[K3CAL] HR 4969

[Richard Terlisner]

I guess we need to start hounding our representatives.
On Jul 16, 2014 3:06 PM, "Rich Weaver" <weaverr at comcast.net> wrote:

>   *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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