I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1320 
To protect important existing television band devices in the unassigned, non- 
licensed television channels from harmful interference from new devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2007 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To protect important existing television band devices in the 
unassigned, non-licensed television channels from harm-
ful interference from new devices. 
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 ‘‘Interference Protection 
for Existing Television Band Devices Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The television spectrum is home not only to 
broadcasting, but also to other existing devices, in-
cluding wireless microphones. These other existing 
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devices provide important services to the entertain-
ment, religious, news, sports, business, govern-
mental, public safety, and other industries and en-
able their content delivery to consumers. 
(2) There is spectrum available on unassigned, 
non-licensed television channels which potentially 
can support new devices. 
(3) Introducing these new devices without ade-
quate safeguards would cause harmful interference 
to other existing television band devices already op-
erating on the unassigned, non-licensed television 
channels. 
(4) Existing television band devices require pro-
tection from harmful interference to preserve their 
important operations. 
SEC. 3. CERTIFIED UNLICENSED DEVICE USE OF UNAS-
SIGNED TELEVISION CHANNELS. 
(a) FIXED DEVICE USE PERMITTED.—Subject to the 
limitations and conditions set forth in this section, the 
Commission shall permit fixed location, certified unli-
censed devices to use, on non-exclusive terms, unassigned, 
non-licensed television broadcast channels between 54 
megahertz and 698 megahertz in rural areas no sooner 
than February 17, 2009. 
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(b) PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL INTERFERENCE 
REQUIRED.—The Commission shall protect incumbent 
certified low-power auxiliary devices from harmful inter-
ference by— 
(1) requiring certification of unlicensed devices 
prior to permitting such devices to access or use un-
assigned, non-licensed television broadcast channels 
between 54 megahertz and 698 megahertz in rural 
areas, and requiring, as part of the certification, 
proof of successful completion of laboratory and field 
testing by an independent laboratory demonstrating 
that unlicensed devices do not cause harmful inter-
ference to incumbent certified low-power auxiliary 
devices; 
(2) prohibiting certified unlicensed devices from 
operating on any television broadcast channel be-
tween 54 megahertz and 698 megahertz that is al-
ready in use by an incumbent certified low-power 
auxiliary device; and 
(3) considering additional ways to protect in-
cumbent certified low-power auxiliary devices from 
harmful interference, such as reserving certain tele-
vision broadcast channels for exclusive use by incum-
bent certified low-power auxiliary devices. 
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(c) NON-FIXED DEVICES.—The Commission may 
consider permitting the operation of non-fixed (personal/ 
portable) location, certified unlicensed devices to use the 
non-licensed television broadcast channels between 54 
megahertz and 698 megahertz no sooner than 36 months 
after the Commission’s first approval of the operation of 
a fixed location, certified unlicensed devices in the non- 
licensed television broadcast channels under this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) CERTIFIED
UNLICENSED
DEVICE.—The 
term ‘‘certified unlicensed device’’ means any unli-
censed device certified under the Communications 
Act of 1934 and satisfying the testing requirements 
of section 3(b)(1) of this Act, whose primary pur-
pose is to provide broadband service to rural areas. 
(3) INCUMBENT CERTIFIED LOW-POWER AUXIL-
IARY DEVICE.—The term ‘‘incumbent certified low- 
power auxiliary device’’ means any certified low- 
power wireless microphone, personal wireless mon-
itor, or other audio auxiliary equipment operating on 
television broadcast channels between 54 megahertz 
and 698 megahertz, used for entertainment, reli-
gious, news gathering, governmental, business, or 
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personal consumer purposes to provide real-time, 
high-quality audio transmissions over distances of 
approximately 100 meters. 
(4) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means any rural service area or rural statistical 
area, as defined by the Commission. 
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