Official Summaries

Lulu’s Law

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order explicitly permitting the transmission of wireless emergency alerts to mobile phones in the event of a shark attack. 

(Under current regulations, authorized government authorities are permitted to send wireless emergency alerts regarding public safety emergencies, including severe weather, missing children, and other threats to life or property.)

Lulu’s Law

This act requires the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order explicitly permitting the transmission of wireless emergency alerts to mobile phones in the event of a shark attack.

(Under current regulations, authorized government authorities are permitted to send wireless emergency alerts regarding public safety emergencies, including severe weather, missing children, and other threats to life or property.)

Current Full Text

[119th Congress Public Law 100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 140 STAT. 845]]

Public Law 119-100
119th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order 
providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency 
   alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: June 26, 
                          2026 -  [S. 1003]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Lulu's Law. 47 
USC 1201 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Lulu's Law''.
SEC. 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) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission 
shall issue an order to provide that a shark attack is an event for 
which an Alert Message may be transmitted.

    Approved June 26, 2026.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1003 (H.R. 2076):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-598 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying 
H.R. 2076.
SENATE REPORTS: No. 119-30 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 171 (2025):
                                    July 8, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 172 (2026):
                                    May 20, considered and passed House.

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