Lulu’s Law

Bill: 118-s-4832
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
Introduced: 2024-07-30
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Lulu’s Law</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to amend the rules governing wireless emergency alerts to explicitly permit authorized governments to transmit alerts to mobile phones in the event of a shark attack.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4832 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2024 Mrs. Britt (for herself and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require the Federal Communications Commission to amend the rules of the Commission to include a shark attack as an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as Lulu’s Law . 2. Wireless emergency alerts (a) Definition In this section, the term Alert Message has the meaning given the term in section 10.10(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (b) Requirement Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall amend part 10 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations, to provide that a shark attack is an event for which an Alert Message may be transmitted under that part (or successor, if applicable).