A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to install Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems in all Federal buildings in order to improve in-building wireless communications coverage and commercial network capacity by offloading wireless traffic onto wireline broadband networks.
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To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to install Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems in all Federal buildings in order to improve in-building wireless communications coverage and commercial network capacity by offloading wireless traffic onto wireline broadband networks.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to install Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems in all Federal buildings in order to improve in-building wireless communications coverage and commercial network capacity by offloading wireless traffic onto wireline broadband networks.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 2. INSTALLATION OF FEMTOCELLS IN ALL FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
(a) In General- Subchapter V of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘Sec. 594. Installation of femtocells in all Federal buildings
‘(2) Wi-FI HOTSPOT- The term ‘Wi-Fi hotspot’ means a site or area in which the public can access the Internet via a wireless connection.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) WIRELESS NEUTRAL HOST SYSTEM- The term ‘wireless neutral host system’ means a small cellular communications base station and related antenna, such as a femtocell, picocell, or similar device or apparatus, that is connected to a broadband service to provide--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) install Wi-Fi hotspots in all publicly accessible Federal buildings constructed after the date of enactment of this section;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) allow for the installation of wireless neutral host systems by any eligible carriers upon request in all publicly accessible Federal buildings; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) in a manner consistent with sound management principles, retrofit all Federal buildings constructed prior to the date of enactment of this section on a timetable that reflects the importance of wireless communication to the Federal functions being performed by the occupants of those buildings, except that all of those buildings shall be retrofitted not later than December 31, 2015.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) IN GENERAL- There shall be made available from the Federal Buildings Fund established under section 592 $15,000,000 to carry out this section.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(A) be derived from the unobligated balance of amounts made available from the Federal Buildings Fund for fiscal year 2013, and prior fiscal years, for repairs and alterations and other activities (excluding amounts made available for the energy program); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Table of Sections- The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter V the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.3439 as Introduced in Senate Federal Wi-Net Act
