Some local and state jurisdictions in the United States have also enacted rules and regulations regarding human exposure to RF energy. The telecommunications Act of 1996, on the other hand, stated that the federal government had jurisdiction over regulating human exposure to RF emissions from specific transmitting devices.
This is stated in Section 704 of the Act, which reads: “Insofar as personal wireless service facilities comply with the Commission's regulations on radio frequency emissions, no state, local government, or instrumentality thereof may regulate their location, construction, and modification." The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the FCC provides additional information on FCC policies regarding facility location.