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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1094 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the application of |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain private land use restrictions to amateur station antennas, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | FLUGER(for himself and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the |
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| 15 | 15 | | application of certain private land use restrictions to |
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| 16 | 16 | | amateur station antennas, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amateur Radio Emer-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | gency Preparedness Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) More than 770,000 amateur operators in 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the United States are licensed by the Federal Com-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | munications Commission (in this section referred to 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | as the ‘‘Commission’’) in the amateur radio services, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and, by treaty, amateur operators licensed by other 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | countries are authorized to operate within the 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | United States. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) Amateur radio, in addition to providing life- 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | saving emergency communications at no cost to tax-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | payers, provides a fertile ground for technical self- 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | training in modern telecommunications, electronics 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | technology, and emergency communications tech-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | niques and protocols. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) There is a strong Federal interest in the ef-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | fective performance of amateur stations established 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | at the residences of amateur operators. Among other 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | reasons, when an emergency arises, it can be too 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | late, and too dangerous, to erect an effective an-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tenna. However, amateur stations have been shown 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to be frequently and increasingly precluded by un-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | reasonable private land use restrictions, including re-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | strictive covenants. 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) Commission regulations have for more than 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 3 decades prohibited State and local regulation of 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | amateur station antenna structures that precludes 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or fails to reasonably accommodate amateur service 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | communications, or that does not constitute the min-25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | imum practicable regulation to accomplish a legiti-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | mate State or local purpose. The policy of the Com-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | mission has been and is to require States and local-3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ities to permit erection of a station antenna struc-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ture at heights and dimensions sufficient to reason-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ably accommodate amateur service communications. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | The Commission struck an appropriate balance by 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | enabling effective use of the amateur service without 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | burdening localities and adjoining properties. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (5) The Commission has sought guidance and 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | direction from Congress with respect to the applica-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tion of the Commission’s limited preemption policy 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | regarding amateur service communications to private 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | land use restrictions, including restrictive covenants. 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (6) In 1996, Congress provided guidance, direc-15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tion, and authority to the Commission by directing 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the Commission to promulgate regulations (Public 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Law 104–104, title II, section 207, 110 Stat. 114; 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 47 U.S.C. 303 note) that have preempted all private 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | land use restrictions applicable to exterior commu-20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | nications facilities that impair the ability of citizens 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | to receive television broadcast signals, direct broad-22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | cast satellite services, or multichannel multipoint 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | distribution services, or to transmit and receive wire-24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | less internet services. 25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (7) To further the public interest benefits that 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | amateur radio brings to society, private land use re-2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | strictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair amateur 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | operators from operating, installing, or maintaining 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | effective outdoor amateur station antenna structures 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | should also be preempted. 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF PRIVATE LAND USE RESTRIC-7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | TIONS TO AMATEUR STATION ANTENNAS. 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (a) I |
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| 94 | 94 | | NGENERAL.—Part I of title III of the Commu-9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘SEC. 346. APPLICATION OF PRIVATE LAND USE RESTRIC-12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | TIONS TO AMATEUR STATION ANTENNAS. 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 100 | 100 | | NGENERAL.—A private land use restriction 14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | that prohibits, restricts, or impairs, or has the effect of 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | prohibiting, restricting, or impairing, an amateur operator 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | from operating, installing, or maintaining any amateur 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | station antenna on property subject to the control of the 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | amateur operator may not be adopted or enforced, except 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | as permitted by subsection (b). 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 108 | 108 | | ERMISSIBLERESTRICTIONS.— 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 110 | 110 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the following private land use restrictions applicable 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | to amateur station antennas may be adopted or en-24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | forced: 25 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(A) A restriction that requires an ama-1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | teur station antenna to be installed in compli-2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ance with the specifications of the manufacturer 3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | of the antenna, applicable zoning ordinances, 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | amateur radio tower ordinances (if any), and 5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | governmentally adopted building codes. 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(B) A restriction that requires an ama-7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | teur station antenna to be maintained in a 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | structurally safe condition. 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(C) A restriction that requires any dete-10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | riorated or structurally unsafe component of an 11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | amateur station antenna to be repaired, re-12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | placed, or removed. 13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(D) A restriction that requires an ama-14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | teur station antenna to be removed if the prop-15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | erty on which the antenna is located ceases to 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | be subject to the control of an amateur oper-17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ator. 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(E) A restriction that requires an ama-19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | teur station antenna ground-mounted electrical 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | enclosure, ground-mounted control enclosure, or 21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | guy wire anchor to be visually screened if such 22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | enclosure or anchor— 23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(i) is visible from the street faced by 24 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the dwelling; or 25 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(ii) is located in an unfenced side or 1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | rear yard and is visible from an adjoining 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | property. 3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 149 | 149 | | EASONABLE APPLICATION AND ENFORCE -4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | MENT.—A private land use restriction permitted by 5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | paragraph (1) shall be reasonably applied and en-6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | forced. 7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(c) L |
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| 154 | 154 | | IMITATIONS ONPRIORAPPROVAL.— 8 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(1) R |
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| 156 | 156 | | EQUIREMENT NOT PRESENT IN LAND 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | RECORDS AT TIME OF PURCHASE OR LEASE .—A re-10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | quirement in a private land use restriction for an 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | amateur operator to obtain prior approval for the in-12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | stallation of an amateur station antenna may not be 13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | adopted or enforced if such requirement for prior 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | approval was not present in the publicly recorded 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | land records prior to the purchase or lease of the 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | property by the amateur operator. 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 166 | 166 | | NFORMATION REQUIRED FOR PRIOR AP -18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | PROVAL.—A private land use restriction that re-19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | quires an amateur operator to submit an application 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | for approval of an amateur station antenna prior to 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | installation may not be adopted or enforced if the in-22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | formation required to be submitted as part of the 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | application is greater or more detailed than the in-24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | formation required to be submitted as part of an ap-1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | plication for any other improvement. 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 179 | 179 | | EEMED APPROVAL.—If a community as-3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | sociation or other person authorized to enforce a pri-4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | vate land use restriction applicable to an amateur 5 |
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| 182 | 182 | | station antenna does not approve or deny an appli-6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cation of an amateur operator for approval of the in-7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | stallation of an amateur station antenna by the day 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | that is 45 days after the date on which the applica-9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | tion is submitted, the application shall be deemed to 10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | be approved on the 45th day. 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(4) E |
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| 189 | 189 | | XISTING APPROVAL.—If a private land 12 |
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| 190 | 190 | | use restriction requires an amateur operator to sub-13 |
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| 191 | 191 | | mit an application for approval of an amateur sta-14 |
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| 192 | 192 | | tion antenna prior to installation, after a community 15 |
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| 193 | 193 | | association or other person authorized to enforce the 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | restriction approves the application, no further ap-17 |
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| 195 | 195 | | proval of the antenna may be required, unless there 18 |
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| 196 | 196 | | is a material change in the dimensions or structural 19 |
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| 197 | 197 | | integrity of the antenna. 20 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 199 | 199 | | NTENNASTHATDONOTREQUIREPRIORAP-21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | PROVAL.—A requirement in a private land use restriction 22 |
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| 201 | 201 | | for an amateur operator to obtain prior approval for the 23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | installation of an amateur station antenna may not be 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | adopted or enforced with respect to any of the following 1 |
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| 207 | 207 | | types of amateur station antennas: 2 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(1) 1 |
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| 209 | 209 | | METER OR LESS IN DIAMETER OR DI -3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | AGONAL MEASUREMENT .—An antenna for use by an 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | amateur operator that is less than 1 meter in diame-5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ter or diagonal measurement, or having other meas-6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | urements prescribed by the Commission. 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 215 | 215 | | LAGPOLE ANTENNAS .—A flagpole, capa-8 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ble of dual use as a flagpole and an amateur station 9 |
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| 217 | 217 | | antenna, not greater than 43 feet in height above 10 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ground. 11 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(3) W |
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| 220 | 220 | | IRE ANTENNAS.—Minimally obtrusive 12 |
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| 221 | 221 | | wire antennas, of a length necessary for the fre-13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | quency of use intended. 14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(4) V |
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| 224 | 224 | | ERTICAL ANTENNAS.—Vertical antennas, 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | not to exceed 43 feet in height above ground, includ-16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ing collapsible whip and tilt-over antennas. 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 228 | 228 | | ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 230 | 230 | | ONTROL OF PROPERTY .—For purposes of 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | this section, property is subject to the control of an 20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | amateur operator if the amateur operator is an 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | owner, lessee, or legal resident of the property. 22 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 235 | 235 | | MPAIRMENT OF INSTALLATION , MAINTE-23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | NANCE, OR OPERATION.—For purposes of this sec-24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | tion, a private land use restriction prohibits, re-25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | stricts, or impairs the installation, maintenance, or 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | operation of an amateur station antenna if the re-2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | striction— 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(A) unreasonably delays or prevents in-4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | stallation, maintenance, or operation of the an-5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | tenna; 6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(B) unreasonably increases the costs or 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | difficulty of installation, maintenance, or oper-8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ation of the antenna; or 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(C) prevents or degrades reception or 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | transmission of a signal acceptable to the ama-11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | teur operator. 12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ‘‘(3) L |
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| 254 | 254 | | IMITED COMMON AREA .— 13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 256 | 256 | | N GENERAL.—For purposes of this 14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | section, if there exists, within the property for 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | which a community association is responsible, a 16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | limited common area to which an amateur oper-17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ator has the right to exclude use by others, the 18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | limited common area shall be treated as prop-19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | erty under the control of the amateur operator. 20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 264 | 264 | | ERMISSION ACCESS.—For purposes 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | of subparagraph (A), access by a community 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | association for roof repairs, landscaping, or 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | other maintenance activities shall be treated as 24 |
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| 268 | 268 | | a permission, or authorized access, which does 25 |
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| 272 | 272 | | not limit or destroy the control of the amateur 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | operator. 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(f) E |
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| 275 | 275 | | NFORCEMENT.— 3 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(1) S |
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| 277 | 277 | | TAY OF ENFORCEMENT .—If an action is 4 |
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| 278 | 278 | | initiated to seek a declaratory ruling from the Com-5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | mission or a court of competent jurisdiction regard-6 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ing whether a private land use restriction complies 7 |
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| 281 | 281 | | with this section, any community association or 8 |
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| 282 | 282 | | other person seeking to enforce the restriction shall 9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | suspend all enforcement efforts with respect to the 10 |
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| 284 | 284 | | restriction until a ruling in the action has become 11 |
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| 285 | 285 | | final. 12 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 287 | 287 | | ROHIBITION ON ACCRUAL OF PENALTIES 13 |
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| 288 | 288 | | OR OTHER COSTS.—No penalty or other cost related 14 |
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| 289 | 289 | | to an amateur station antenna may accrue against 15 |
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| 290 | 290 | | an amateur operator under a private land use re-16 |
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| 291 | 291 | | striction while an action described in paragraph (1) 17 |
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| 292 | 292 | | is pending to determine whether the restriction com-18 |
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| 293 | 293 | | plies with this section. 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(3) B |
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| 295 | 295 | | URDEN OF PROOF.— 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(A) R |
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| 297 | 297 | | EGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS 21 |
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| 298 | 298 | | SECTION.—In any action before the Commis-22 |
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| 299 | 299 | | sion or a court of competent jurisdiction involv-23 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ing the interpretation of any provision of this 24 |
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| 301 | 301 | | section, the burden of demonstrating that a 25 |
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| 305 | 305 | | particular private land use restriction complies 1 |
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| 306 | 306 | | with this section shall be on the party that 2 |
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| 307 | 307 | | seeks to impose, maintain, or enforce the re-3 |
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| 308 | 308 | | striction. 4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 310 | 310 | | EGARDING VIOLATION OF PRIVATE 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | LAND USE RESTRICTION .—In any action before 6 |
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| 312 | 312 | | the Commission or a court of competent juris-7 |
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| 313 | 313 | | diction to determine whether an amateur sta-8 |
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| 314 | 314 | | tion antenna violates a private land use restric-9 |
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| 315 | 315 | | tion, the party alleging the violation bears the 10 |
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| 316 | 316 | | burden of proof. 11 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(g) P |
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| 318 | 318 | | RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—A person harmed 12 |
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| 319 | 319 | | by a violation of this section may bring an action against 13 |
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| 320 | 320 | | the person alleged to have committed the violation in an 14 |
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| 321 | 321 | | appropriate district court of the United States without 15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | first exhausting remedies under State law. 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(h) A |
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| 324 | 324 | | FFIRMATION OF LIMITEDPREEMPTION OF 17 |
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| 325 | 325 | | S |
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| 326 | 326 | | TATE ANDLOCALLANDUSEREGULATION.—Nothing in 18 |
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| 327 | 327 | | this section shall be construed to modify or otherwise limit 19 |
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| 328 | 328 | | the applicability of section 97.15(b) of title 47, Code of 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 331 | 331 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 333 | 333 | | MATEUR OPERATOR .—The term ‘amateur 23 |
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| 334 | 334 | | operator’— 24 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(A) has the meaning given such term in 1 |
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| 339 | 339 | | section 97.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regu-2 |
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| 340 | 340 | | lations, or any successor regulation; and 3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(B) includes any other person authorized 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | to operate an amateur station in the United 5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | States. 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 345 | 345 | | MATEUR STATION.—The term ‘amateur 7 |
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| 346 | 346 | | station’ has the meaning given such term in section 8 |
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| 347 | 347 | | 97.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 9 |
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| 348 | 348 | | successor regulation. 10 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 350 | 350 | | NTENNA.—The term ‘antenna’ in-11 |
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| 351 | 351 | | cludes— 12 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(A) the transmitting and receiving ele-13 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ments; 14 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ‘‘(B) any feedline, control enclosures, or 15 |
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| 355 | 355 | | electrical enclosures necessary for effective 16 |
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| 356 | 356 | | transmission or reception; and 17 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(C) any support structure, guy wire, an-18 |
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| 358 | 358 | | chor, or tie-off. 19 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 361 | 361 | | ‘community association’ means— 21 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ‘‘(A) a condominium association (as de-22 |
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| 363 | 363 | | fined in section 604 of the Condominium and 23 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980 (15 24 |
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| 365 | 365 | | U.S.C. 3603)); 25 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(B) a cooperative association (as defined 1 |
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| 370 | 370 | | in such section); and 2 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(C) a residential real estate management 3 |
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| 372 | 372 | | association (as defined in section 528 of the In-4 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ternal Revenue Code of 1986). 5 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(5) L |
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| 375 | 375 | | ESSEE.—The term ‘lessee’ means a per-6 |
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| 376 | 376 | | son who, in exchange for payment— 7 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(A) takes temporary possession of resi-8 |
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| 378 | 378 | | dential real estate through a lease; or 9 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘(B) takes possession, in whole or in part, 10 |
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| 380 | 380 | | by lease or purchase, of residential real estate 11 |
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| 381 | 381 | | subject to a ground lease. 12 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ‘‘(6) P |
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| 383 | 383 | | RIVATE LAND USE RESTRICTION .—The 13 |
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| 384 | 384 | | term ‘private land use restriction’ means— 14 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(A) a publicly recorded provision (whether 15 |
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| 386 | 386 | | such provision is denoted as a covenant, deed 16 |
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| 387 | 387 | | restriction, declaration, use restriction, covenant 17 |
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| 388 | 388 | | that runs with the land, or otherwise) that— 18 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(i) touches or concerns the real es-19 |
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| 390 | 390 | | tate to which the provision applies; and 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ‘‘(ii) limits or restricts the use of the 21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | real estate or imposes conditions on the 22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | use of the real estate; or 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(B) a rule or regulation of a community 24 |
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| 395 | 395 | | association, whether publicly recorded or not, 25 |
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| 400 | 400 | | imposes conditions on the use of real estate.’’. 2 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (b) R |
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| 402 | 402 | | EGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 3 |
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| 403 | 403 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-4 |
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| 404 | 404 | | nications Commission shall promulgate regulations to im-5 |
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