47 CFR § 215.0 - Purpose and authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s215.0"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 215.0 - Purpose and authority."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "215.0"
section_name: "Purpose and authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL"
part_number: "215"
part_name: "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOCAL POINT FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "84 Stat. 2083, and E.O. 12472, April 3, 1984 (49 FR 13471 )."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 51063, Dec. 11, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "215"
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# 215.0 Purpose and authority.

The purpose of this part is to designate a focal point within the Federal Government for electromagnetic pulse (EMP) information concerning telecommunications. It is issued pursuant to the authority of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, 42 FR 56101, 91 Stat. 1633, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix), Executive Order 12472, (49 FR 13471; 3 CFR, 1984 Comp., p. 193), “Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications, April 3, 1984 and Executive Order 12046, 43 FR 13349, “Relating to the Transfer of Telecommunications Functions,” May 27, 1978, as amended by Executive Order 12472.