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Trump Signs Mystic Alerts Act Into Law After Deadly 2025 Texas Flood

Bipartisan act aims to use satellite for emergency alerts in rural areas

Corryn D'Attaray

Oct 26, 2026 — 2 min read

Photo of flash flood in Texas, from Garrison Flood Control

WASHINGTON, Oct.26, 2026 – A new law aspires to bridge the emergency communications gap after the deadly 2025 Texas Guadalupe River flood.

President Donald Trump signed Bill H.R. 7022, the Mystic Alerts Act, into law on Oct. 22. The bipartisan bill establishes that the Federal Communications Commission must require commercial mobile service providers to use satellites to transmit emergency alerts.

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