Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-110

§1203 Research and Development

Title 47 › CHAPTER 11 — COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE ALERTS › § 1203

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology must set up a research, development, testing, and evaluation program. The program will follow recommendations from the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee and be created with the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The program will pay for research and testing at universities, private companies, government labs, and other groups. It must at least work on new ways to send emergency alerts to specific areas and on studying how people respond to warnings so those responses can be improved.

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Title 47, §1203

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, in consultation with the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall establish a research, development, testing, and evaluation program based on the recommendations of the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 1202(a) of this title, to support the development of technologies to increase the number of commercial mobile service devices that can receive emergency alerts.

(b)Functions

The program established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)fund research, development, testing, and evaluation at academic institutions, private sector entities, government laboratories, and other appropriate entities; and

(2)ensure that the program addresses, at a minimum—

(A)developing innovative technologies that will transmit geographically targeted emergency alerts to the public; and

(B)research on understanding and improving public response to warnings.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1203

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110