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Message #3352 - Shortwave Listeners
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Date : 02-Oct-91 19:11
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From : Kirk Baxter
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To : All
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Subject : SCANNER LAWS (USENET)
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The following messages are from the USENET SWL-L echo, regarding the
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upcoming legislation to regulate scanners.
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>Subject: Re: HR 1674: is it law yet?
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Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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Lines: 68
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I've confirmed that HR-1674 has passed the House and is now on its way
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through the Senate. There's no way it will fail to pass the Senate or
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be vetoed as it reauthorizes the FCC. We can only quibble about what
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it does.
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[The following quotes from the bill as of Sept 17. The version that
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passed the house may be completely different. It may not even be
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about the FCC any more, as those of you who watch CSPAN know.]
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Continue [Y/n/=]?
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Before I quote Section 8, let me point out two other sections that
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explain why the amateur community thinks that it is getting something
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out of 1674. Section 3, paragraph (a) sets up a fee schedule as
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section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934. The fees are intended
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to cover the cost of running the FCC. Paragraph d of the new section
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is the exemptions from those fees. It says:
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"(1) In general. - The fees established under this section shall not
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be applicable (A) to governmental entities, (B) to nonprofit entities
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holding tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
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Revenue Code, or (C) to person licenses in the Amateur Radio Service."
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Section 6, paragraph (b) adds the following to Section 4(f)(4) to
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the 1934 act:
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"(K) The Commission for purposes of providing specialized, radio club
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and military-recreation call signs, may utilize the voluntary and
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uncompensated services of an incorporated association of amateur radio
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operators with more than 100,000 dues-paying members representing all
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States which has a tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the
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Internal Revenue Code."
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Section 8 of HR-1674, Interception of Cellular Telecommunications, says:
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Continue [Y/n/=]?
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(a) Amendment.- Section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
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302) is amended by adding the following new subsection:
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"(d) (1) Interception of Cellular Telecommunications.-Within 180 days
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after the date of enactment of the Federal Communications Commission
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Act of 1991 [HR-1674], the Commission shall prescribe and make effective
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regulations denying equipment authorization (under part 15 of title 47,
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Code of Federal Regulations, or any other part of that title) for
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any scanning receiver that is capable of-
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(A) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated to the domestice
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cellular radio telecommuncations service,
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(B) readily being altered by the user to receive transmissions in such
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frequencies, or
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(C) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cellular transmissions
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to analog voice audio.
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(2) Manufacture of Noncomplying Equipment.-Beginning one year after
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the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection
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(a), no reciever having the capabilities described in subparagraph
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Continue [Y/n/=]?
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(A), (B), or (C) of paragragh (1) shall be manufactured that does not
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comply with the requirements set for in paragraphy (1)."
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In other words, even newly manufactured equipment of previously
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certified designs will not be available if section 8 stays in.
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As to "being equipped with decoders", doesn't that affect everything
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with an IF output?
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--- TBBS v2.1/NM
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* Origin: ANARC BBS-Assoc.of N.American Radio Clubs (913)345-1978 (1:280/3)
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