Enrolled Bill

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[H.R. 7022 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7022

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 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 
    that is required under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
    602(b)(1) of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act.
        (4) Consumer choice to opt out.--If a provider elects to 
    transmit emergency alerts to subscribers of such service by 
    satellite under paragraph (1), the provider shall prevent the 
    device of any such subscriber that opts out of receiving emergency 
    alerts pursuant to section 602(b)(2)(E) of the Warning, Alert, and 
    Response Network Act, or classes of such alerts, from receiving 
    such alerts by satellite.
        (5) No fee for service.--If a provider elects to transmit 
    emergency alerts to subscribers by satellite under paragraph (1), 
    the provider may not impose a separate or additional charge for 
    such transmission or capability.
    (b) Satellite Alert Regulations.--
        (1) Notice of proposed rulemaking.--Not later than 6 months 
    after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
    publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish any 
    requirements necessary to facilitate the satellite alerting 
    capability of covered service providers.
        (2) Requirements.--The requirements required by paragraph (1) 
    shall--
            (A) take into account the capability of--
                (i) satellites to transmit emergency alerts; and
                (ii) mobile devices to receive and display such alerts; 
            and
            (B) minimize the impact of emergency alerting on other 
        voice and data communications, including 9-1-1 communications.
        (3) Final rule.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
    enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, in consultation with 
    the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the 
    Federal Emergency Management Agency, issue a final rule 
    establishing the requirements described under paragraph (1).
        (4) Effective date of rule.--
            (A) Date.--The effective date of the final rule described 
        under paragraph (3) shall be the later of--
                (i) 36 months after publication of the final rule in 
            the Federal Register; or
                (ii) 12 months after the Secretary of Homeland Security 
            and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
            Agency implement any standards, protocols, or procedures 
            necessary to support the transmission of emergency alerts 
            from alert originators to covered service providers, the 
            Secretary and the Administrator shall notify the Commission 
            of such implementation.
            (B) Notification.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and 
        the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        shall notify the Commission of the implementation of any 
        standards, protocols, or procedures described under 
        subparagraph (A)(ii) for the purpose of determining the 
        effective date of the final rule described under paragraph (3).
    (c) Limitation of Liability.--
        (1) In general.--Any covered service provider (including its 
    officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents) that transmits 
    emergency alerts by satellite and meets its obligations under this 
    Act shall not be liable to any subscriber to, or user of, such 
    person's service or equipment for--
            (A) any act or omission related to or any harm resulting 
        from the transmission of, or failure to transmit, an emergency 
        alert by satellite; or
            (B) the release to a government agency or entity, public 
        safety, fire service, law enforcement official, emergency 
        medical service, or emergency facility of subscriber 
        information used in connection with delivering such an alert.
        (2) Election not to transmit alerts by satellite.--The election 
    by a covered service provider under subsection (a)(3) not to 
    transmit emergency alerts by satellite shall not, by itself, 
    provide a basis for liability against the provider (including its 
    officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents).
    (d) Covered Service Provider.--In this Act, ``covered service 
provider'' means a provider of commercial mobile service that--
        (1) voluntarily elects to transmit emergency alerts under 
    section 602(b) of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act 
    (Public Law 109-347; 42 U.S.C. 1201); and
        (2) makes satellite voice and data communications service 
    available to subscribers of the commercial mobile service of the 
    provider.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.