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   ARLB026 Rep. Bill Johnson Introduces Bill to Eliminate Private Land   
   Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 26  ARLB026   
   From ARRL Headquarters    
   Newington CT  December 24, 2022   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB026   
   ARLB026 Rep. Bill Johnson Introduces Bill to Eliminate Private Land   
   Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio   
      
   Congressman Bill Johnson (OH-6) introduced a bill in the U.S. House   
   of Representatives (H.R.9670) on Thursday, December 22, 2022, to   
   eliminate private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or   
   impair the ability of an Amateur Radio Operator from operating and   
   installing amateur station antennas on property subject to the   
   control of the Amateur Radio Operator.   
      
   The exponential growth of communities subject to private land use   
   restrictions that prohibit both the operation of Amateur Radio and   
   the installation of amateur station antennas has significantly   
   restricted the growth of the Amateur Radio Service. These   
   restrictions are pervasive in private common interest residential   
   communities such as single-family subdivisions, condominiums,   
   cooperatives, gated communities, master-planned communities, planned   
   unit developments, and communities governed by community   
   associations. The restrictions have particularly impacted the   
   ability of Amateur Radio to fulfill its statutorily mandated duty of   
   serving as a voluntary noncommercial emergency communications   
   service.   
      
   Congress in 1996 directed the Federal Communications Commission   
   (FCC) to promulgate regulations (Public Law 104-104, title II,   
   section 207, 110 Stat. 114; 47 U.S.C. 303 note) that have preempted   
   all private land use restrictions applicable to exterior   
   communications facilities that impair the ability of citizens to   
   receive television broadcast signals, direct broadcast satellite   
   services, or multichannel multipoint distribution services, or to   
   transmit and receive wireless internet services. ARRL attempts to   
   obtain similar relief for Amateur Radio were rejected by the FCC   
   with a statement such relief would have to come from Congress.   
      
   ARRL Legislative Advocacy Committee Chairman John Robert Stratton,   
   N5AUS, noted that Congress, in 1994 by Joint Resolution,   
   S.J.Res.90/H.J.Res.199, declared that regulations at all levels of   
   government should facilitate and encourage the effective operation   
   of Amateur Radio from residences as a public benefit. He continued   
   by stating that "H.R.9670, the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness   
   Act, is intended to fulfill that mandate and preserve the ability of   
   Amateur Radio Operators to continue to serve as a key component of   
   American critical communications infrastructure."   
      
   ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, and Mr. Stratton both extended   
   on behalf of the ARRL, its Members, and the Amateur Radio community   
   their thanks and appreciation for the leadership of Rep. Johnson in   
   his tireless efforts to support and protect the rights of all   
   Amateur Radio Operators.   
      
   The full text of the bill in PDF format is available online at,   
      
   https://www.arrl.org/files/file/HR9670/   
   HR9670-Amateur-Radio-Emergency-Preparedness-Act.pdf   
      
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