Mystic Alerts Act

This bill would set up a way for mobile phone companies to send emergency alerts to customers by satellite. Mobile carriers that already send emergency alerts and offer satellite service would have to tell the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) whether they will send alerts by satellite, and those that choose not to must notify their customers. Carriers that do send satellite alerts could not charge extra for it and must honor customers' choices to opt out of alerts. The FCC would have to write rules for satellite alerts within 18 months, working with the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA. Carriers that send satellite alerts and follow the rules would be protected from certain lawsuits over those alerts.

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Sponsors

• John Cornyn Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors