[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7236 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7236

      To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the 
  establishment of a radiofrequency radiation site safety information 
                   database, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the 
  establishment of a radiofrequency radiation site safety information 
                   database, 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 ``Radiofrequency Radiation Site Safety 
Information Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE.

    (a) In General.--Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 344. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Commission shall promulgate regulations that 
provide for the establishment of an online database that contains 
safety information relating to the radiofrequency radiation emissions 
of covered facilities.
    ``(b) Requirements for Database.--The regulations promulgated under 
subsection (a) shall require that the database--
            ``(1) enable the licensee of a covered facility, the owner 
        or property manager of a site where a covered facility is 
        located, any person performing work at such a site or employing 
        an individual performing work at such a site, and such other 
        persons as the Commission considers appropriate to participate 
        in the sharing of safety information relating to the 
        radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility;
            ``(2) contain specific safety information relating to the 
        radiofrequency radiation emissions of each covered facility, 
        including a detailed depiction of all radiofrequency radiation 
        hazard areas;
            ``(3) be updated as changes in information occur;
            ``(4) be available to the public, except that any 
        information that the licensee of the covered facility 
        determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by the 
        persons described in paragraph (1) with respect to such 
        facility; and
            ``(5) be established and administered by one or more 
        neutral third parties (to be designated by the Commission).
    ``(c) Requirement for Licensees and Others.--The regulations 
promulgated under subsection (a) shall require the persons described in 
subsection (b)(1) to participate in the sharing of information as 
described in such subsection.
    ``(d) Audits by Commission.--The Commission shall routinely audit 
the database established under subsection (a) to verify the accuracy of 
the information in the database.
    ``(e) Limitation of Liability.--A person described in subsection 
(b)(1) with respect to a covered facility shall not be liable in any 
civil action for an injury alleged to have been caused by 
radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility, if such person is 
in compliance with the information sharing requirement under subsection 
(c) with respect to such facility during the period that--
            ``(1) begins--
                    ``(A) in the case of an injury that is alleged to 
                have occurred on or after the day that is 180 days 
                after the date on which the database is established 
                under subsection (a), on the date on which the injury 
                is alleged to have occurred; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an injury that is alleged to 
                have occurred before the day described in subparagraph 
                (A), on such day;
            ``(2) ends on the date on which there is a final 
        disposition, from which no appeal may be taken, in such civil 
        action; and
            ``(3) excludes any time when such information sharing 
        requirement does not apply to such person.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered facility.--The term `covered facility' means 
        a facility, operation, or transmitter that--
                    ``(A) is subject to the radiofrequency radiation 
                exposure limits set forth in section 1.1310 of title 
                47, Code of Federal Regulations; and
                    ``(B) is in a fixed location.
            ``(2) Fixed location.--The term `fixed location' means, 
        with respect to a facility, operation, or transmitter, that 
        such facility, operation, or transmitter is physically secured 
        at one location and is not able to be easily moved to another 
        location.''.
    (b) Deadline for Rulemaking.--The Federal Communications Commission 
shall promulgate the regulations required by subsection (a) of section 
344 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) of 
this section, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
    (c) Deadline for Establishment of Database.--The Federal 
Communications Commission shall establish the database provided for in 
such regulations not later than 18 months after the date on which the 
Commission promulgates such regulations.
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