Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds that— numerous proven and tested technologies exist to enable the Federal Government to update and modernize its dissemination of public alerts and warnings; the expected benefits of these enhancements include— greater security, effectiveness, reliability, integration, flexibility, comprehensiveness, and redundancy of the Federal Government’s alert and warning capabilities; rapid alert dissemination; an improved ability to notify remote locations; an improved ability to notify individuals with disabilities; and the ability to geographically target and deliver alerts and warnings through multiple communication modes; there is a need to test the viability of delivering messages through diverse communications modes to effectively alert and warn the public; there is a need to update, modernize, and improve the ability of the Federal Government to provide residents of the United States with timely and effective warnings; although significant Federal integration efforts are underway, the aggregation, dissemination, and reporting system necessary for effective public alert and warning will require an integrated national network for flexible, reliable, secure, and authenticated dissemination of emergency alerts and warnings by Federal, State, local, and tribal entities that are authorized to issue alerts to the public; there is a need to ensure that alerts and warnings are accessible to people with disabilities, particularly with sensory disabilities; and States and urban areas should be allowed to utilize homeland security grants for the purposes of updating and modernizing public alert and warning capabilities.