The Emergency Alert System

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 11 [PS Docket No. 15-94; FR ID 206752] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or the Commission) proposes and seeks comment on implementing a multilingual alert processing model for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) through which brief, pre-scripted (or “template”) alert messages that have been pre-translated into the 13 most commonly spoken non-English languages in the United (as well as in English), can be initiated by alert originators for distribution to the public by the TV and radio broadcasters, cable service providers, and other “EAS Participant” services that make up the EAS public alert distribution system. The NPRM also seeks comment a wide range of specific technical, operational, cost and implementation timing issues related to the template alert distribution model. DATES: Comments on the NPRM are due on or before April 8, 2024, and reply comments are due on or before May 6, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by PS Docket No. 15-94, by any of the following methods: Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://apps.fcc.gov/​ecfs/​ . Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courie…