47 U.S.C. § 1204
Grant program for remote community alert systems
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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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 October 13, 2006) for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency alerts.
In conducting the program, the Under Secretary—
The Under Secretary may not make grants under subsection (a) more than 5 years after October 13, 2006.
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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- SAFE Port Act