[K3CAL] HR 4969

[N3AE]

A rare chance to make things better for amateur radio..... 

If you feel the same, it's time to stand up and write a letter or send an email to Steny Hoyer asking him to support this bill and consider signing-on as a co-sponsor. 

While I don't always agree with ARRL, they have a good point about sending your letter via ARRL. It's all about the time it takes to get snail mail to government officials post-911. See http://www.arrl.org/hr-4969 "where should I send my letter." 

If you prefer email, contact info can be found at http://hoyer.house.gov/contact-info/ Emails don't seem to have the same impact as a personally crafted letter (not some form letter) sent in the post, but at least the delivery delay is avoided. 

Being somewhat of a pessimist, I don't see a high probability of this bill being considered and passed, but if ya don't at least try, it's a guarantee for failure. 

Shawn - N3AE 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Rich Weaver" <weaverr at comcast.net> 
To: "Reflector, K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:06:31 PM 
Subject: [K3CAL] HR 4969 

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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