[TIPSdiscussion] New Congressional Bill
- From: John and Anne <tipsnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TIPSdiscussion <tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:34:03 -0500
New Amateur Radio Bill Introduced in Congress
TAGS: amateur radio, amateur radio communications, Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications, arrl, disaster relief, emergency, Enhancement
Act, homeland security, house committee, Officer David Sumner, private
land, residential antenna installations, sheila jackson lee
01/10/2011
The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act, which died
at the end of the 111th Congress, has been reintroduced in the 112th
Congress as HR 81. The sponsor is Representative Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-TX-18). The new bill -- which was introduced on January 5 -- has been
referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Rep Jackson Lee first introduced the bill -- HR 2160 -- in the 111th
Congress in April 2009. It gained an additional 41 co-sponsors but did
not progress out of the committee of jurisdiction. A similar bill
introduced in the Senate -- S 1755 -- made it all the way through that
body in December 2009, but likewise was not taken up by the House. The
objective of the bill -- which is supported by the ARRL -- is for the
Secretary of Homeland Security to study the uses and capabilities of
Amateur Radio communications in emergencies and disaster relief and to
identify and make recommendations regarding impediments to Amateur Radio
communications, such as the effects of private land use regulations on
residential antenna installations.
“We are hopeful that this early start will lead to success in the new
Congress,” commented ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ.
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