Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 14 — Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless
§ 1507. Unlicensed spectrum policy
Statutory text
Statement of policy
It is the policy of the United States—
to maximize the benefit to the people of the United States of the spectrum resources of the United States;
to advance innovation and investment in wireless broadband services; and
to promote spectrum policy that makes available on an unlicensed basis radio frequency bands to address consumer demand for unlicensed wireless broadband operations.
Commission responsibilities
The Commission shall ensure that the efforts of the Commission related to spectrum allocation and assignment made available on an unlicensed basis radio frequency bands to address demand for unlicensed wireless broadband operations if doing so is, after taking into account the future needs of homeland security, national security, and other spectrum users—
reasonable; and
in the public interest.
Rule of construction
Nothing in this section confers any additional rights on unlicensed users or users licensed by rule under part 96 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to protection from harmful interference.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018
Pub. L. 115–141 div. P title VI § 617 · 132 Stat. 348
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1507
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 617, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1112.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 617, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1112.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 617, , 132 Stat. 1112.)