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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadoe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 116TH CONGRESS [REPT. 116-582 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 RELIABLE EMERGENCY ALERT DISTRIBUTION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2020 NOVEMBER 16, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 6096] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 6096) to improve oversight by the Federal Commu- nications Commission of the wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems, having considered the same, reports favorably there- on without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................. 1 II. Background and Need for the Legislation .............................................. 2 III. Com m ittee H earings ................................................................................. 3 IV. Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 3 V . Com m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3 VI. Oversight Findings .................................................................................... 4 VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 4 VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 4 IX. Exchange of Letters .................................................................................... 8 X. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 8 XI. Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................. 8 XII. Committee Cost Estimate .......................................................................... 8 XIII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............... 8 XIV. Advisory Committee Statement ............................................................... 8 XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .......................................................... . 8 XVI. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ......................................... 8 XVII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ....................... 10 I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 6096, the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improve- ment (READI) Act of 2020, was introduced by Representatives Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Pete Olson (R- 19-006