[TVARC] parity act

[John Ellis]

Folks,

Once again we press to get this legislation
approved by the House and Senate, and
enacted into law by the President. Whether
contacting Senator Bill Nelson at this late
date will help, we don't know. But, like chicken
soup, we don't think it will hurt.

Please see the message from Mike Lisenco
N2YBB below, and if you concur, please
endeavor to contact Senator Nelson as the
letter requests.

"Dear Florida ARRL member:

We have asked you before to write to Florida Senator Bill Nelson to ask
him to remove his hold on the Amateur Radio Parity Act. You have
responded perfectly each time. We are going to ask you to help ARRL get
the Parity Act across the finish line one more time. Here is where we
are: The Parity Act has passed unanimously in the House of
Representatives four separate times. Most recently, it passed the House
as part of the FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act (FSGG). It was not included in the Senate version of
that Bill, however, so now, both bills having passed in their respective
houses of Congress, a joint committee of House and Senate conferees have
to agree on the final version of the FSGG, and resolve the differences
in the two, before the FSGG goes to the President for signature.

We are working hard to ensure that the Parity Act remains in the final
version of this Bill. We are encouraged, but we are making one last
effort to ask Senator Nelson to support Amateur Radio. If this effort is
not successful, we have other plans to get this important relief for
Amateur Radio operators, but it would be best if we could get the Bill
passed right now as part of the FSGG. The White House absolutely
supports the Parity Act.

Please go to https://arrl.rallycongress.net/  to contact Senator Nelson
and help us finish this. We really need your help once more. Thanks and
73,

Mike Lisenco, N2YBB
Chair, ARRL Legislative Affairs Committee"

Thanks for your help and concern,
73,
John, NP2B



-- 

John Ellis         (NP2B)
1149 Mockingbird Lane
The Villages, FL 32163

telephone 352 633-2910
facsimile  352 633-0401
mobile     340 513-4928
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/tvarc/attachments/20180907/d0ce9921/attachment.html>