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Union Calendar No. 563 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3300 
[Report No. 113–732, Part I] 
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2013 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity for a period ending not later than January 2, 2015, for consider-
ation of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the ju-
risdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(j) of rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
The Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 22, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Reauthorization 
Act of 2013’’. 
TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 
FEMA AND MODERNIZATION 
OF 
INTEGRATED 
PUBLIC 
ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM 
SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
Section 699 of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 811) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘administration and operations’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘management 
and administration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2014, $972,145,000; 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2015, $972,145,000; and 
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2016, $972,145,000.’’. 
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SEC. 102. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM MODERNIZATION. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Moderniza-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
(b) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM MODERNIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To provide timely and effec-
tive disaster warnings under this section, the Presi-
dent, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, shall— 
(A) modernize the integrated public alert 
and warning system of the United States (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘public alert and warn-
ing system’’) to ensure that the President under 
all conditions is able to alert and warn govern-
mental authorities and the civilian population 
in areas endangered by disasters; and 
(B) implement the public alert and warning 
system. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—In car-
rying out paragraph (1), the Administrator shall, 
consistent with the recommendations in the final re-
port of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning Sys-
tem Advisory Committee (established under subsection 
(c))— 
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(A) establish or adopt, as appropriate, com-
mon alerting and warning protocols, standards, 
terminology, and operating procedures for the 
public alert and warning system; 
(B) include in the public alert and warning 
system the capability to adapt the distribution 
and content of communications on the basis of 
geographic location, risks, or personal user pref-
erences, as appropriate; 
(C) include in the public alert and warning 
system the capability to alert and warn, and 
provide the equivalent amount of information to 
individuals with disabilities and individuals 
with access and functional needs; 
(D) ensure that training, tests, and exercises 
are conducted for the public alert and warning 
system and that the system is incorporated into 
other training and exercise programs of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, as appropriate; 
(E) establish and integrate into the Na-
tional Incident Management System a com-
prehensive and periodic training program to in-
struct and educate Federal, State, tribal, and 
local government officials in the use of the Com-
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