Senate bill 2385 Passed July 26, 2018

Emergency Preparedness

SEC. 4. Integrated public alert and warning system participatory requirements.

The Administrator shall—

(1) consider the recommendations submitted by the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee to the National Advisory Council under section 2(b)(7) of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–143; 130 Stat. 331), as amended by section 3 of this Act; and

(2) not later than 120 days after the date on which the recommendations described in paragraph (1) are submitted, establish minimum requirements for State, tribal, and local governments to participate in the public alert and warning system consistent with all public notice rules and regulations in law.

SEC. 5. Incident management and warning tool validation.

(a) In general.—The Administrator shall establish a process to ensure that an incident management and warning tool used by a State, tribal, or local government to originate and transmit an alert through the public alert and warning system meets the minimum requirements established by the Administrator under section 4(2).

(b) Requirements.—The process required to be established under subsection (a) shall include—

(1) the ability to test an incident management and warning tool in the public alert and warning system lab;

(2) the ability to certify that an incident management and warning tool complies with the applicable cyber frameworks of the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Complete text at:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2385/text