I 
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 Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television 
white spaces. 
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 ‘‘Wireless Innovation 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. WHITE SPACES. 
(a) ADOPTION OF FINAL ORDER.—Not later than the 
earlier of 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act or October 1, 2007, the Federal Communications 
Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) 
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shall complete its proceeding and issue a final order in 
the Matter of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast 
Bands, ET Docket No. 04–186, which facilitates the effi-
cient operation of unlicensed devices in television white 
spaces. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—In completing the requirement de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Commission in such final 
order— 
(1) shall permit unlicensed, non-exclusive use of 
eligible frequencies between 54 MHz and 698 
MHz— 
(A) at the earliest technically feasible date, 
but not later than February 18, 2009; and 
(B) in compliance with the conditions de-
scribed in paragraphs (2) through (4); 
(2) shall establish technical requirements for 
unlicensed devices operating in such eligible fre-
quencies to protect incumbent licensees of such fre-
quencies from harmful interference from such de-
vices; 
(3) shall require unlicensed devices operating in 
such eligible frequencies to comply with existing 
Commission certification processes for new devices, 
including the initial acceptance of applications for 
certification of unlicensed devices not later than De-
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cember 1, 2007, with a maximum of 180 days for 
the Commission to review and dispense of each prop-
erly submitted and completed application; 
(4) may conduct interference testing as the 
Commission deems necessary for the purpose of eval-
uating the potential for actual harmful interference 
to incumbent licensees of such frequencies; and 
(5) shall permit the operation of both fixed and 
personal/portable unlicensed devices at the earliest 
technically feasible date, but not later than February 
18, 2009. 
(c) DEFINITION OF UNLICENSED DEVICE.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘unlicensed device’’ means both fixed/access 
and personal/portable devices, as such terms are defined 
in paragraph 19 of the Federal Communications Commis-
sion’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of 
Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands, ET 
Docket No. 04–186, adopted May 13, 2004 (FCC 04– 
113). 
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