Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73not60

§1203 Research and Development

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology must create a program, after consulting the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and using recommendations from the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee under section 1202(a), to help more commercial mobile devices receive emergency alerts. The program must fund work at colleges, private companies, and government labs, and must at least develop ways to send geographically targeted alerts and study how the public responds to warnings.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1203

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(a)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)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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60