I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 340
To require the Federal Communications Commission to allocate additional 
spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2003
Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to allo-
cate additional spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless 
broadband devices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jumpstart Broadband 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) UNLICENSED NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE DEVICES.—
(1) IMMEDIATE ALLOCATION OF SPECTRUM.—
Within 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall allocate not less than 
an additional 255 megahertz of contiguous spectrum 
in the 5 gigahertz band for unlicensed use by wire-
less broadband devices while ensuring that Depart-
ment of Defense devices and systems are not com-
promised. 
(2) INTERFERENCE
PROTECTION.—Within 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration shall, after consultation with all inter-
ested agencies and parties, including the Depart-
ment of Defense, establish standards for interference 
protection that is reasonably required to enable in-
cumbent Federal government agency users of spec-
trum allocated under paragraph (1) to continue to 
use that spectrum, and advise the Commission of 
those standards. 
(3) 
DEVICE
REQUIREMENTS.—Within 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall—
(A) with respect to spectrum allocation 
under paragraph (1), adopt minimal technical
and device rules to facilitate robust and effi-
cient use for wireless broadband devices; and 
(B) amend its rules to require that all 
wireless broadband devices manufactured after 
the effective date of those rules that operate in 
the spectrum allocated under paragraph (1)—
(i) be capable of 2-way digital commu-
nications; 
(ii) meet the interference protection 
standards established under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband service’’ means high rate digital trans-
mission service—
(A) via cable modem, digital subscriber 
line, wireless, satellite, or other telecommuni-
cations technology; and 
(B) capable of reliably transmitting voice, 
data, and/or video simultaneously between and 
among digital devices and between these devices 
and the Internet, on a consistent basis, at data
transfer rates no slower than those defined 
from time to time by the Commission. 
(3) WIRELESS BROADBAND DEVICE.—The term 
‘‘wireless broadband device’’ includes—
(A) U–NII devices (as defined in section 
15.403(i) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions); and 
(B) other devices used to access wireless 
broadband services. 
(b) TERMS DEFINED IN THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT 
OF 1934.—Except as provided in subsection (a), any term 
used in this Act that is defined in section 3 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153) has the meaning 
given that term in that section.
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