1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement Act of 2018 or READI Act . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (2) the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; (3) the term Emergency Alert System means the national public warning system, the rules for which are set forth in part 11 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation); and (4) the term Wireless Emergency Alert System means the wireless national public warning system established under the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), the rules for which are set forth in part 10 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). 3. Wireless Emergency Alert System offerings (a) Amendment Section 602(b)(2)(E) of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1201(b)(2)(E) ) is amended— (1) by striking the second and third sentences; and (2) by striking other than an alert issued by the President. and inserting the following: other than an alert issued by— (A) the President; or (B) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. . (b) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with the Administrator, shall adopt regulations to implement the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). 4. State Emergency Alert System Plans and Emergency Communications Committees (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term SECC means a State Emergency Communications Committee; (2) the term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United States