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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2520 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to modify its regulations 
to allow certain unlicensed use in the 5350–5470 MHz band and the 
5850–5925 MHz band. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2011 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to mod-
ify its regulations to allow certain unlicensed use in 
the 5350–5470 MHz band and the 5850–5925 MHz 
band. 
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 ‘‘Spectrum for Innova-
tion Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. UNLICENSED USE IN THE 5 GHZ BAND. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF
FCC REGULATIONS
TO 
ALLOW CERTAIN UNLICENSED USE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall modify part 15 of title 47, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, to allow unlicensed U–NII devices 
to operate in the 5350–5470 MHz band and the 
5850–5925 MHz band. 
(2) REQUIRED DETERMINATIONS.—The Federal 
Communications Commission may make the modi-
fication described in paragraph (1) only if the Com-
mission determines that— 
(A) licensed users will be protected by 
technical solutions, including use of existing, 
modified, or new spectrum-sharing technologies 
and solutions, such as dynamic frequency selec-
tion; and 
(B) the primary mission of Federal spec-
trum users in the 5350–5470 MHz band and 
the 5850–5925 MHz band will not be com-
promised by the introduction of unlicensed de-
vices. 
(b) STUDY BY NTIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information, in 
consultation with the Federal Communications Com-
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mission, shall conduct a study evaluating known and 
proposed spectrum-sharing technologies and the risk 
to Federal users if unlicensed U–NII devices were 
allowed to operate in the 5350–5470 MHz band and 
the 5850–5925 MHz band. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 8 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As-
sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information shall submit the study required by 
paragraph (1) to— 
(A) the Federal Communications Commis-
sion; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 5350–5470 MHZ BAND.—The term ‘‘5350– 
5470 MHz band’’ means the portion of the electro-
magnetic spectrum between the frequencies from 
5350 megahertz to 5470 megahertz, inclusive. 
(2) 5850–5925 MHZ BAND.—The term ‘‘5850– 
5925 MHz band’’ means the portion of the electro-
magnetic spectrum between the frequencies from 
5850 megahertz to 5925 megahertz, inclusive. 
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(3) U–NII DEVICES.—The term ‘‘U–NII de-
vices’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
15.403(s) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
except for the frequency bands specified in such sec-
tion. 
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