1.This Act may be cited as the
Wireless Microphone Users Interference
Protection Act
.
2.Access to
geolocation database
(a)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)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.
3.For the purposes of this Act, the following
definitions apply:
(1)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)The
term arena
means any facility primarily used for an athletic
contest, sporting event, or musical concert.
(3)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)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)The
terms fairground
means any place or area where a fair, concert,
circus, festival, parade, or an exhibition is held.
(6)The term governmental facility
means any
facility used for the operations of Federal, State, local, or tribal
government.
(7)The term house of worship
means any
building, place, or institution devoted to religious worship, including a
church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or chapel.
(8)The term lodging facility
means any
individual hotel, motel, or inn that makes accommodation available on a
temporary basis for a charge.
(9)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)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)The
term restaurant
means an establishment where meals or
refreshments may be purchased.
(12)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)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.