US House rejects legislation establishing active shooter alert system

Washington, June 23 (UNI/Sputnik) The US House of Representatives rejected a proposed legislation establishing an active shooter alert system across the United States similar to the so-called AMBER alert system used for abduction of children.
House lawmakers on Wednesday evening failed to pass the bill with a two-thirds majority, with the vote ending with 259 in favor and 162 against.
The legislation would have required the US Justice Department to act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communication Network for emergency situations involving an active shooter. The Justice Department as coordinator would be tasked with establishing alert plans alongside state and tribal governments.
The bill also would have required the Justice Department to encourage federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to establish procedures for responding to active shooters. Additionally, the legislation would require the Government Accountability Office to study and report on responses to active shooters and situations requiring use of the alert system.
The legislation made its way before Congress following a number of recent mass shootings in the United States, including an elementary school shooting in Texas that killed 21 people and a supermarket shooting in New York that killed ten people.

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