AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS! HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 7309, H.R. 9035, S. 920 BILLS TO AMEND SECTIONS 303 AND 310 OF THE COMMUNI- 31-499 FEBRUARY 20, 1964 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1964 Federal Communications Commission--- State Department--. Cederberg, Hon. Elford A., a Representative in Congress from the Hoover, Herbert, Jr., president, American Radio Relay League, Inc-- Additional information submitted for the record by- American Radio Relay League, statement of Raymond E. Meyers, INTERNATIONAL RECIPROCITY FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE. Washington, D.C. The committee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1334, Longworth Building, Hon. Oren Harris (chairman of the committee) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This morning the committee is meeting to hold hearings on H.R. 7309 by our colleague, Mr. Cederberg, and H.R. 9035 by our colleague Mr. Brown of California. These are substantially the same proposals as one which has already passed the Senate, S. 920, sponsored by Senator Goldwater. These bills are quite important. (H.R. 7309, H.R. 9035, and S. 920, and departmental reports follow :) [H.R. 7309, 88th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend sections 303 and 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide that the Federal Communications Commission may, if it finds that the public interest, convenience, or necessity may be served, issue authorizations, but not licenses, for alien amateur radio operators to operate their amateur radio stations in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a bilateral agreement between the United States and the alien's government for such operation by United States amateurs on a reciprocal basis Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (1) of section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is amended (1) by inserting “(1)” immediately after “(1)”; and (2) by adding at the end of such clause the following: "(2) Notwithstanding section 301 of this Act and part (1) of this clause, the Commission may issue authorizations, under such conditions and terms as it may prescribe, to permit an alien licensed by his government as an amateur radio operator to operate his amateur radio station licensed by his government in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a bilateral agreement between the United States and the alien's government for such operation on a reciprocal basis by United States amateur radio operators. Other provisions of this Act and of the Administrative Procedure Act shall not be applicable to any request or application for or modification, suspension, or cancellation of any such authorization." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding section 301 of this Act and clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection, the Commission may issue authorizations, under such conditions and terms as it may prescribe, to permit an alien licensed by his government as an amateur radio operator to operate his amateur radio station licensed by his government in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a bilaterial agreement between the United States and the alien's government for such operation on a reciprocal basis by United States amateur radio operators. Other provisions of this Act and of the Administrative Procedure Act shall not be applicable to any request or application for or modification, suspension, or cancellation of any such authorization." |