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HR 4720, The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act of 2002

Sponsor:

Steve Israel (D-NY)

Original co-sponsors:

Greg Walden (R-OR)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Additional co-sponsors:

Rep. JD Hayworth (R-AZ)
Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH)
Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Rep. Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA)
Rep. John Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-TX)
Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-CO)
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Rep. Ralph Hall (D-TX)
Rep. Constance Morella (R-MD)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)
Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)
Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA)
Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX)
Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA)
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)

Text of bill:

107th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4720
To provide that private land use rules be treated as State or local regulation for purposes of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 14, 2002

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. WALDEN, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To provide that private land use rules be treated as State or local regulation for purposes of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act of 2002'.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PRIVATE LAND USE RULES AS LOCAL REGULATION.

For purposes of the Federal Communications Commission's regulation relating to station antenna structures in the amateur radio services (47 CFR 97.15), any private land use rules applicable to such structures shall be treated as a State or local regulation and shall be subject to the same requirements and limitations as a State or local regulation.


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