SB QST @ ARL $ARLB079
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  October 10, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
ARLB079 Congress resolution passes
 
The League's joint resolution supporting Amateur Radio passed both
houses of Congress in the wee hours of the morning of October 7.
 
In a last ditch effort by Senators Charles Robb (D-VA), Wendell Ford
(D-KY) and Alan Simpson (R-WY), Senate Joint Resolution 90 passed on
the floor of the Senate under unanimous consent at 12:10 AM. The
bill asks for ''reasonable accommodation'' in the operation of Amateur
Radio in homes, automobiles and public places.
 
The bill then went to the House, where it was brought up by
Congressman Al Swift (D-WA) and passed unanimously at 2:45 AM.
Patricia Spurlock, a staffer for Robb, and Stephanie Vance, a
staffer for Congressman Mike Kreidler (D-WA), worked overtime on the
bill.  Kreidler introduced the original House version.
 
Passage was assisted by the efforts of David Leach, counsel to the
House Energy  Commerce Committee, and Jerry Waldron and Colin
Crowell of the House Telecommunication and Finance Subcommittee.
For more information, see September QST, page 93.
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