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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5161 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To promote the non-exclusive use of electronic labeling for 

devices licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhance Labeling, Ac3 cessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014’’ 

4 or the ‘‘E-LABEL Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The Federal Communications Commission 

8 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) 

9 first standardized physical labels for licensed prod10 ucts such as computers, phones, and other electronic 

11 devices in 1973, and the Commission has continually 

12 refined physical label requirements over time. 

13 (2) As devices become smaller, compliance with 

14 physical label requirements can become more dif15 ficult and costly. 

16 (3) Many manufacturers and consumers of li17 censed devices in the United States would prefer to 

18 have the option to provide or receive important Com19 mission labeling information digitally on the screen 

20 of the device, at the discretion of the user. 

21 (4) An electronic labeling option would give 

22 flexibility to manufacturers in meeting labeling re23 quirements. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

2 COMMISSION TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC LABEL3 ING. 

4 Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 720. OPTIONAL ELECTRONIC LABELING OF COMMU8 NICATIONS EQUIPMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

10 ‘‘(1) the term ‘electronic labeling’ means dis11 playing required labeling and regulatory information 

12 electronically; and 

13 ‘‘(2) the term ‘radiofrequency device with dis14 play’ means any equipment or device that— 

15 ‘‘(A) is required under regulations of the 

16 Commission to be authorized by the Commis17 sion before the equipment or device may be 

18 marketed or sold within the United States; and 

19 ‘‘(B) has the capability to digitally display 

20 required labeling and regulatory information. 

21 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS

22 FOR ELECTRONIC LABELING.—Not later than 9 months 

23 after the date of enactment of the Enhance Labeling, Ac24 cessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014, 

25 the Commission shall promulgate regulations or take other 

26 appropriate action, as necessary, to allow manufacturers 


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1 of radiofrequency devices with display the option to use 

2 electronic labeling for the equipment in place of affixing 

3 physical labels to the equipment.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

5 The amendment made by section 3 shall not be con6 strued to affect the authority of the Federal Communica7 tions Commission under section 302 of the Communica8 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 302a) to provide for elec9 tronic labeling of devices. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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