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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2018 

Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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. 

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 ‘‘Radiofrequency Radi5 ation Site Safety Information Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFOR2 MATION DATABASE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title III of the Commu4 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 344. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY IN7 FORMATION DATABASE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall promul9 gate regulations that provide for the establishment of an 

10 online database that contains safety information relating 

11 to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of covered facili12 ties. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR DATABASE.—The regula14 tions promulgated under subsection (a) shall require that 

15 the database— 

16 ‘‘(1) enable the licensee of a covered facility, 

17 the owner or property manager of a site where a 

18 covered facility is located, any person performing 

19 work at such a site or employing an individual per20 forming work at such a site, and such other persons 

21 as the Commission considers appropriate to partici22 pate in the sharing of safety information relating to 

23 the radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facil24 ity; 

25 ‘‘(2) contain specific safety information relating 

26 to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of each 


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1 covered facility, including a detailed depiction of all 

2 radiofrequency radiation hazard areas; 

3 ‘‘(3) be updated as changes in information 

4 occur; 

5 ‘‘(4) be available to the public, except that any 

6 information that the licensee of the covered facility 

7 determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by 

8 the persons described in paragraph (1) with respect 

9 to such facility; and 

10 ‘‘(5) be established and administered by one or 

11 more neutral third parties (to be designated by the 

12 Commission). 

13 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSEES AND OTHERS.— 

14 The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall 

15 require the persons described in subsection (b)(1) to par16 ticipate in the sharing of information as described in such 

17 subsection. 

18 ‘‘(d) AUDITS BY COMMISSION.—The Commission 

19 shall routinely audit the database established under sub20 section (a) to verify the accuracy of the information in 

21 the database. 

22 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—A person described 

23 in subsection (b)(1) with respect to a covered facility shall 

24 not be liable in any civil action for an injury alleged to 

25 have been caused by radiofrequency radiation emissions 


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1 of such facility, if such person is in compliance with the 

2 information sharing requirement under subsection (c) with 

3 respect to such facility during the period that— 

4 ‘‘(1) begins— 

5 ‘‘(A) in the case of an injury that is al6 leged to have occurred on or after the day that 

7 is 180 days after the date on which the data8 base is established under subsection (a), on the 

9 date on which the injury is alleged to have oc10 curred; or 

11 ‘‘(B) in the case of an injury that is al12 leged to have occurred before the day described 

13 in subparagraph (A), on such day; 

14 ‘‘(2) ends on the date on which there is a final 

15 disposition, from which no appeal may be taken, in 

16 such civil action; and 

17 ‘‘(3) excludes any time when such information 

18 sharing requirement does not apply to such person. 

19 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘covered 

21 facility’ means a facility, operation, or transmitter 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(A) is subject to the radiofrequency radi24 ation exposure limits set forth in section 1.1310 

25 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) is in a fixed location. 

2 ‘‘(2) FIXED LOCATION.—The term ‘fixed loca3 tion’ means, with respect to a facility, operation, or 

4 transmitter, that such facility, operation, or trans5 mitter is physically secured at one location and is 

6 not able to be easily moved to another location.’’. 

7 (b) DEADLINE FOR RULEMAKING.—The Federal 

8 Communications Commission shall promulgate the regula9 tions required by subsection (a) of section 344 of the Com10 munications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) of 

11 this section, not later than 180 days after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA14 BASE.—The Federal Communications Commission shall 

15 establish the database provided for in such regulations not 

16 later than 18 months after the date on which the Commis17 sion promulgates such regulations. 

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