with any significant conflict of interest relative 
to research or activities under this section; 
(B) shall require, as a condition on receipt 
of assistance for research under this section, an 
assurance that any person given responsibility 
to carry out such research will not have any sig-
nificant conflict of interest relative to such re-
search; and 
(C) may not, with respect to any such per-
son, waive subparagraph (A) or (B) in any case 
or grant an exemption under section 208(b) of 
title 18, United States Code. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—The re-
quirements of paragraph (1) are in addition to the 
prohibition in section 208(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, and any other prohibition or require-
ment in Federal law relating to conflicts of interest. 
(3) STATUS
OF
RESEARCHERS.—Any person 
who is not a Federal Government employee who per-
forms research under the program in subsection (a) 
shall be considered a special government employee 
for the purpose of conflict of interest rules, including 
section 208 of title 18, United States Code. 
(f) CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCHER ACCESS TO IN-
FORMATION.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission shall promulgate regu-
lations to allow a subscriber to access personally or 
to give consent to allow researchers with institu-
tional review board approval to access specific usage 
data required to investigate the link between electro-
magnetic radiation exposure and potential adverse 
biological effects in humans. 
(2) TIME FOR REPLY.—Such regulations shall 
provide that a company regulated by the Commis-
sion from whom a subscriber or a researcher, with 
the consent of an individual subscriber, requests 
data in accordance with such regulations shall— 
(A) respond to and provide such data with-
in 30 business days; or 
(B) be fined not more than $10,000 per 
account per day following such 30-day period in 
accordance with the Communications Act of 
1934. 
(3) DATA
PROVIDED.—The regulations shall 
provide that, of the data described in paragraph (1), 
all relevant data shall be accessible, including the 
following: 
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(A) With respect to the individual sub-
scriber, usage data including the following: 
(i) The date and time the call or data 
session began and ended. 
(ii) The outgoing and incoming phone 
number. 
(iii) The carrier modulation, such as 
GSM, CDMA, UMTS, W–CDMA, or LTE. 
(iv) The frequency band. 
(v) The subscriber location. 
(vi) The number of base stations used. 
(vii) The amount and rate of data 
transmitted and received. 
(viii) The form of data usage, such as 
text messaging or other data transmission. 
(B) With respect to the base stations used 
by each individual subscriber: 
(i) All base stations used in the call or 
data session. 
(ii) The base station identifiers. 
(iii) The date of installation. 
(iv) The maximum, the average, the 
total, and the effective radiated power. 
(v) The frequencies and modulation. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director and the 
Administrator a total of $50,000,000 per year for the first 
7 fiscal years that begin after the date of the enactment 
of this Act to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. MAXIMUM EXPOSURE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations establishing maximum exposure 
level goals and maximum exposure levels for expo-
sure to electromagnetic fields generated by mobile 
communication devices. 
(2) GOALS AND LEVELS.— 
(A) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE LEVEL GOAL.—A 
maximum exposure level goal established under 
paragraph (1) shall be set at the level— 
(i) at which no known or anticipated 
adverse human biological effects occur; and 
(ii) which allows an adequate margin 
of safety. 
(B) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE LEVEL.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A maximum expo-
sure level established under paragraph (1) 
shall specify a maximum exposure level 
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which is as close to the maximum exposure 
level goal as feasible. 
(ii) SPECIFICATION.—In deriving the 
maximum exposure levels and maximum 
exposure level goals, the Administrator 
may not rely on any human behavior modi-
fication, including an expectation of hold-
ing the mobile communication device a 
specified distance away from the head or 
body. 
(3) REPRODUCIBILITY.—In promulgating regu-
lations under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
ensure that any method of measurement of a max-
imum exposure level goal or a maximum exposure 
level is reproducible by an independent third party. 
(4) INITIAL GOAL AND LEVEL; PERIODIC RE-
VIEW.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Administrator shall promul-
gate final regulations under paragraph (1) estab-
lishing initial maximum exposure level goals and 
maximum exposure levels. Not later than every 2 
years thereafter, the Administrator shall— 
(A) review each maximum exposure level 
goal and maximum exposure level established 
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under paragraph (1), taking into consideration 
advances in science and technology; 
(B) publish a determination on whether 
the goal or level should be revised under such 
paragraph; and 
(C) as appropriate, revise the goal or level. 
(5) CONSIDERATIONS.—In promulgating regu-
lations under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
consider and account for— 
(A) whether any research relied upon by 
the Administrator was funded by an entity 
whose profitability could be affected by the out-
come; 
(B) health outcomes, biological effects, and 
mechanisms, including— 
(i) sleep disturbance; 
(ii) depression; 
(iii) tremors; 
(iv) headache; 
(v) dizziness; 
(vi) fatigue; 
(vii) irritability; 
(viii) loss of memory; 
(ix) loss of appetite; 
(x) nausea; 
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(xi) visual disturbances; 
(xii) hearing loss and tinnitus; 
(xiii) increases in stress proteins; 
(xiv) immune systems alterations; 
(xv) cancers and tumors, including 
brain tumors and acoustic neuromas, pa-
rotid gland tumors, eye cancer, testicular 
cancer, breast cancer, head or neck mela-
noma, lymphoma, and leukemia; 
(xvi) reproductive system effects; 
(xvii) DNA breaks; 
(xviii) blood brain barrier leakage; and 
(xix) free radical formation; 
(C) concerns raised by the Federal Radio 
Frequency Interagency Working Group in its 
letter dated June 17, 1999, and its subsequent 
letter dated July 16, 2003, about the existing 
exposure standard; 
(D) vulnerable subpopulations, including 
children, pregnant women, those with com-
promised immune systems and hypersensitivity 
reactions, men and women of reproductive age, 
and the elderly; 
(E) non-thermal mechanisms of effects, in-
cluding low-intensity modulated fields; 
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(F) multiple exposures in indoor and out-
door environments; 
(G) measurements of exposure and dose 
including specific absorption rate; 
(H) exposure to extremely low frequency 
and static electromagnetic fields; 
(I) dose-response and non-dose-response 
analytic models; 
(J) the practice of averaging exposures 
over a period of time which masks peak expo-
sures that may cause adverse biological effects; 
(K) individual behaviors that lengthen, in-
tensify, or otherwise modify exposure in a way 
that increases exposure or spreads exposure to 
different parts of the body; 
(L) the rapidly changing nature of usage 
of electromagnetic field emitting products, in-
cluding trends towards products that increase 
duration of exposure, such as a wearable mobile 
communication device; 
(M) effects of low intensity radiofrequency 
electromagnetic fields; 
(N) effects of modulation of signal, pulse, 
frequency, amplitude, and power; 
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(O) effects of different signaling character-
istics, such as phased array exposure; 
(P) 
effects 
of 
changes 
reflected 
in 
electroencephalographies that could lead to sei-
zures or mood alterations; 
(Q) effects of exposure to multiple fre-
quencies 
of 
radiofrequency 
electromagnetic 
fields; 
(R) effects of extremely low frequency- 
modulated electromagnetic fields; and 
(S) effects of chronic exposure to radio-
frequency electromagnetic fields. 
(6) INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The 
Administrator shall— 
(A) establish an interagency advisory com-
mittee of individuals who are officers or employ-
ees of Federal departments and agencies; and 
(B) consult with the committee in estab-
lishing maximum exposure level goals and max-
imum exposure levels under paragraph (1), in-
cluding with respect to selecting a unit of meas-
urement. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION BY FCC.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission shall implement and enforce the 
standards adopted under subsection (a) as if the standards 
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were promulgated by the Commission under the authority 
of the Communications Act of 1934. 
(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—An officer or employee of 
the Federal Government may not participate in es-
tablishing a maximum exposure level goal or max-
imum exposure level under subsection (a), may not 
serve as a member of the interagency advisory com-
mittee established under subsection (a)(6), and may 
not participate personally and substantially in the 
implementation or enforcement of a maximum expo-
sure level goal or maximum exposure level under 
subsection (b), if such person is in violation of sec-
tion 208 of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) PENALTY.—A violation of paragraph (1) 
shall be treated as a violation of section 208(a) of 
title 18, United States Code. 
(3) NO
EXEMPTIONS.—An exemption under 
section 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, may 
not be granted to an officer or employee described 
in paragraph (1). 
(4) RELATION
TO
OTHER
PROVISIONS.—The 
prohibition of paragraph (1) is in addition to the 
prohibition in section 208(a) of title 18, United 
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States Code, and any other prohibition or require-
ment in Federal law relating to conflicts of interest. 
SEC. 4. EXPOSURE STANDARD LABELING. 
The Commissioner shall promulgate regulations to 
provide for labeling of mobile communication devices as 
set forth in this section. Such labeling shall include the 
exposure rating of the device, the maximum allowable ex-
posure level, and the maximum allowable exposure goal— 
(1) in a manner that is readily accessible upon 
regular use of the device; 
(2) at any point of sale in a store in the United 
States; 
(3) at any point of sale on a Web site engaging 
in commerce in the United States; and 
(4) on the outside packaging and in the instruc-
tion manual. 
SEC. 5. REINVIGORATING AMERICAN RESEARCH IN ELEC-
TROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand and 
intensify the activities of the Department of Health and 
Human Services to train, and support the training of, sci-
entists in the field of examining the relationship between 
electromagnetic fields and human health. In carrying out 
this subsection, the Secretary shall— 
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(1) increase the number and size of grants to 
institutions for such training; and 
(2) increase the number of career development 
awards for such training for health professionals 
who intend to build careers in pediatric basic and 
clinical research, including pediatric pharmacological 
research. 
(b) NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS.—Sec-
tion 487 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288; 
relating to Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service 
Awards) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) research in the field of examining the 
relationship between electromagnetic fields and 
human health at public entities and private 
nonprofit academic institutions.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) There are authorized to be appropriated 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent fis-
cal year for research under subsection (a)(1)(A)(v). The 
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amounts authorized to be appropriated under the pre-
ceding sentence are in addition to any other amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.’’. 
(c) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—Part G of title IV 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second section 487F 
(42 U.S.C. 288–6) as section 487G; and 
(2) by inserting after section 487G, as so redes-
ignated, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 487H. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH-
ERS IN THE FIELD OF EXAMINING THE RELA-
TIONSHIP 
BETWEEN 
ELECTROMAGNETIC 
FIELDS AND HUMAN HEALTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall es-
tablish a program to enter into contracts with qualified 
individuals under which such individuals agree to conduct 
research in the field of examining the relationship between 
electromagnetic fields and human health, in consideration 
of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each 
year of service conducting such research, not more than 
$35,000 of the principal and interest of the graduate edu-
cational loans of such individuals. 
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The provisions 
of sections 338B, 338C, and 338E shall, except as incon-
sistent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the pro-
gram established under subsection (a) to the same extent 
and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the 
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program 
established in subpart III of part D of title III. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—To be qualified to receive a con-
tract under subsection (a), an individual shall agree to 
conduct the research at a public or private nonprofit enti-
ty. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each subse-
quent fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF LOCAL CONTROL RELATED TO 
HUMAN HEALTH. 
Section 332(c)(7)(B)(iv) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7)(B)(iv)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘radio frequency emissions’’ and inserting ‘‘radio-
frequency emissions, excluding the adverse human health 
effects of emissions of radiofrequency electromagnetic 
fields,’’. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
‘‘Commissioner’’ 
means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences. 
(4) MOBILE
COMMUNICATION
DEVICE.—The 
term ‘‘mobile communication device’’ means a device 
defined as a portable device in section 2.1093(b) of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, and any 
transmissions from such device. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
Æ 
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