{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-2.402","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 2.402","heading":"Control of distress traffic.","body":"The control of distress traffic is the responsibility of the mobile station in distress or of the mobile station which, by the application of the provisions of § 2.403, has sent the distress call. These stations may, however, delegate the control of the distress traffic to another station.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 2—FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS","Subpart E—Distress, Disaster, and Emergency Communications"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"0c95437c99889d42cf66d312fbba4f4f2714c455022eb42abc1725a12d4787b0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-2.401","next":"us/47-cfr-2.403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}