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[actionDate] => 2015-09-21
[displayText] => Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-145.
[externalActionCode] => 14000
[description] => Introduced
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Passed House
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[actionDate] => 2015-02-02
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 328 - 51 (Roll no. 53).(text: CR H680-681)
[externalActionCode] => 8000
[description] => Passed House
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Passed Senate
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[actionDate] => 2015-10-07
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7223-7224; text as passed Senate: CR S7223-7224)
[externalActionCode] => 17000
[description] => Passed Senate
)
Resolving Differences
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[actionDate] => 2015-10-28
[displayText] => Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H7314-7315)
[externalActionCode] => 19500
[description] => Resolving Differences
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To President
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[actionDate] => 2015-11-02
[displayText] => Presented to President.
[externalActionCode] => 28000
[description] => To President
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Became Law
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[actionDate] => 2015-11-05
[displayText] => Became Public Law No: 114-80.
[externalActionCode] => 36000
[description] => Became Law
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 21, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
DHS Social Media Improvement Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a social media working group (the Group) to identify, and provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on, the use of social media technologies before, during, and after a natural disaster or an act of terrorism or other man-made disaster.
Requires the Group to submit an annual report that includes:
a review and analysis of social media technologies used to support preparedness and response activities;
a review of best practices and lessons learned;
recommendations to improve DHS's use of social media technologies for emergency management purposes, recommendations to improve public awareness of the type of information disseminated through such technologies, and recommendations on how to access such information during a disaster;
a review of available training for government officials on the use of social media technologies in response to a disaster; and
a review of coordination efforts with the private sector to discuss and resolve legal, operational, technical, privacy, and security concerns.
Terminates the Group five years after the enactment of this Act unless the chairperson renews it for a successive five-year period by submitting a certification that the continued existence of the Group is necessary. Provides for successive five-year renewal periods.
