[EAS] READI Act re-introduced in Senate

[Sean Donelan]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Gary Timm wrote:
> The Bill seeks to establish the "chief executive of each State" (the 
> Governor?) with oversight of its SECC. (No Thank You)

I believe the "Chief Executive" terminology is from the Stafford Act (i.e. 
federal disaster assistance and about half the duties of FEMA).  I also 
believe all the State Governors have delegated the Stafford Act duties to 
their State Emergency Management Agency equivalent. The Federal 
relationship with states, territories, tribes, insular areas, etc. is 
complicated, hence the odd definitions.  It doesn't mean the Governor 
manages anything directly.

On one hand, it would give SECCs actual legal existance instead of its 
current quasi-imaginary status under the FCC.

On the other hand, with legal existance & authority comes legal oversight.

> It also seeks to have FCC and FEMA do things they are already doing, so 
> there was obviously no consultation with the agencies Congress is trying 
> to regulate.

I think there was some (lots) of consultation.  The industry groups CTIA, 
NAB and the Internet Assocation were all listed in the press release.

The Senator wants to hold someone responsible the next time, instead of 
the last time where there was a lot of shrugging and surprise it wasn't 
someone's job.  Part of the Senator's response is explicitly stating the 
delegation of authorities in the law.

Sorry, recovering buearucrat.  We like our "authorities" a lot. 
Authorities are both a sword and shield.