47 U.S.C. § 1443 — Public safety wireless communications research and development

(a) From Public Safety Trust Fund^* money, the NIST^* Director, consulting the Commission^*, Homeland Security Secretary, and Justice Department National Institute of Justice as appropriate, must research and help develop standards, technologies, and applications that advance wireless public-safety communications.
(b) With the First Responder Network Authority^* and the public-safety advisory committee under section 1425(a), the Director must: (1) document technical requirements; (2) speed development of communications between currently deployed public-safety narrowband systems and the nationwide broadband network; (3) make and direct research under a plan addressing public-safety entities’ wireless needs beyond current broadband technology; (4) when necessary and practical, speed mission-critical voice, device-to-device “talkaround” over broadband, public-safety priority, authentication, and standard application-program interfaces; (5) speed technology and equipment enabling eventual migration from narrowband communications to the nationwide network; and (6) convene relevant government and commercial working groups to meet paragraphs (1)–(5).