2012 U.S. Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 11 - COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE ALERTS (§§ 1201 - 1205)
Section 1203 - Research and development
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 11 - COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE ALERTS Sec. 1203 - Research and development |
| Contains | section 1203 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-347, title VI, §604, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1940. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 120 Stat. 1940 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 109-347 |
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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) FunctionsThe 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.
(Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, §604, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1940.)
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