,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,kennedy of ,new ,york 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 
and ,mrs4 ,mc,clain ,delaney7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,administrator of the       
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
to administer the ,next ,generation     
,warning ,system grant program and      
disburse obligated funds under such     
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,administration of ,next ,generation    
,warning ,system grant program  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,administrator of the      
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 

shall take such actions as may be       
necessary to-- 7#a7 assume              
responsibility for administering the    
,next ,generation ,warning ,system grant
 program2  7#b7 not later than #ahj days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 disburse all funds made available 
for fiscal year #bjbb to carry out such 
program under the heading ,protection1  
,preparedness1 ,response1 and           
,recovery--,federal ,emergency          
,management ,agency--,federal           
,assistance of title ,,iii of the       
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-ajc7 that are  
obligated as of the date of enactment of
 this ,act2 and  7#c7 begin the process 
of awarding grants under the ,next      
,generation ,warning ,system grant      
program with funds made available to    
carry out such program--  7,a7 for      
fiscal year #bjbc under the heading     
,protection1 ,preparedness1 ,response1  
and ,recovery--,federal ,emergency      
,management ,agency--,federal           

,assistance of title ,,iii of the       
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbc 7,public ,law #aag-cbh72 and  7,b7
 for fiscal year #bjbd under the heading
 ,protection1 ,preparedness1 ,response1 
and ,recovery--,federal ,emergency      
,management ,agency--,federal           
,assistance of title ,,iii of the       
,further ,consolidated ,appropriations  
,act1 #bjbd 7,public ,law #aah-dg74  7b7
 ,communications research and           
development  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #a year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary1 
in consultation with other relevant     
,federal agencies and departments1      
,state1 local1 ,tribal1 and territorial 
governments1 and relevant owners and    
operators of critical infrastructure1 as
 appropriate1 shall1 to the extent      
practicable1 carry out research and     
development to support and improve the--
 7,a7 accessibility of emergency warning
 systems2  7,b7 resiliency and security 
of emergency warning systems2 and  7,c7 

other matters as the ,secretary         
determines appropriate4  7#b7 ,research 
and development report ,not later than  
#b years after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall     
submit to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report on the 
research and development activities     
carried out pursuant to paragraph 7#a74 
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7
 ,next ,generation ,warning ,system     
grant program defined ,the term ,next   
,generation ,warning ,system grant      
program means the grant program         
authorized pursuant to title ,,iii of   
the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-ajc7 under the 
heading ,protection1 ,preparedness1     
,response1 and ,recovery--,federal      
,emergency ,management ,agency--,federal
 ,assistance4  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term
 ,secretary means the ,secretary of     

,homeland ,security1 acting through the 
,under ,secretary for ,science and      
,technology4