Blumenthal, Wicker Introduce Amateur Radio Bill Directed at FCC
Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., introduced S-1685 Thursday “to direct the [FCC] to extend to private land use restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications,” its title said. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is the…
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bill’s one co-sponsor, and it was referred to the Commerce Committee, where both are members. That title text is the same language used in the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR-1301), introduced in March by Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. The House bill has 83 co-sponsors -- 59 Republicans and 24 Democrats -- and is referred to the Communications Subcommittee. The Senate bill text wasn't online, and a Wicker spokesman didn’t immediately comment. Kinzinger introduced the bill last Congress; it never advanced.