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# 47 U.S.C. § 1412 - Flexible use of narrowband spectrum

## Text

The Commission may allow the narrowband spectrum to be used in a flexible manner, including usage for public safety broadband communications, subject to such technical and interference protection measures as the Commission may require.

(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6102, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 205.)