Representative Henry A. Waxman 
Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee 
United States House of Representatives 
2125 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, DC 20515 
 
Representative Joe Barton 
Ranking Member 
House Energy and Commerce Committee 
United States House of Representatives 
2322A Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, DC 20515 
 
 
									March 9, 2010 
 
Dear Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Barton: 
 
As one of more than 680,000 Amateur Radio licensees throughout the United 
States, I urge your support for passage of S.1755, the ?Amateur Radio 
Emergency Communications Enhancement Act,? which is pending in your 
Committee. This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to 
undertake a study on the uses and capabilities of Amateur Radio 
communications in emergencies and disaster relief.    
 
S. 1755, a bipartisan bill sponsored by both Chairman Lieberman and Ranking 
Member Collins, passed without opposition in the Senate Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 4, 2009. On December 14 it 
passed by unanimous consent on the Senate floor. It was referred to your 
Committee on the following day. 
 
This bill promotes and encourages the valuable public service, disaster 
relief, and emergency communications provided on a volunteer basis by 
licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio 
Service, by undertaking a study of the uses of Amateur Radio for emergency 
and disaster relief communications, by identifying unnecessary or 
unreasonable impediments to the deployment of Amateur Radio emergency and 
disaster relief communications, and by making recommendations for relief of 
such unreasonable restrictions so as to expand the uses of Amateur Radio 
communications in Homeland Security planning and response. 
 
Please pass S.1755 and send it to the House floor and to President Obama 
for signature. 
 
If you or your staff have any questions, please feel free to contact John 
Chwat, the Washington, D.C. representative of the American Radio Relay 
League, Inc., 703-684-7703 or by e-mail to john.chwat@chwatco.com. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
 
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