[DRAFT] International Regulations on Radio Signals Act
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 2:06 pm
IC: Recognizing that members were pushing for this act to be updated, I took the liberty of writing up my edits to GA#75. While I now see that others have put forth their own edits, I hope the body will review my edits in conjunction with others'.
OOC: I'm new to WA and NationStates in general, but was excited to see all the interesting forum posts on here and so was itching to participate! Please correct any mistakes I might make in forum etiquette as well as in lawmaking.
OOC: I'm new to WA and NationStates in general, but was excited to see all the interesting forum posts on here and so was itching to participate! Please correct any mistakes I might make in forum etiquette as well as in lawmaking.
International Regulations on Radio Signals Act
Category: Regulation --- Area of Effect: Safety
The General Assembly,
Defining “low-powered” radio signals as those with a power of less than 100 watts, thereby reaching an effective service range of at most three and a half miles within national borders, and further defining any radio signal that is not “low-powered” to be “high-powered”,
Understanding the risks to health, trade, and international cooperation posed by high-powered radio signals of various frequencies and makes,
Respecting the rights of members to deploy low and high-powered radio signals for any number of purposes, including but not limited to trade, communication, defense, and entertainment,
Hereby,
1. Permits the usage of all low-powered radio signals so long as they do not interfere with the operation of high-powered radio signals,
2. Establishes the General Assembly Radio Commission to review all uses of high-powered radio signals, at the point of the manufacture of the device if possible, and to set detailed standards solely to ensure these uses pose no credible threat to:
• Life
• National Infrastructure
• The quality of other radio signals internationally,
Except in the case of self-defense or where the member has made a formal declaration of war against another,
3. Tasks the above commission to set specific frequencies, not previously in wide usage and obtained with the consent of any previous users without infringing upon the quality or airing of previously established emergency frequencies, solely for the purpose of international emergency communications between all nations (should they choose to use them),
4. Allows members to task the above commission to further review and rule on any radio device they believe has fallen in violation of clauses 1-3 of this act, and
5. Bans the above commission from setting any regulations on content, ownership, management, power, or frequency allocation of radio devices, excepting only those regulations that would ensure such devices are in compliance with clauses 1-3 of this act.