[South Florida DX Association] Grass roots legislative support requested

[wa4aw at juno.com]

 Hi Everyone,

For many years, the League has been championing a bill thru Congress to require the FCC to codify an exemption to allow amateurs the ability to erect antennas at housing units not covered by PRB-1. The first step toward this end is a bill currently in the House Committee on Energy & Commerce. The Senate passed S1755 unanimously and sent it to the House of Representative for further action. We have every expectation that S1755 will be adopted by the House of Representatives provided the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sends it to the floor for a vote. 

We are asking you to send two faxed letters in support of S1755. One fax is to Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and the other is to Committee Minority leader Joe Burton, urging them to release the bill from the Committee. We are not asking you to write to your Representative in support of S1755 at this time. The strategy is to get the bill out of committee and on to the House floor for a vote.

This effort by all amateurs who are reading this message will help us make our position clear to these Committee leaders on the need to forward this bill to the House floor.

Please copy the letter shown below,add your personal information, make any changes that you may require and send the two faxes ASAP.

The fax number for Chairman Waxman is 202-225-2525 and the fax number for Congressman Barton is 202-225-1919. 

Please e-mail copies of your letters to John Chwat, our Washington lobbyist, to use when he visits Chairman Waxman and Congressman Barton. His email is john.chwat at chwatco.com With your assistance, we will take the next step toward moving forward with this long needed legislative action. For additional information on S1755, please visit the ARRL website: www.arrl.org/govrelations  Should you have any questions, just let me know. Tnx es 73, Jeff  WA4AW 
 
ARRLthe National Association for Amateur RadioJeff Beals, WA4AWARRL Vice Director - Southeastern DivisionPO Box 1584Loxahatchee, FL 33470-1584561-252-6707wa4aw at arrl.org



 




Representative Henry A. Waxman
Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee United States House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 

Representative Joe Barton
Ranking Member
House Energy and Commerce Committee
United States House of Representatives
2322A Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 March 15, 2010 

Dear Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Barton:                     

As one of more than 680,000 Amateur Radio licensees throughout the United States, I urge your support for passage of S.1755, the "Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act," which is pending in your Committee. This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief.

S. 1755, a bipartisan bill sponsored by both Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Member Collins, passed without opposition in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 4, 2009. On December 14 it passed by unanimous consent on the Senate floor. It was referred to your Committee on the following day. 

This bill promotes and encourages the valuable public service, disaster relief, and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service, by undertaking a study of the uses of Amateur Radio for emergency and disaster relief communications, by identifying unnecessary or unreasonable impediments to the deployment of Amateur Radio emergency and disaster relief communications, and by making recommendations for relief of such unreasonable restrictions so as to expand the uses of Amateur Radio communications in Homeland Security planning and response. 

Please pass S.1755 and send it to the House floor and to President Obama for signature. 

If you or your staff have any questions, please feel free to contact John Chwat, the Washington, D.C. representative of the American Radio Relay League, Inc., 703-684-7703 or by e-mail to john.chwat at chwatco.com

Sincerely, 



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