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01/12/2016 | Amateur Radio Parity Act HR 1301 to Get House Subcommittee Airing
HR 1301, the US House version of the Amateur Radio Parity Act, will be among four communications-related measures set to for a legislative hearing on January 12.
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11/11/2015 | ARRL President Urges “Blast of Support” for Senate Version of Amateur Radio Parity Act
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has issued an urgent call for League Members to contact Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation members representing their states to urge their support of S. 1685, the US Senate version of the Amateur Ra
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08/25/2015 | ARRL President Expects Parity Act House Bill Cosponsorships to Top 100 Soon
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, expects to see the list of cosponsors for the US House version of the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 — H.R. 1301 — top 100 soon.
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06/25/2015 | League Continues Efforts to Secure US Senate Sponsorship for the Amateur Radio Parity Act
ARRL representatives are continuing efforts on Capitol Hill to secure sponsorship for a US Senate companion bill to the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 — H.R. 1301.
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06/09/2015 | Letters to Members of Congress Offer Biggest Boost to Amateur Radio Parity Act
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has told Section Mangers that the most useful action radio amateurs can take regarding the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR 1301) is to contact their members of Congress, urging them to become cosponsors.
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05/23/2011 | Senate “Companion” Bill to HR 607 Avoids Impacting Amateur Spectrum
On Thursday, May 19, Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced S 1040 -- The Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011 -- in the Senate (see below for link). While it has a similar objective to HR 607 -- introduced in February by R
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01/28/2011 | Senate Version of Amateur Radio Legislation Introduced
On Wednesday, January 26, Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), along with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), introduced Senate Bill 191, The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2011. Similar to HR 81 -- also called The Amateur Radio Emergency C
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03/16/2010 | Companion Bill Introduced in US House to Provide Technical Resources to FCC Commissioners
Following the Senate's lead, Representative Jerry McNerny (D-CA-11), introduced HR 4809 -- the FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act -- in the House of Representatives on March 10. Copying the exact language from S 2881 (a bill w
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