[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 462 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 462

  To request a study by the Federal Communications Commission on the 
   interference caused by broadband internet transmission over power 
                                 lines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2007

   Mr. Ross introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To request a study by the Federal Communications Commission on the 
   interference caused by broadband internet transmission over power 
                                 lines.

    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 ``Emergency Amateur Radio Interference 
Protection Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE BPL SERVICE STUDY LEADING TO IMPROVED RULES TO 
              PREVENT INTERFERENCE.

    (a) Authority.--Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall conduct, and submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate, a report on a study of the interference potential of systems 
for the transmission of broadband Internet services over power lines 
(in this Act referred to as ``BPL service'').
    (b) Required Subjects of Study.--The study required by this section 
shall examine the following:
            (1) The variation of field strength of BPL service signals 
        with distance from overhead power lines, and a technical 
        justification for the use of any particular distance 
        extrapolation factor.
            (2) The depth of adaptive, or ``notch'', filtering for 
        attenuating normally permitted BPL service radiated emission 
        levels that would be necessary and sufficient to protect the 
        reliability of mobile radio communications.
            (3) A technical justification for the permitted, radiated 
        emission levels of BPL signals relative to ambient levels of 
        man-made noise from other sources.
            (4) Options for new or improved rules related to the 
        transmission of BPL service that, if implemented, may prevent 
        harmful interference to public safety and other radio 
        communications systems.
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