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HRN 245: All Parity All the Time

Posted: 12 Feb 2016 04:20 PM PST
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On Thursday, February 11, the House Subcommittee on Communications and
Technology voted to forward HR 1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act, up to
the full Energy and Commerce Committee "as written." But there's a catch. A
homeowner's association had requested amendments, and had the ear of at
least one subcommittee member. So while there wasn't time to negotiate the
counter proposal, the bill was voted out of the subcommittee with the
understanding that the negotiation would take place before the bill was
brought up at the full committee.



In this program - a good 'radio' show, though it's interesting to see all
the players in video from Congress - we'll play all of the subcommittee
comments and testimony from a January hearing, and this February 'markup'
session (aka 'Vote').



But what about those amendments? Turns out the homeowners group - CAI,
Community Association Institute - filed a letter with the subcommittee at
the hearing back on January 12 outlining 7 amendments they'd like to see.
Some pretty reasonable, and one or two pushing a little too far (room for
negotiation?). Gary reviews all 7.



Then a look at ARRL objections to HRN 241: Parity in Missouri. The League
doesn't want guest Larry Scantlan KEØKZ saying, or implying, that the
League 'endorses' the effort to pass a state version of the Parity Act in
Missouri. They're happy to assist, but 'endorsement' is a technical term
they say does not apply. And they ask HamRadioNow to edit out any
statements making that claim. Turns out there weren't any (save for one
casual "sanctions"), but we double-check to be sure.



Finally, Gary gets fan mail.
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