From ARRL:<\/p>\n
H.R. 555 was passed with universal support. Now goes on to the US Senate.<\/p>\n
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\nARLB005 New “Amateur Radio Parity Act” Bill Introduced in US House
\nof Representatives<\/p>\n
H.R. 555 – a new “Amateur Radio Parity Act” bill – has been
\nintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill’s language
\nis identical to that of the 2015 measure, H.R. 1301, which passed in
\nthe House late last summer but failed in the waning days of the US
\nSenate to gain the necessary support. As with H.R. 1301, the new
\nmeasure introduced on January 13 in the 115th Congress was sponsored
\nby Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), with initial co-sponsorship by Rep.
\nJoe Courtney (D-CT) and Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR). Walden now
\nchairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, to which the new
\nbill has been referred. H.R. 555 will get an initial airing in the
\nSubcommittee on Communications and Technology. When H.R. 1301 came
\nup in committee, Walden spoke forcefully in favor of the measure,
\nwhich ultimately attracted 126 House cosponsors.<\/p>\n