Senate passes LuLu's Law, in effort to create new shark alert system
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Congress is taking action to improve safety for beach-goers in response to recent shark sightings. The U.S. Senate has passed LuLu's Law, named after a teen from Alabama who was bitten by a shark. This law will enable authorities to send cellphone alerts when shark attacks occur, akin to weather-related alerts. The legislation now moves to the House for further approval.
Congress is now taking action to better alert beach-goers about shark attacks. It follows a string of sightings over the holiday weekend.
The U.S. Senate passed LuLu's Law, which was named after an Alabama teen who was bitten by a shark last year.
LuLu's Law will allow authorities to send out cellphone alerts when there's been a shark attack, similar to a weather alert.
LuLu's Law now heads to the house for approval.
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