Title: Telecommunications Safety Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Telecommunications Safety Act of 2019
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to study the health effects of radiofrequency radiation from the fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks and future mobile networks.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2515 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2515

 To require the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on the 
effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 5G networks on human health.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2019

  Mr. Merkley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on the 
effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 5G networks on human health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Telecommunications Safety Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF 5G NETWORKS ON HUMAN HEALTH.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), acting through the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs and in cooperation with the Federal 
Communications Commission, shall conduct a study on the effects of 
radiofrequency radiation on human health, which shall include research 
on human health effects of the wavelengths of such radiation at the 
levels expected to be used in the fifth-generation mobile networks, 
including effects on the human reproductive system and connections to 
illnesses such as cancer (including malignant tumor growths) and 
Alzheimer's disease.
    (b) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress--
            (1) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, a preliminary report on the study conducted under 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, a final report on such study.
The reports submitted under this subsection shall include the 
Secretary's plans for future research on the effects of radiofrequency 
radiation on human health.
    (c) Safety Standards.--The Secretary shall develop standards of 
safety with respect to human health for telecommunications equipment, 
based on the findings of the study under subsection (a).

SEC. 3. STUDY ON FUTURE NETWORKS.

    The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
and in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission, shall 
conduct studies on any mobile networks that follow the fifth-generation 
mobile networks, and shall complete any such study not later than 1 
year after such network becomes operational.
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