Mystic Alerts Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7022 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7022 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 21, 2026 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mystic Alerts Act''. SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION OF EMERGENCY ALERTS BY SATELLITE. (a) Service Provider Election.-- (1) Required filing.--Not later than 60 days after the effective date of the final rule required to be issued under subsection (b), each covered service provider shall file an election with the Federal Communications Commission with respect to whether the provider intends to transmit emergency alerts by satellite to the subscribers of the commercial mobile service of the provider who receive such service on devices capable of receiving such alerts, in addition to the transmission of emergency alerts under the Warning Alert, and Response Network Act. (2) Notification; agreement.--If a provider elects to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers by satellite under paragraph (1), the provider shall-- (A) notify the Commission of that election; and (B) agree to transmit such alerts in a manner consistent with the technical standards, protocols, procedures, and other technical requirements implemented by the Commission. (3) Election not to transmit.--If a provider elects not to transmit emergency alerts by satellite under paragraph (1), the provider shall provide notice to new and existing subscribers described in such paragraph of that election in the same manner th