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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1597 

To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2007 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. 

GILLMOR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television 

white spaces. 

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 Innovation 

5 Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WHITE SPACES. 

7 (a) ADOPTION OF FINAL ORDER.—Not later than the 

8 earlier of 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

9 Act or October 1, 2007, the Federal Communications 

10 Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) 

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1 shall complete its proceeding and issue a final order in 

2 the Matter of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast 

3 Bands, ET Docket No. 04–186, which facilitates the effi4 cient operation of unlicensed devices in television white 

5 spaces. 

6 (b) CONDITIONS.—In completing the requirement de7 scribed in subsection (a), the Commission in such final 

8 order— 

9 (1) shall permit unlicensed, non-exclusive use of 

10 eligible frequencies between 54 MHz and 698 

11 MHz— 

12 (A) at the earliest technically feasible date, 

13 but not later than February 18, 2009; and 

14 (B) in compliance with the conditions de15 scribed in paragraphs (2) through (4); 

16 (2) shall establish technical requirements for 

17 unlicensed devices operating in such eligible fre18 quencies to protect incumbent licensees of such fre19 quencies from harmful interference from such de20 vices; 

21 (3) shall require unlicensed devices operating in 

22 such eligible frequencies to comply with existing 

23 Commission certification processes for new devices, 

24 including the initial acceptance of applications for 

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1 cember 1, 2007, with a maximum of 180 days for 

2 the Commission to review and dispense of each prop3 erly submitted and completed application; 

4 (4) may conduct interference testing as the 

5 Commission deems necessary for the purpose of eval6 uating the potential for actual harmful interference 

7 to incumbent licensees of such frequencies; and 

8 (5) shall permit the operation of both fixed and 

9 personal/portable unlicensed devices at the earliest 

10 technically feasible date, but not later than February 

11 18, 2009. 

12 (c) DEFINITION OF UNLICENSED DEVICE.—In this 

13 Act, the term ‘‘unlicensed device’’ means both fixed/access 

14 and personal/portable devices, as such terms are defined 

15 in paragraph 19 of the Federal Communications Commis16 sion’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of 

17 Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands, ET 

18 Docket No. 04–186, adopted May 13, 2004 (FCC 04– 

19 113). 

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