DA 22-600
										Released: June 6, 2022
						

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMPLIANCE DATES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) AND WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS (WEA) RULES

PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94

	On June 17, 2021, the Commission released a Report and Order in PS Docket Nos. 15-91 and 15-94 implementing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 (NDAA21) by adopting new rules to improve the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). Amendment of the Commission’s Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts, PS Dockets 15-94 and 15-91, Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd 10694 (June 17, 2021) (NDAA21 R&O).
  Certain of these rules were submitted as new or revised information collections for approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to becoming effective. NDAA21 R&O, 36 FCC Rcd at 10724, para. 66.  
    

	On April 14, 2022, the OMB approved the information collections associated with the NDAA21 R&O (OMB Control Nos. 3060-0207 and 3060-1302).  Today the Commission published notice of this approval in the Federal Register, Federal Communications Commission, Emergency Alert System, Wireless Emergency Alerts: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, 87 Fed. Reg. 34212, 34213 (June 6, 2022).
 making compliance with these rules effective as follows: 

· Compliance with Section 10.11(b) of the Commission’s rules is required by July 31, 2022.  This rule requires Commercial Mobile Service providers to update handset displays consistent with the name change from Presidential Alerts to National Alerts. NDAA21 R&O, 36 FCC Rcd at 10724, para. 66.  
  

· Compliance with the following rules is required as of today, June 6, 2022:  

o Section 11.21 of the Commission’s rules, requiring Commission approval or rejection of State EAS Plans in 60 days.  

o Section 11.21(a) of the Commission’s rules, requiring annual submission of State EAS Plans.  

o Section 11.21(a)(8) of the Commission’s rules, requiring annual certification by State Emergency Communications Committees (SECCs) that the SECC met at least once in the prior year to review and update the State EAS Plan before filing.  

o Section 11.45(c) of the Commission’s rules, facilitating EAS false alert reporting by government entities.  

o Section 10.520(d)(2) of the Commission’s rules, facilitating WEA false alert reporting by government entities.  

For further information, contact Chris Fedeli, Attorney-Advisor, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Policy and Licensing Division at (202) 418-1514 or christopher.fedeli@fcc.gov. 

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