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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4353 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by 

owners and operators of certain wireless microphones to a geolocation 

database maintained for the purpose of prohibiting the operation of 

unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009 

Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to authorize access by owners and operators of certain wireless 

microphones to a geolocation database maintained for 

the purpose of prohibiting the operation of unlicensed 

TV band devices on protected frequencies, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wireless Microphone 

5 Users Interference Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO GEOLOCATION DATABASE. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Federal Communications 

3 Commission shall authorize the owners and operators of 

4 wireless microphones operating on a primary basis in the 

5 VHF bands and on a secondary basis in the UHF bands 

6 (and their appointed technical representatives) to have ac7 cess to the geolocation database maintained for the pur8 pose of prohibiting the operation of unlicensed TV band 

9 devices on protected frequencies. 

10 (b) REGISTRATION SITES.—For the purposes of iden11 tifying locations which shall be protected through registra12 tion in the geolocation database under subsection (a), the 

13 following sites are deemed registration sites under part 74 

14 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations: 

15 (1) Amusement Parks. 

16 (2) Arenas. 

17 (3) Convention Centers. 

18 (4) Educational Facilities. 

19 (5) Fairgrounds. 

20 (6) Governmental Facilities. 

21 (7) Houses of Worship. 

22 (8) Lodging Facilities. 

23 (9) Museums. 

24 (10) Recording Studios. 

25 (11) Restaurants. 

26 (12) Stadiums. 


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1 (13) Theaters. 

2 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

3 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

4 apply: 

5 (1) AMUSEMENT PARK.—The term ‘‘amusement 

6 park’’ means a commercially operated park equipped 

7 with various recreational devices, entertainment, and 

8 typically booths for games and the sale of food and 

9 drink. 

10 (2) ARENA.—The term ‘‘arena’’ means any fa11 cility primarily used for an athletic contest, sporting 

12 event, or musical concert. 

13 (3) CONVENTION CENTER.—The term ‘‘conven14 tion center’’ means any civic building or group of 

15 buildings designed for events, such as conventions, 

16 industrial shows, and exhibitions, and which often 

17 includes an auditorium, a conference or meeting 

18 room, hotel accommodations, a restaurant, and other 

19 facilities. 

20 (4) EDUCATIONAL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘edu21 cational facility’’ means any building, place, or insti22 tution where instruction to students is provided, in23 cluding any day care center, nursery school, public 

24 or private school, college or university, career or 


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1 technical education school, and corporate training 

2 center. 

3 (5) FAIRGROUND.—The terms ‘‘fairground’’ 

4 means any place or area where a fair, concert, cir5 cus, festival, parade, or an exhibition is held. 

6 (6) GOVERNMENTAL FACILITY.—The term 

7 ‘‘governmental facility’’ means any facility used for 

8 the operations of Federal, State, local, or tribal gov9 ernment. 

10 (7) HOUSE OF WORSHIP.—The term ‘‘house of 

11 worship’’ means any building, place, or institution 

12 devoted to religious worship, including a church, 

13 synagogue, temple, mosque, or chapel. 

14 (8) LODGING FACILITY.—The term ‘‘lodging fa15 cility’’ means any individual hotel, motel, or inn that 

16 makes accommodation available on a temporary 

17 basis for a charge. 

18 (9) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘museum’’ means a 

19 building, place, or institution devoted to the procure20 ment, care, study, and display of works of art, sci21 entific specimens, and other objects of lasting inter22 est or value. 

23 (10) RECORDING STUDIO.—The term ‘‘record24 ing studio’’ means any place equipped for the reg25 ular production and recording of live or prerecorded 


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1 music, television, motion picture, or other kind of 

2 news, sports, entertainment, educational, or religious 

3 programming. 

4 (11) RESTAURANT.—The term ‘‘restaurant’’ 

5 means an establishment where meals or refresh6 ments may be purchased. 

7 (12) STADIUM.—The term ‘‘stadium’’ means an 

8 arena or outdoor venue, usually with tiered seating 

9 or a separate space reserved for spectators, that is 

10 used primarily for a musical concert or sporting 

11 event, including a race track and a golf course. 

12 (13) THEATER.—The term ‘‘theater’’ means 

13 any place, building, enclosure, or structure with a 

14 seating capacity that is used for a dramatic perform15 ance, stage entertainment, or motion picture show. 

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