Active Shooter Alert Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9250 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9250 To create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2024 Ms. Escobar (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Casten, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Norton, Mr. Takano, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Thompson of California, and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Active Shooter Alert Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Active shooter.--The term ``active shooter'' means an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people with a firearm in a populated area who poses an active, imminent threat to people in that populated area. (2) Administrator of fema.--The term ``Administrator of FEMA'' means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (3) Chairman of the fcc.--The term ``Chairman of the FCC'' means the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. (4) Coordinator.--The term ``Coordinator'' means the Active Shooter Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under section 3(a). (5) Network.--The term ``Network'' means the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network described in section 3(a). (6) Populated area.--The term ``populated area'' means a location wh