Wireless Emergency Alerts via Satellite (Mystic Alerts Act)

Current understanding

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Evidence log

• 2026-10-29 — To direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations establishing metrics, goals, and minimum requirements with respect to the delivery of wireless emergency alerts, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with wireless-emergency-alerts: Both address WEA delivery standards; the House bill’s performance metrics framework could extend to satellite-delivered alerts contemplated under the Mystic Alerts Act. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-09-08 — Unleashing Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device: cross-connection with unlicensed-spectrum-direct-to-device: Unlicensed D2D allocations could broaden the device base capable of receiving satellite-delivered alerts contemplated under the Mystic Alerts Act. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-31 — Wireless Emergency Alerts; The Emergency Alert System; Modernization of the Nation’s Alerting Systems: Companion FCC FNPRM proposes updates to make Wireless Emergency Alerts more resilient, flexible, and useful, opening a regulatory track for WEA modernization parallel to the legislative Mystic Alerts Act. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-14 — Mystic Alerts Act: Senate companion S4968 (Mystic Alerts Act) introduced in the 119th Congress, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-04-21 — Mystic Alerts Act: Mystic Alerts Act (HR7022) would require participating CMRS providers to elect whether to transmit WEAs via satellite, direct the FCC to establish technical standards for satellite WEA delivery, and require subscriber notice when a provider opts out. (novelty: 3)

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