[Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: [WestMichiganHams] H.R.1301 Congressional Action

[Roger Cox]

 From Larry Camp, WB8R, Section Manager

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March 31, 2015

Greetings to the Hams of Michigan:

HR-1301

The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 -- H.R.1301 -- has been introduced 
in the US House of Representatives. The measure would direct the FCC to 
extend its rules relating to reasonable accommodation of Amateur Service 
communications to private land use restrictions. US Rep Adam Kinzinger 
(R-IL) introduced the bill on March 4 with 12 original co-sponsors from 
both sides of the aisle -- seven Republicans and five Democrats.

HR 1301 would require the FCC to amend its Part 97 Amateur Service rules 
to apply the three-part test of the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy to 
include homeowners' association regulations and deed restrictions, often 
referred to as "covenants, conditions, and restrictions" (CC&Rs).

At present, PRB-1 only applies to state and local zoning laws and 
ordinances. The FCC has been reluctant to extend the same legal 
protections to include such private land-use agreements without 
direction from Congress.

H.R. 1301 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. 
Rep Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR), chairs that panel's Communications and 
Technology Subcommittee, which will consider the measure.

Once again it is time for us as constituents to write to our 
Congressperson and request that they support HR 1301 and consider 
signing on as a co-sponsor on this important piece of legislation.

All of the necessary information is available on the ARRL website here:
http://www.arrl.org/hr-1301. On this webpage you will find everything 
that you need in order to contact and urge your congressperson to 
support HR 1301 and to sign on as a cosponsor. You will find a spot to 
determine who your Congressperson is and from there you can get the 
necessary information to complete the sample letter that is provided for 
you.

Once again, we are asking you to send your letters (snail mail or email) 
to the ARRL for hand delivery to House members. This is important as a 
stack of letters from constituents carry a large impact.

The instructions are there if you choose print your prepared letter, 
sign it and snail mail to ARRL. If you choose to convert your signed 
letter to a PDF and email it to ARRL, you can save the cost of postage 
and envelope. The snail mail and email address for each method is on the 
website.

One tip for you: review the list of Congress persons who have already 
signed on before asking him or her for support. Your letter writing may 
turn to a thank you letter if your representative has already agreed to 
become a co- sponsor.

This is the case in the 1st and 7th Michigan Districts as Congressmen 
Benishek and Walberg are co-sponsors. For those who live in the 1st and 
7th district, please take a few minutes to send them your thanks for 
supporting HR 1301. You can easily thank them by going directly to their 
individual websites and emailing your thanks.

Asking for support is important, but it is just as important to thank 
them for their support if they become co-sponsors.

As you know, Michigan has just become the 31st state to pass a PRB-1 
law, and HR 1301 is the next logical step in the process. If we are 
successful in convincing the FCC to give us parity, then we will go back 
to the Michigan Legislature to update our PRB-1 law.I ask that each of 
you who sends a letter requesting support of HR-1301 to send me a short 
email advising me that you have sent a letter to your Congressperson.

By doing so, you will help us to determine our effectiveness and 
coverage of our grassroots effort here in Michigan.

You can reach me at wb8r at arrl.org.

Thank you for doing your part in this important effort. Please pass this 
information to your local clubs and to your friends and family, hams and 
non-hams alike.

Larry, WB8R

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