#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #aabc  ,,an ,,act  ,to promote      
consumer choice and wireless competition
 by permitting consumers to unlock      
mobile wireless devices1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,unlocking ,consumer
 ,choice and ,wireless ,competition     
,act4  #b4 ,repeal of existing rule and 
additional rulemaking by ,librarian of  
,congress  7a7 ,repeal and replace ,as  
of the date of the enactment of this    
,act1 paragraph 7#c7 of section         
#bja4dj7;b7 of title #cg1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations1 as amended and   
revised by the ,librarian of ,congress  
on ,october #bh1 #bjab1 pursuant to the 
,librarian's authority under section    
#abja7;a7 of title #ag1 ,united ,states 
,code1 shall have no force and effect1  
and such paragraph shall read1 and shall
 be in effect1 as such paragraph was in 
effect on ,july #bg1 #bjaj4  7b7        
,rulemaking  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
,librarian of ,congress1 upon the       

recommendation of the ,register of      
,copyrights1 who shall consult with the 
,assistant ,secretary for               
,communications and ,information of the 
,department of ,commerce and report and 
comment on his or her views in making   
such recommendation1 shall determine1   
consistent with the requirements set    
forth under section #abja7;a77#a7 of    
title #ag1 ,united ,states ,code1       
whether to extend the exemption for the 
class of works described in section     
#bja4dj7;b77#c7 of title #cg1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 as amended by    
subsection 7a71 to include any other    
category of wireless devices in addition
 to wireless telephone handsets4  7#b7  
,timing of rulemaking  7,a7 ,if this    
,act is enacted before ,june #a1 #bjad1 
the determination under paragraph 7#a7  
shall be made by not later than the end 
of the #i-month period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
7,b7 ,if this ,act is enacted on or     
after ,june #a1 #bjad1 the determination

 under paragraph 7#a7 shall be made in  
the first rulemaking under section      
#abja7;a77#a77;,c7 of title #ag1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 that begins on or after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7c7 ,unlocking at direction of owner    
7#a7 ,in general ,circumvention of a    
technological measure that restricts    
wireless telephone handsets or other    
wireless devices from connecting to a   
wireless telecommunications network--   
7,a7  7i7 as authorized by paragraph    
7#c7 of section #bja4dj7;b7 of title    
#cg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as 
made effective by subsection 7a71 and   
7ii7 as may be extended to other        
wireless devices pursuant to a          
determination in the rulemaking         
conducted under subsection 7b71 or  7,b7
 as authorized by an exemption adopted  
by the ,librarian of ,congress pursuant 
to a determination made on or after the 
date of enactment of this ,act under    
section #abja7;a77#a77;,c7 of title #ag1
 ,united ,states ,code1  may be         

initiated by the owner of any such      
handset or other device1 by another     
person at the direction of the owner1 or
 by a provider of a commercial mobile   
radio service or a commercial mobile    
data service at the direction of such   
owner or other person1 solely in order  
to enable such owner or a family member 
of such owner to connect to a wireless  
telecommunications network1 when such   
connection is authorized by the operator
 of such network4  7#b7 ,no bulk        
unlocking ,nothing in this subsection   
shall be construed to permit the        
unlocking of wireless handsets or other 
wireless devices1 for the purpose of    
bulk resale1 or to authorize the        
,librarian of ,congress to authorize    
circumvention for such purpose under    
this ,act1 title #ag1 ,united ,states   
,code1 or any other provision of law4   
7d7 ,rule of construction ,except as    
provided in subsection 7c71 nothing in  
this ,act alters1 or shall be construed 
to alter1 the authority of the          

,librarian of ,congress under section   
#abja7;a77#a7 of title #ag1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7e7 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act3  7#a7 ,commercial mobile data
 service2 commercial mobile radio       
service ,the terms commercial mobile    
data service and commercial mobile radio
 service have the respective meanings   
given those terms in section #bj4c of   
title #dg1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 as in effect on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7    
,wireless telecommunications network    
,the term wireless telecommunications   
network means a network used to provide 
a commercial mobile radio service or a  
commercial mobile data service4  7#c7   
,wireless telephone handsets2 wireless  
devices ,the terms wireless telephone   
handset and wireless device mean a      
handset or other device that operates on
 a wireless telecommunications network4 
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,february #be1 #bjad4;,clerk4