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        <RIN>3060-AJ03</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3060</CODE>
            <NAME>Federal Communications Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FCC</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Commercial Mobile Alert System</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission initiated a comprehensive rulemaking to establish a commercial mobile alert system under which commercial mobile service providers may elect to transmit emergency alerts to the public.  The Commission has issued three orders adopting CMAS rules as required by statute.  Issues raised in an FNPRM regarding testing requirements for noncommercial educational and public broadcast television stations remain outstanding.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>47 CFR 10</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 109-347 title VI</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 13407</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 151</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>47 USC 154(i)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>04/09/2008</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Must adopt CMAS technical requirements by this date.</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>07/08/2008</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Must adopt rules pertaining to CMAS testing and installation of CMAS geotargeting equipment and technologies by noncommercial educational and public broadcasting television licensees.</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>09/08/2008</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Must adopt rules establishing procedures for CMS providers to elect to provide CMAS.</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>The WARN Act established a series of deadlines for the Commission to complete rulemakings necessary for the establishment of a Commercial Mobile Alert System.  </LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/03/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 545</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/04/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>First R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/24/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 43009</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/14/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 47550</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>FNPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/14/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 47568</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>FNPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/15/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Third R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/22/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 54511</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Approval of Information Collection for 2nd R&amp;O</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/13/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 41331</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Order</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/25/2013</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>78 FR 16806</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Next Action Undetermined</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Lisa</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Fowlkes</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Bureau Chief</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Communications Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FCC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 418-7452</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>lisa.fowlkes@fcc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20554</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
    </RIN_INFO>
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