HJRES 211 United States House · 118th Congress

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "The Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts".

H.J. Res. 211 would block a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that proposed changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which deliver critical emergency notifications to phones and televisions. The FCC rule, published in the Federal Register on September 6, 2024, aimed to update how these alerts are structured and delivered. If passed, this resolution would prevent the rule from taking effect, keeping the current alert system unchanged. It uses the Congressional Review Act process to formally disapprove the FCC's regulation.
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