Device labeling bill heads to Obama’s desk

The House on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to update federal device labeling rules, sending the legislation to the president’s desk.

The E-Label Act would allow electronics manufacturers to meet labeling requirements by posting digital notices, instead of physically etching the labels onto the devices.  

{mosads}That should give companies more flexibility to meet Federal Communications Commission regulations, supporters say, especially as devices becomes smaller and smaller, leaving less space for a label.

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), the bill’s author, called it a “common-sense’ piece of legislation to “bring outdated regulations into the 21st Century.”

“I look forward to the president signing the E-Label Act into law, and I am confident the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology will do a great job updating our labeling rules,” she added.

The Senate unanimously passed the bill in September.