HR-7448 — Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

You would notice no change to terror alerts yet — a plan is due to Congress in one year.

Transparency & Accountability

Plan to update terror alerts — due to Congress in one year

Homeland Security would have one year to send Congress the plan after the bill becomes law. The plan would have to weigh naming one office or official to run the alert system.

Review of whether alerts reach people — required part of the plan

The plan would have to look at how well alerts get to the public today. It would also have to look for ways to reach the most people possible.

Public and first responder input — required before the plan is written

The department would have to gather ideas before it writes the plan. It must hear from the public, from businesses, and from police, fire, and rescue crews at all levels of government.

Watchdog review of the plan — report to Congress within two years

The Government Accountability Office, the watchdog arm of Congress, would check how this part of the law was carried out. Its report would be due two years after the bill becomes law.

More about this bill

You would see no change in daily life from this bill. It orders a plan, not a new alert. Homeland Security would get one year to give Congress a plan for updating the national terror alert system. That system, known as the National Terrorism Advisory System, warns the public when the government sees a real threat. The plan would have to look at whether those alerts reach people and tell them anything useful. It would also cover when an alert should go out and when it should end. Before writing it, the department would have to ask the public, businesses, and first responders what they think. A government watchdog would then check the work and report back to Congress in two years.

Congressional Summary

Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a strategy to modernize the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS). The NTAS communicates information about terrorist threats by providing advisories to the American public. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to report on implementation of the strategy.

Legislative Subjects

Congressional oversightCrime preventionEmergency communications systemsEmergency planning and evacuationTerrorism

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2026-02-09
Date Added: 2026-08-01
Source: Congress.gov →

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