Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 11 — Commercial Mobile Service Alerts
§ 1204. Grant program for remote community alert systems
Statutory text
Grant program
The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a program under which grants may be made to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively unserved by commercial mobile service (as determined by the Federal Communications Commission within 180 days after ) for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency alerts.
Applications and conditions
In conducting the program, the Under Secretary—
shall establish a notification and application procedure; and
may establish such conditions, and require such assurances, as may be appropriate to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the grant program.
Sunset
The Under Secretary may not make grants under subsection (a) more than 5 years after .
Limitation
The sum of the amounts awarded for all fiscal years as grants under this section may not exceed $10,000,000.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act
Pub. L. 109–347 title VI § 605 · 120 Stat. 1884
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1204
(Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, § 605, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1940.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, § 605, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1940.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 605. GRANT PROGRAM FOR REMOTE COMMUNITY ALERT SYSTEMS. (a) Grant Program.— Deadline. The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a program under which grants may be made to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively unserved by commercial mobile service (as determined by the Federal Communications Commission within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act) for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency alerts. (b) Applications and Conditions.— In conducting the program, the Under Secretary— (1) Procedures. shall establish a notification and application procedure; and (2) may establish such conditions, and require such assurances, as may be appropriate to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the grant program. (c) Sunset.— The Under Secretary may not make grants under subsection (a) more than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Limitation.— The sum of the amounts awarded for all fiscal years as grants under this section may not exceed $10,000,000.
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