Device E-Labeling Bill Signed into Law
President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that lets device manufacturers include a required Federal Communications Commission label digitally rather than on the physical device, the White House said Nov. 26 (here). The House passed a Senate version of…
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the bill (here) earlier this month (see 1411140039). According to the bill, U.S. manufacturers and consumers of FCC licensed devices "would prefer to have the option to provide or receive important Commission labeling information digitally on the screen of the device and such an option "would give flexibility to manufacturers in meeting labeling requirements." Within nine months, the FCC is required to "promulgate regulations or take other appropriate action, as necessary, to allow manufacturers of radiofrequency devices with display the option to use electronic labeling for the equipment" in place of affixing physical labels to the equipment.