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 program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6201 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6201

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 program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Barragan, and 
Mrs. McClain Delaney) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 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 program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADMINISTRATION OF NEXT GENERATION WARNING SYSTEM GRANT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall take such actions as may be necessary to--
            (1) assume responsibility for administering the Next 
        Generation Warning System grant program;
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, disburse all funds made available for fiscal year 
        2022 to carry out such program under the heading ``Protection, 
        Preparedness, Response, and Recovery--Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency--Federal Assistance'' of title III of the 
        Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) that 
        are obligated as of the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (3) begin the process of awarding grants under the Next 
        Generation Warning System grant program with funds made 
        available to carry out such program--
                    (A) for fiscal year 2023 under the heading 
                ``Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery--
                Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal 
                Assistance'' of title III of the Consolidated 
                Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328); and
                    (B) for fiscal year 2024 under the heading 
                ``Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery--
                Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal 
                Assistance'' of title III of the Further Consolidated 
                Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47).
    (b) Communications Research and Development.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
        other relevant Federal agencies and departments, State, local, 
        Tribal, and territorial governments, and relevant owners and 
        operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, shall, to 
        the extent practicable, carry out research and development to 
        support and improve the--
                    (A) accessibility of emergency warning systems;
                    (B) resiliency and security of emergency warning 
                systems; and
                    (C) other matters as the Secretary determines 
                appropriate.
            (2) Research and development report.--Not later than 2 
        years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 (1).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) 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 Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) 
        under the heading ``Protection, Preparedness, Response, and 
        Recovery--Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal 
        Assistance''.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for 
        Science and Technology.
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