# Next Generation 911; Text-to-911; Next Generation 911 Applications
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2013-10-29 · Effective 2013-10-29 · 78 FR 64404
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-25274
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 64404
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 20
- **Publication date:** 2013-10-29
- **Effective date:** 2013-10-29
- **FCC docket:** PS Docket Nos. 11-153 and 10-255
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends the text-to-911 "bounce-back" requirement as it applies to Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers when consumers are roaming. In the May 2013 Bounce-Back Order, FCC 13-64, the Commission required all CMRS providers and providers of interconnected text messaging services to provide an automatic "bounce-back" text message in situations where a consumer attempts to send a text message to 911 in a location where text-to-911 is not available. This document amends the rule to specify that when a consumer attempts to send a text to 911 while roaming on a CMRS network, the CMRS provider offering roaming service (host provider) satisfies its bounce-back obligation provided that it does not impede the consumer's text to the consumer's home network provider (home provider) or impede any bounce-back message generated by the home provider back to the consumer.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/10/29/2013-25274/next-generation-911-text-to-911-next-generation-911-applications)
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