Dear fellow ARRL members,
It’s crunch time. To date, your elected Member of Congress, Representative Lois Capps, has not yet joined the growing list of supporters of the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR-1301). This bill would extend the “reasonable accommodation” provision of PRB-1 to Hams living under private deed restrictions. We expect some pushback from the opposition after the House of Representatives comes back from vacation after Labor Day. Now is the time to get out in front of the effort. I am writing to you directly because only you, a constituent of Representative Capps, can email and call her office to put the pressure on. All you need to do is say:
“I am a constituent and a federally licensed Amateur Radio Operator. I Support HR-1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act, and I am asking that Congresswoman Capps support HR-1301 as well.”
You can send an e-mail to Rep. Capps here: https://capps.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Enter your zip code and follow the prompts. Fill in the form, and either write what I’ve suggested or write whatever moves you. Please also call one of her District Offices to say the same thing:
Santa Barbara: (805) 730-1710
San Luis Obispo: (805) 546-8348
Santa Maria: (805) 349-3832
Your emails and phone calls will help convince your Representative to support HR-1301. ARRL has teams visiting Capitol Hill, but it’s your calls, e-mails and letters that open the door. WE NEED YOU TO BECOME PART OF THE PROCESS if you haven’t done so already.
Please send these emails and make phone calls even if you have already written to your Congressman about the bill. Let’s work together to get these folks to support us. Let’s do it today. If you have not written your representative yet, we can generate a letter for your signature at the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention on September 11-12-13 at the Torrance Marriott. Even if you can’t stay for the whole convention, please come by to get your ready-to-sign letter. We’ll even arrange to have it hand-delivered to your representative’s office in Washington DC. If you can’t come to Torrance, you can download a sample letter at http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act . Customize it if you can, and send it to ARRL, Attn: HR 1301 Grassroots campaign, 225 Main St., Newington CT 06111. Headquarters staff will arrange for hand-delivery to Rep. Capps’ Washington DC office.
We will contact our members soon in a separate message regarding S1685, the Senate version of the bill.
Thank you and 73,
Marty Woll N6VI
Vice-Director
ARRL Southwestern Division
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