HR 7022
Passed a chamber
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to set rules that let wireless carriers offering satellite service send emergency alerts to phones by satellite.
Official title: Mystic Alerts Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-JAN-2026
Referred
12-JAN-2026
Approved by committee
25-MAR-2026
Reported
15-APR-2026
On the calendar
15-APR-2026
Passed
20-APR-2026
Senate
Received
21-APR-2026
Approved by committee
16-SEP-2026
Passed
30-SEP-2026
- Requires the FCC to publish a proposed rule within 6 months and a final rule within 18 months of enactment, consulting the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA on the final rule.
- Covered providers, meaning wireless carriers that opt into emergency alerts and offer satellite voice and data service, must file with the FCC on whether they will send alerts by satellite.
- Bars covered providers from charging a separate fee for satellite alerts and requires them to block satellite alerts to subscribers who opt out.
- Shields covered providers from liability for satellite alert transmissions and for sharing subscriber information with emergency responders.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 20-APR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Communications and Technology Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 2 R■ 2 D
2 Republicans
2 Democrats