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[S. 2583 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2583

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
  To promote the non-exclusive use of electronic labeling for devices 
           licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.

    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 ``Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and 
Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014'' or the ``E-LABEL Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) The Federal Communications Commission (referred to in this 
    section as the ``Commission'') first standardized physical labels 
    for licensed products such as computers, phones, and other 
    electronic devices in 1973, and the Commission has continually 
    refined physical label requirements over time.
        (2) As devices become smaller, compliance with physical label 
    requirements can become more difficult and costly.
        (3) Many manufacturers and consumers of licensed devices in the 
    United States would prefer to have the option to provide or receive 
    important Commission labeling information digitally on the screen 
    of the device, at the discretion of the user.
        (4) An electronic labeling option would give flexibility to 
    manufacturers in meeting labeling requirements.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO ALLOW 
ELECTRONIC LABELING.
    Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 720. OPTIONAL ELECTRONIC LABELING OF COMMUNICATIONS 
      EQUIPMENT.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
        ``(1) the term `electronic labeling' means displaying required 
    labeling and regulatory information electronically; and
        ``(2) the term `radiofrequency device with display' means any 
    equipment or device that--
            ``(A) is required under regulations of the Commission to be 
        authorized by the Commission before the equipment or device may 
        be marketed or sold within the United States; and
            ``(B) has the capability to digitally display required 
        labeling and regulatory information.
    ``(b) Requirement To Promulgate Regulations for Electronic 
Labeling.--Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the 
Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 
2014, the Commission shall promulgate regulations or take other 
appropriate action, as necessary, to allow manufacturers of 
radiofrequency devices with display the option to use electronic 
labeling for the equipment in place of affixing physical labels to the 
equipment.''.
SEC. 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
    The amendment made by section 3 shall not be construed to affect 
the authority of the Federal Communications Commission under section 
302 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 302a) to provide for 
electronic labeling of devices.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.