47 U.S.C. § 343
Conditions on commercial terrestrial operations
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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The Commission shall not permit commercial terrestrial operations in the 1525–1559 megahertz band or the 1626.5–1660.5 megahertz band until the date that is 90 days after the Commission resolves concerns of widespread harmful interference by such operations in such band to covered GPS devices.
At the conclusion of the decision regarding whether to permit such operations in such band, the Commission shall submit to the congressional committees described in paragraph (2) official copies of the documents containing the final decision of the Commission. If the decision is to permit such operations in such band, such documents shall contain or be accompanied by an explanation of how the concerns described in subsection (a) have been resolved.
The congressional committees described in this paragraph are the following:
In this section, the term “covered GPS device” means a Global Positioning System device of the Department of Defense.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017