The Resilient Emergency Alert Communications and Training Act requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a program providing technical and financial assistance to state, local, and tribal governments to test and improve their emergency alert and warning systems. The assistance includes funding for training exercises, help establishing clear procedures and responsibilities across different levels of government, development of message templates based on scientific research, and public education campaigns explaining how alerts work. FEMA must submit an operational plan to Congress within one year and annual reports thereafter assessing the effectiveness of these training and testing activities, including how many people opt out of receiving alerts. The program authorizes $30 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2035 and sunsets after 10 years, with the requirement that states and local governments are not forced to use any particular alert system.
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