[K3CAL] HR 4969

[Rich Weaver]

HR 4969 – The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014

A Commonsense Solution to Provide Equality in Land Use Regulation
On Wednesday June 25th, Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL -16th), with Representative Joe Courtney (DCT-
02) as cosponsor, introduced in the 113th US Congress “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014”. If passed
by Congress and signed into law, Representative Kinzinger’s bill would require the FCC, within 120 days of the
Bill’s enactment, to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to apply its Amateur Radio limited preemption
policy to all types of land use regulations including homeowners’ association regulations and deed restrictions,
often referred to as “covenants, conditions, and restrictions” (CC&Rs). Presently, the policy only applies to
state and local zoning laws and ordinances.
HR 4969 is the ARRL’s plan to secure reasonable accommodation for the thousands of licensed Amateur Radio
operators who are denied effective antennas at their residences due to private land use regulations that are either
part of their property deeds of purchase or are imposed by their local homeowner’s associations. CC&Rs
typically preclude licensed Amateurs residing in deed-restricted communities from conducting public service or
emergency preparedness communications. The number of communities that have such restrictions is increasing
at exponential rates.
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