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Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015

Introduced: June 25, 2015 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 9, 2016
By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-400. Additional views filed.
Dec 6, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 700.
Dec 6, 2016
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. Without written report.
Nov 18, 2015
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 25, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 25, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to amend regulations concerning the height and dimensions of station antenna structures to prohibit a private land use restriction from applying to amateur service communications if the restriction precludes such communications, fails to accommodate such communications, or does not constitute the minimum practicable restriction to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the private entity seeking to enforce the restriction.

What's happening now December 9, 2016

By Senator Thune from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 114-400. Additional views filed.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 253 Related bill Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
  • HR 1301 Identical bill Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2016
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 9, 2016
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Nov 17, 2015
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 25, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1685: Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1685/
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"S. 1685: Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1685/.
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S. 1685, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1685/.
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