AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS YA. INS BEFORE THE HEARING 4 R 7 lisenssistuse sot pass shouse COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 7309, H.R. 9035, S. 920 BILLS TO AJEND SECTIONS 303 AND 310 OF THE COMMUNI- STATES AMATEURS ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS FEBRUARY 20, 1964 Printed for the use of the C.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1964 31-490 COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE OREN HARRIS, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, Mississippi JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan KENNETH A. ROBERTS, Alabama WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Ilinois HARLEY 0. STAGGERS, West Virginia PAUL F. SCHENCK, Ohio WALTER ROGERS, Texas J. ARTHUR YOUNGER, California SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, Maryland MILTON W. GLENN, New Jersey TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota LEO W. O'BRIEN, New York HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts JOHN E. MOSS, California WILLARD S. CURTIN, Pennsylvania JOHN D, DINGELL, Michigan ABNER W. SIBAL, Connecticut PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida GLENN CUNNINGHAM, Nebraska ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, South Caroilna JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado JAMES C. HEALEY, New York HORACE R. KORNEGAY, North Carolina W. R. HILL, JR., Missouri GILLIS W. LONG, Louisiana LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, Callfornia W. E. WILLIAMSON, Clerk ANDREW STEVENSON Professional Staff GEORGE W. PERRY II CONTENTS Federal Communications Commission. Booth, Robert M., Jr., general counsel, American Radio Relay Cederberg, Hon. Elford A., a Representative in Congress from the Hoover, Herbert, Jr., president, American Radio Relay League, Inc.- 20 Huntoon, John, secretary and general manager, American Radio Hyde, Hon. Rosel H., Commissioner, Federal Communications Additional information submitted for the record by American Radio Relay League, statement of Raymond E. Meyers, director, southwest division -- Brown, Hon. George E., letter from. Goldwater, Hon. Barry, letter from--- INTERNATIONAL RECIPROCITY FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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 l'nited 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." |