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 PUBLIC LAW 100-594—NOV. 3, 1988

102 STAT. 3025

activities of the Commission or adversely affect any employee of the Commission (other than those at the Monitoring Station who may be required to transfer to another location) through the use of appropriations for the Commission, in fiscal years 1989 and 1990; and (2) at least 30 calendar days have passed since the receipt of such document by such committees. SENSE OF CONGRESS

SEC. 10. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) more than four hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred radio amateurs in the United States are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission upon examination in radio regulations, technical principles, and the international Morse code; (2) by international treaty and the Federal Communications Commission regulation, the amateur is authorized to operate his or her station in a radio service of intercommunications and technical investigations solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest; (3) among the basic purposes for the Amateur Radio Service is the provision of voluntary, noncommercial radio service, particularly emergency communications; and (4) volunteer amateur radio emergency communications services have consistently and reliably been provided before, during, and after floods, tornadoes, forest fires, earthquakes, blizzards, train wrecks, chemical spills, and other disasters. Oa) It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) it strongly encourages and supports the Amateur Radio Service and its emergency communications efforts; and (2) Government agencies shall take into account the valuable contributions made by amateur radio operators when considering actions affecting the Amateur Radio Service. Approved November 3, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1048 (H.R. 2961): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-363 accompanying H.R. 2961 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce). SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-142 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 133 (1987): Oct. 13, H.R. 2961 considered and passed House. Vol. 134 (1988): Oct. 7, S. 1048 considered and passed Senate. Oct. 19, considered and passed House.

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