,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #beae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ai1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,merkley introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,food and ,drug 
,administration to conduct a study on   
the effects of radiofrequency radiation 
in the #e;,g networks on human health4  
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,telecommunications ,safety
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,study on the      
effects of #e;,g networks on human      
health  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services         
7referred to in this ,act as the        
,secretary71 acting through the         
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs and in
 cooperation with the ,federal          
,communications ,commission1 shall      
conduct a study on the effects of       
radiofrequency radiation on human       
health1 which shall include research on 

human health effects of the wavelengths 
of such radiation at the levels expected
 to be used in the fifth-generation     
mobile networks1 including effects on   
the human reproductive system and       
connections to illnesses such as cancer 
7including malignant tumor growths7 and 
,alzheimer's disease4  7b7 ,reports ,the
 ,secretary shall submit to ,congress-- 
7#a7 not later than #f months after the 
date of enactment of this ,act1 a       
preliminary report on the study         
conducted under subsection 7a72 and     
7#b7 not later than #a year after the   
date of enactment of this ,act1 a final 
report on such study4  ,the reports     
submitted under this subsection shall   
include the ,secretary's plans for      
future research on the effects of       
radiofrequency radiation on human       
health4  7c7 ,safety standards ,the     
,secretary shall develop standards of   
safety with respect to human health for 
telecommunications equipment1 based on  
the findings of the study under         

subsection 7a74  #c4 ,study on future   
networks ,the ,secretary1 acting through
 the ,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs  
and in cooperation with the ,federal    
,communications ,commission1 shall      
conduct studies on any mobile networks  
that follow the fifth-generation mobile 
networks1 and shall complete any such   
study not later than #a year after such 
network becomes operational4