[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 517 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 517

   To promote consumer choice and wireless competition by permitting 
  consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2013

Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Franken, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lee, 
and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
             and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To promote consumer choice and wireless competition by permitting 
  consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices, 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 ``Unlocking Consumer Choice and 
Wireless Competition Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXISTING RULE AND ADDITIONAL RULEMAKING BY LIBRARIAN 
              OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Repeal and Replace.--Paragraph (3) of section 201.40(b) of 
title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended and revised by the 
Librarian of Congress on October 28, 2012, pursuant to his authority 
under section 1201(a) of title 17, United States Code, shall have no 
force and effect, and such paragraph shall read, and shall be in 
effect, as such paragraph was in effect on July 27, 2010.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the 
Register of Copyrights, who shall consult with the Assistant Secretary 
for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce and 
report and comment on his or her views in making such recommendation, 
shall determine, consistent with the requirements set forth under 
section 1201(a)(1) of title 17, United States Code, whether to extend 
the exemption for the class of works described in section 201.40(b)(3) 
of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by subsection (a), 
to include any other category of wireless devices in addition to 
wireless telephone handsets.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act alters, or shall be 
construed to alter, the authority of the Librarian of Congress under 
section 1201(a)(1) of title 17, United States Code.
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