[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4720 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4720

  To provide that private land use rules be treated as State or local 
 regulation for purposes of certain Federal Communications Commission 
                              regulations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2002

 Mr. Israel (for himself, Mr. Walden, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that private land use rules be treated as State or local 
 regulation for purposes of certain Federal Communications Commission 
                              regulations.

    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 Emergency 
Communications Consistency Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PRIVATE LAND USE RULES AS LOCAL REGULATION.

    For purposes of the Federal Communications Commission's regulation 
relating to station antenna structures in the amateur radio services 
(47 CFR 97.15), any private land use rules applicable to such 
structures shall be treated as a State or local regulation and shall be 
subject to the same requirements and limitations as a State or local 
regulation.
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