Senate Passes Alert Act Delegating Missile Emergency Alerts Power to Federal Government
The Senate passed the Authenticating Local Emergencies and Real Threats (Alert) Act Tuesday under unanimous consent. S-2385 would give the federal government the sole authority to issue missile threat alerts and pre-empt state and local governments' role in issuing such…
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warnings. The bill would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System subcommittee “make recommendations on the best practices that state and local governments should follow to maintain the integrity of IPAWS.” Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, filed S-2385 to address issues highlighted in the Jan. 13 false missile warning in Hawaii (see 1802060055 and 1802070052). Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, led filing of House companion HR-4965, with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii (see 1804050055). “The people who know first should be the people who tell the rest of us,” Schatz said. “This legislation makes it clear that the authority to send missile alerts rests with the federal government.” FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel tweeted that it “makes clear the responsibility to send missile alerts rests with the federal government.”