The Emergency Alert System: Status of Current Funding for Improvements

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IF12998

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6

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Active

Published

Sep 11, 2025

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Sep 26, 2026, 2:08 pm UTC

Authors: Katherine Segarra, Brian E. Humphreys

Source topics: Federal Emergency Communications Policy, Telecommunications & Internet Policy, Public Safety Communications

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Related federal bills

• S 1003A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
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• S 315A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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• HR 2076To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 979To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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• HR 1076To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the effectiveness of emergency alerting systems, and for other purposes.
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• HR 1211To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and for other purposes.
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• HR 4To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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• S 2587An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
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