[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1597 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1597

 To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white 
                                spaces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2007

    Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
   Blackburn, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Boucher, and Mr. Gillmor) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white 
                                spaces.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wireless Innovation Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. WHITE SPACES.

    (a) Adoption of Final Order.--Not later than the earlier of 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act or October 1, 2007, the 
Federal Communications Commission (in this Act referred to as the 
``Commission'') shall complete its proceeding and issue a final order 
in the Matter of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands, ET 
Docket No. 04-186, which facilitates the efficient operation of 
unlicensed devices in television white spaces.
    (b) Conditions.--In completing the requirement described in 
subsection (a), the Commission in such final order--
            (1) shall permit unlicensed, non-exclusive use of eligible 
        frequencies between 54 MHz and 698 MHz--
                    (A) at the earliest technically feasible date, but 
                not later than February 18, 2009; and
                    (B) in compliance with the conditions described in 
                paragraphs (2) through (4);
            (2) shall establish technical requirements for unlicensed 
        devices operating in such eligible frequencies to protect 
        incumbent licensees of such frequencies from harmful 
        interference from such devices;
            (3) shall require unlicensed devices operating in such 
        eligible frequencies to comply with existing Commission 
        certification processes for new devices, including the initial 
        acceptance of applications for certification of unlicensed 
        devices not later than December 1, 2007, with a maximum of 180 
        days for the Commission to review and dispense of each properly 
        submitted and completed application;
            (4) may conduct interference testing as the Commission 
        deems necessary for the purpose of evaluating the potential for 
        actual harmful interference to incumbent licensees of such 
        frequencies; and
            (5) shall permit the operation of both fixed and personal/
        portable unlicensed devices at the earliest technically 
        feasible date, but not later than February 18, 2009.
    (c) Definition of Unlicensed Device.--In this Act, the term 
``unlicensed device'' means both fixed/access and personal/portable 
devices, as such terms are defined in paragraph 19 of the Federal 
Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter 
of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands, ET Docket No. 04-
186, adopted May 13, 2004 (FCC 04-113).
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