[nrv-hams] Fwd Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to U.S. House Passage, Heads to U.S. Senate

[Patrick Johnson]

As an FYI,

Hopefully it will pass this time around.

73s,
Patrick

> Article follows:
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB006
> ARLB006 Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to U.S. House Passage, Heads
> to U.S. Senate
>
> ZCZC AG06
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 6  ARLB006
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 26, 2017
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB006
> ARLB006 Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to U.S. House Passage, Heads
> to U.S. Senate
>
> Just 10 days after being introduced, the 2017 Amateur Radio Parity
> Act legislation, H.R. 555, passed the U.S. House of Representatives
> this week on unanimous consent under a suspension of House rules.
> The bill's language is identical to that of the 2015 measure, H.R.
> 1301, which won House approval late last summer after attracting 126
> co-sponsors, but failed to clear the U.S. Senate last fall as the
> 114th Congress wound down. The new bill, again sponsored by Rep.
> Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), was introduced on January 13 with initial
> co-sponsorship by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Walden,
> W7EQI (R-OR), who chairs the influential House Committee on Energy
> and Commerce.
>
> H.R. 555 can be found on the web at,
> https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/555?r=27 .
>
> "The grassroots effort of Amateur Radio operators across this nation
> in support of the Amateur Radio Parity Act has been remarkable,
> nothing like we have ever seen before," ARRL President Rick
> Roderick, K5UR, said. "To all hams, keep going! Now is the time to
> charge forward with that same momentum to the Senate. We can do it!"
> The bill arrives in the U.S. Senate with ample time in which to
> garner its approval through an education campaign.
>
> "We're very encouraged by the speed with which this bill made it
> through the House. It's amazing that this happened," said ARRL
> Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, who has been at the
> forefront of the legislative initiative. "With the help of ARRL
> members, we believe we can get this done," Lisenco continued. "We
> came within a hair's breadth last time, with 110,000 e-mails to
> members of both houses of Congress, as well as letters and telephone
> calls. Member participation in this final push is critical."
>
> H.R. 555 calls on the FCC to establish rules prohibiting the
> application of deed restrictions that preclude Amateur Radio
> communications on their face or as applied. Deed restrictions would
> have to impose the minimum practicable restriction on Amateur Radio
> communications to accomplish the lawful purposes of homeowners
> association seeking to enforce the restriction.
> NNNN
> /EX