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Here is the complete text of H. R. 73:
102d CONGRESS H. R. 73
lst Session
To amend the Federal Communications Act of 1934 to
prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the Amateur Radio
service.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1991
Mr Cooper introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Federal Communications Act of 1934 to
prevent the loss of existing spectrum to the Amateur Radio
service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Amateur Radio Spectrum
Protection Act of 1991."
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) more than 490,502 radio amateurs in the United
States are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission
after a thorough examination in radio regulations and
technical principles of radio communications, as required by
international regulations;
(2) by international treaty and Federal Communications
Commission regulation, the amateur is authorized to operate
stations in a radio service of intercommunications and
technical investigations solely with a personal aim and
without pecuniary interest;
(3) among the basic purposes for the Amateur Radio
service is to provide voluntary noncommercial radio service,
particularly emergency communications;
(4) emergency communication services by volunteer radio
amateurs have consistently and reliably been provided
before, during and after floods, tornadoes, forest fires,
earthquakes, blizzards, train wrecks, chemical spills, and
other disasters; and
(5) the Federal Communications Commission has taken
actions which resulted in the loss of over 100 MHz of
spectrum to amateurs.
SEC.3. FEDERAL POLICY REGARDING REALLOCATION OF AMATEUR
RADIO SPECTRUM.
Section 303(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(c)(1); and
(2) by adding at the end of such subsection (c)(1) the
following new paragraph:
"(2) The Federal Communications Commission shall not
diminish existing allocations of spectrum to the Amateur
Radio service after January 1, 1991. The Federal
Communications Commission shall provide equivalent
replacement spectrum to the Amateur Radio service for any
frequency reallocation after January 1, 1991."