TULSI GABBARD 
2ND DISTRICT, HAWAII 
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 
300 ALA MOAN A BOULEVARD, ROOM 5-104 
HONOLULU, HI 96850 
(808) 541-1986 
SUBCOMMITIEE ON 
EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON 
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WASHINGTON, DC 20515 
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SuecOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
The Honorable Ajit V. Pai 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 l21h Street, SW 
Washington, DC 20554 
March 15, 2018 
The Honorable William B. Long 
Administrator 
Federal Emergency Management Agency 
500 C Street, SW 
Washington, DC 204 72 
Dear Chairman Pai and Administrator Long: 
To better understand how to protect and inform the American people from natural disasters and 
other imminent threats, we write to you today to request information on participation by U.S. 
wireless communications service providers in the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system. 
In the aftermath of the false ballistic missile alert sent out across Hawai 'i, we received concerns 
from a number of constituents who did not receive the initial false alert, nor the correction alert 
issued 38 minutes later. 
Given the severity of these concerns, we respectfully request a response to the following 
questions: 
1. Do the Federal Communications Commission and/or the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency collect data on participation by U.S. wireless communications 
service providers? If not, why not? 
2. Do the Federal Communications Commission and/or the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency maintain a list of non-participating U.S. wireless communications 
service providers? If so, please provide us with the list. 
3. Do the Federal Communications Commission and/or the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency collect information on capable service areas that participating U.S. 
wireless communications service providers do not offer WEA service too? If so, please 
provide us with this information. 
Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this issue. We ask that you respond to our 
inquiries by March 30, 2018. 
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Sincerely, 
-:lifii{J~d 
Member of Congress