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This bill requires a designated officer of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network regarding an emergency involving an active shooter.
The bill sets forth duties of the coordinator, including to work with state, tribal, and local governments to encourage coordination of various elements of the network. The coordinator must also encourage federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies to establish procedures for responding to active shooters.
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on state and local responses to active shooters and situations requiring the issuance of a public alert or warning.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6538 as passed House on Jul 13, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jun 22, 2022Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 13, 2022
House Jul 13, 2022 · the primary vote
Active Shooter Alert Act
Passed
260 Yea 169 Nay 2 not voting
Crossed both parties 44 of 429 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 43 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6538 and vote against it. 7 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6538 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
10 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.