Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 26-78
Released:  January 23, 2026

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU SETS COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR REMAINING MULTILINGUAL WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT TEMPLATE REQUIREMENTS 
PS Docket Nos. 15-91 and 15-94
With this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) sets the compliance deadline for certain rules implementing multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) templates as June 12, 2028.  In the WEA Third Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules related to multilingual WEA and established the compliance deadline for those rules as 30 months after the Bureau’s publication in the Federal Register of an implementing order. Wireless Emergency Alerts, Amendments to Part 11 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System, PS Docket Nos. 15-94 and 15-91, Third Report and Order, 38 FCC Rcd 10116, 10154, para. 74 (2023) (WEA Third Report and Order). 
  The Commission published the Bureau’s Multilingual WEA Implementation Report and Order in the Federal Register on December 10, 2025. See Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System, 90 Fed. Reg. 57288 (Dec. 10, 2025); Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System; Correction, 90 Fed. Reg. 59071 (Dec. 18, 2025); see also Wireless Emergency Alerts; Amendments to Part 11 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System, PS Docket Nos. 15-91 and 15-94; Report and Order, 40 FCC Rcd 43 (PSHSB 2025) (Multilingual WEA Implementation Report and Order).
  However, the announcement of the effective dates for some rules was delayed pending approval of the information collection by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  OMB approved the information collection requirements associated with those rules as a non-substantive change to the previously-approved collection on January 12, 2026. See Notice of Office of Management and Budget Action, ICR Ref No. 202512-3060-009, OMB Control No. 3060-1113 (Jan. 12, 2026), https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202512-3060-009# (approving the information collection associated with WEA multilingual requirements adopted in the Commission’s WEA Third Report and Order); see also Notice of Office of Management and Budget Action, ICR Ref. No. 202405-3060-011, OMB Control Number 3060-1113 (Aug. 9, 2024), https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAOMBHistory?ombControlNumber=3060-1113# (approving of the updates to the Commission’s WEA multilingual requirements as a non-substantive change); Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System, 91 Fed. Reg. 2317 (Jan. 20, 2026).
  Accordingly, the effective date for the multilingual WEA template implementation rules are set for June 12, 2028, as the Bureau announced by public notice last month. See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Compliance Deadline for Multilingual Wireless Emergency Alert Templates, PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94, Public Notice, DA 25-1078 (PSHSB 2025).
  
For further information, please contact Joshua Gehret, Attorney Advisor, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at (202) 418-7816 or Joshua.Gehret@fcc.gov. 
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