As hearings continue to be held in Austin in lawsuits filed by parents against Camp Mystic, and as a multi-state agency investigation continues, a Texas congressman’s bill to require updating a national emergency preparedness system unanimously passed the U.S. House.
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, a Republican from the Panhandle, filed the Mystic Alerts Act to modernize the national emergency alert infrastructure by integrating satellite networks into the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system. The alert system is voluntary.
Pfluger’s two daughters were at the camp during the historic July 4 flood last year that killed nearly 200 people in multiple counties, including 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, The Center Square reported. Pfluger’s daughters survived.
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