Federal Communications Commission Final Rule

2025-23337: Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System; Correction

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Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) published a document in the Federal Register on December 10, 2025, announcing the effective and compliance date for new rules related to multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The document contained an incorrect date.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

251 words as published, December 18, 2025. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 59071] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-23337] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 10 [PS Docket Nos. 15-91 and 15-94; DA 25-12; FR ID 322439] Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System; Correction

Agency

Federal Communications Commission.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) published a document in the Federal Register on December 10, 2025, announcing the effective and compliance date for new rules related to multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The document contained an incorrect date.

For Further Information Contact

Joshua Gehret, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-7816 or [email protected].

Supplementary Information

Correction In the Federal Register of December 10, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025- 22434, on page 57288, in the first column, correct the Dates caption to read:

Dates

The amendments to 47 CFR 10.480 (amendatory instruction 4) and 47 CFR 10.500(e) (amendatory instruction 6), published at 88 FR 86824 on December 15, 2023, are effective on June 12, 2028. The amendments in this document to 47 CFR 10.480 (amendatory instruction 2) and 47 CFR 10.500(e) (amendatory instruction 3) are delayed indefinitely. Dated: December 11, 2025. Federal Communications Commission. Zenji Nakazawa, Chief, Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau. [FR Doc. 2025-23337 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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