[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2025

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the States to 
             regulate interference with radio frequencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the States to 
             regulate interference with radio frequencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF STATES TO REGULATE RADIO FREQUENCY 
              INTERFERENCE.

    Section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 302) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Where radio frequency interference to home electronic 
equipment is caused by a CB radio station through the use of a 
transmitter or amplifier that is not authorized for use by a CB radio 
station pursuant to Commission rules, the State, county, municipal, or 
other local government shall not be preempted from exercising its 
police powers to resolve the interference by prohibiting the use of 
such unauthorized equipment or by imposing fines or other monetary 
sanctions. For purpose of this subsection, home electronic equipment 
includes, but is not limited to, television receivers, radio receivers, 
stereo components or systems, video cassette recorders, audio 
recorders, loud speakers, telephone equipment and other electronic 
devices normally used in the home. Any action taken by the State, 
county, municipal, or local government shall not preclude concurrent 
action by the Commission. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to diminish the Commission's exclusive jurisdiction over radio 
frequency interference in any matter outside the scope of this 
subsection.''.
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