CBO Scores Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 215 (S. 1180) would authorize activities to operate and modernize the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) within the Department of Homeland Security over the 2016-2018 period. The bill also would establish a committee to develop and submit recommendations for improving the system. CBO estimates that implementing S 1180 would cost $37 million over the next five years, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts over the 2016-2018 period. Enacting this legislation would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. S 1180 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would not afffect the budges of state, local, or tribal governments.