Public Law 114-143 · S. 1180 · Became law

Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015

Official title: “To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes.”

House: voice vote · Senate: without objection
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