[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4353 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4353

To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by 
 owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation 
  database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the operation of 
  unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2009

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by 
 owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation 
  database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the operation of 
  unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 Microphone Users 
Interference Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO GEOLOCATION DATABASE.

    (a) Authorization.--The Federal Communications Commission shall 
authorize the owners and operators of wireless microphones operating on 
a primary basis in the VHF bands and on a secondary basis in the UHF 
bands (and their appointed technical representatives) to have access to 
the geolocation database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the 
operation of unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies.
    (b) Registration Sites.--For the purposes of identifying locations 
which shall be protected through registration in the geolocation 
database under subsection (a), the following sites are deemed 
registration sites under part 74 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations:
            (1) Amusement Parks.
            (2) Arenas.
            (3) Convention Centers.
            (4) Educational Facilities.
            (5) Fairgrounds.
            (6) Governmental Facilities.
            (7) Houses of Worship.
            (8) Lodging Facilities.
            (9) Museums.
            (10) Recording Studios.
            (11) Restaurants.
            (12) Stadiums.
            (13) Theaters.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Amusement park.--The term ``amusement park'' means a 
        commercially operated park equipped with various recreational 
        devices, entertainment, and typically booths for games and the 
        sale of food and drink.
            (2) Arena.--The term ``arena'' means any facility primarily 
        used for an athletic contest, sporting event, or musical 
        concert.
            (3) Convention center.--The term ``convention center'' 
        means any civic building or group of buildings designed for 
        events, such as conventions, industrial shows, and exhibitions, 
        and which often includes an auditorium, a conference or meeting 
        room, hotel accommodations, a restaurant, and other facilities.
            (4) Educational facility.--The term ``educational 
        facility'' means any building, place, or institution where 
        instruction to students is provided, including any day care 
        center, nursery school, public or private school, college or 
        university, career or technical education school, and corporate 
        training center.
            (5) Fairground.--The terms ``fairground'' means any place 
        or area where a fair, concert, circus, festival, parade, or an 
        exhibition is held.
            (6) Governmental facility.--The term ``governmental 
        facility'' means any facility used for the operations of 
        Federal, State, local, or tribal government.
            (7) House of worship.--The term ``house of worship'' means 
        any building, place, or institution devoted to religious 
        worship, including a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or 
        chapel.
            (8) Lodging facility.--The term ``lodging facility'' means 
        any individual hotel, motel, or inn that makes accommodation 
        available on a temporary basis for a charge.
            (9) Museum.--The term ``museum'' means a building, place, 
        or institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and 
        display of works of art, scientific specimens, and other 
        objects of lasting interest or value.
            (10) Recording studio.--The term ``recording studio'' means 
        any place equipped for the regular production and recording of 
        live or prerecorded music, television, motion picture, or other 
        kind of news, sports, entertainment, educational, or religious 
        programming.
            (11) Restaurant.--The term ``restaurant'' means an 
        establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased.
            (12) Stadium.--The term ``stadium'' means an arena or 
        outdoor venue, usually with tiered seating or a separate space 
        reserved for spectators, that is used primarily for a musical 
        concert or sporting event, including a race track and a golf 
        course.
            (13) Theater.--The term ``theater'' means any place, 
        building, enclosure, or structure with a seating capacity that 
        is used for a dramatic performance, stage entertainment, or 
        motion picture show.
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