G/TBT/N/USA/1874  
7 June 2022  
(22-4294) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1904]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicate d if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Unlicensed 
Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands; Telecommunication systems (ICS code(s): 33.040); 
Radiocommunicatio ns (ICS code(s): 33.060); Mobile services (ICS code(s): 33.070); 
Audio, video and audiovisual engineering (ICS code(s): 33.160); Television and radio 
broadcasting (ICS code(s): 33.170); Equipment for entertainment (ICS code(s): 97.200)  
5. Title, number of  pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Unlicensed 
Operations in the Television Bands, Repurposed 600 MHz Band, 600 MHz Guard Bands 
and Duplex Gap, and Channel 37; Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities 
of Spectrum Through Incentive A uctions; Unlicensed White Space Device Operations in 
the Television Bands; Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands; (5 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - In this document, the Commission proposes to 
seek comment on the database re -check interval that should apply to narrowband fixed 
and Mode II personal/portable white space devices and to mobile white space devices, 
which were first authorized by the Commission in 2020. In particular, the Commission 
seeks comment on whet her these types of devices, which operate in the TV bands, should 
be subject to the hourly re -check interval the Commission requires for fixed and Mode II 
personal portable devices in the TV bands, the daily re -check interval to which these 
devices are cur rently subject, or some other re -check interval.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  G/TBT/N/USA/1874  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 33109, 1 June 2022; Title 47 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 15:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-01/html/2022 -11686.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-01/pdf/2022 -11686.pdf  
The full text of the Proposed Rule is available at https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc -
takes -action -unlicensed -white -space -device -database -issues , and is identified by ET 
Docket No. 14 -165, FCC 22 -6. The Docket Folder is available on the FCC's website at 
https://www.fcc.gov/edocs/search -results?t=quick&dockets=14 -165 and provides 
access to primary documents as well as comments received (if any). Documents are also 
accessible from the FCC's Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) . Comments 
are due on or before 1 July 2022; reply comments are due on or before 1 August 2022. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 1 July 2022. Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the FCC's Electronic Comment F iling System 
(ECFS)  if received within the comment period.  
Previous notifications of FCC actions related to white space devices are accessible via 
ePing at 
https://epingalert.org/en/Search/Index?domainIds=1&countryIds=C840&freeText=%2
2white%20space%20devices%22 . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  1 July 2022 ; Reply comments are due on or before 1 August 
2022.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_3913_00_e.pdf