall carry out a program to provide    
technical and financial assistance to   

,state1 local1 and ,tribal authorities  
to conduct periodic field training1     
end-to-end testing1 and community-based 
exercises of emergency alert and warning
 systems1 which shall be in addition to 
support provided under any existing     
program4  7b7 ,requirements ,the        
technical and financial assistance      
provided under subsection 7a7 shall     
include-- 7#a7 funding and training for 
community-based exercises1 including    
organized live testing at the local     
level2  7#b7 assistance with            
establishing a clear delineation of     
roles1 responsibilities1 and standard   
operating procedures within the         
emergency alert and warning chain of    
authorization1 including across local1  
,tribal1 ,state1 and ,federal           
authorities2  7#c7 developing and       
publishing templates for emergency alert
 and warning messages1 in accordance    
with evidence-based scientific research1
 that--  7,a7 may include message       
completeness requirements2 and  7,b7    

build upon existing training materials2 
7#d7 training on best practices for     
crafting1 disseminating1 and assessing  
the effectiveness of emergency alert and
 warning messages1 provided across      
different platforms and jurisdictions2  
7#e7 development of standardized metrics
 to assess the effectiveness of         
emergency alert and warning systems2    
7#f7 testing of technology and          
infrastructure for emergency alert and  
warning systems1 including multimodal   
capabilities1 to ensure such systems are
 working effectively and in coordination
 with one another2  7#g7 technical      
assistance for the development of public
 education campaigns that explain how   
emergency alert and warning systems     
work1 actions by individuals required to
 ensure they receive alerts and         
warnings1 and how individuals and       
communities should respond2 and  7#h7   
review of1 and recommendations for1     
local policy and standard operating     
procedures regarding the use of         

emergency alert and warning systems4    
7c7 ,operational plan ,not later than #a
 year after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,administrator1 in       
consultation with ,state1 local1 and    
,tribal authorities1 shall develop and  
submit to ,congress a plan for carrying 
out the program under this section4     
,such plan shall contain anticipated    
costs and metrics to assess the         
effectiveness of such training1 testing1
 and exercises4  7d7 ,report ,not later 
than #b years after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,administrator shall    
submit to ,congress a report on the     
field training1 end-to-end testing1     
community-based exercises1 and public   
education supported under this section  
and such report shall contain-- 7#a7 for
 each ,alerting ,authority under the    
,integrated ,public ,alert and ,warning 
,system and for each ,state1 local1 or  
,tribal authority receiving assistance  
under this section that is not an       

established ,alerting ,authority--  7,a7
 whether the authority has conducted    
field training1 end-to-end testing1     
community-based exercises1 and public   
education relating to the emergency     
alert and warning systems of such       
authority2  7,b7 the frequency and scope
 of the activities described in         
subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7 whether the    
authority has established sufficient    
standard operating procedures regarding 
the use of its emergency alert and      
warning systems2  7,d7 a description of 
the percentage of individuals or regions
 covered by its emergency alert and     
warning systems2  7,e7 a description of 
the methods used to obtain public       
participation and feedback1 and their   
results1 during and after such          
activities2 and  7,f7 a description of  
opt-out rates for emergency alert and   
warning systems during and after such   
activities2  7#b7 an assessment of the  
effectiveness of such field training1   
end-to-end testing1 and community-based 

exercises as measured by the metrics    
contained in the plan required under    
subsection 7c72 and  7#c7 any           
recommendations for updating such plan4 
7e7 ,sunset ,the authority provided     
under this section shall terminate on   
the date that is #aj years after the    
date of enactment of this ,act4  7f7    
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,administrator to carry out this section
 #cj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years   
#bjbe through #bjce4  7g7 ,rule of      
construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed to require ,state1     
local and ,tribal authorities to be     
mandated to use any particular emergency
 alert and warning system4  7h7         
,emergency alert and warning system     
defined ,in this section1 the term      
emergency alert and warning system means
 any system used by a ,state1 local1 or 
,tribal authority to warn the public    
about emergencies or natural hazards1   
including such systems that operate     

through the ,integrated ,public ,alert  
and ,warning ,system4