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Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act

Introduced: March 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Mar 27, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E599-600)
Mar 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act - Provides that, for purposes of the Federal Communications Commission's regulation relating to station antenna structures in the amateur radio services, any private land use rules applicable to such structures shall be treated as a State or local regulation and subject to the same requirements and limitations of such a regulation.
What's happening now April 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 14, 2004
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 2, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 6, 2003
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 31, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 27, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1478: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1478/
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