Search Results for keywords:"emergency communications"

Search Results: keywords:"emergency communications"

H. R. 8449 — To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
May 17, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,169
H.R. 8449, known as the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024," mandates that vehicles manufactured or imported into the U.S. have devices installed to access AM radio. The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with relevant agencies, must issue rules ensuring these...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8449 wants to make sure that cars in the U.S. can play AM radio, which is a type of radio that's important for emergencies. This means car makers have to put AM radios in new cars, but smaller car makers have more time to do it.
S. 3690 — To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the application of certain private land use restrictions to amateur station antennas, and for other purposes.
January 30, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:2,665
The bill, S. 3690, titled the “Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act,” aims to change the Communications Act of 1934 by preventing certain private property rules from restricting amateur radio station antennas. It highlights the importance of amateur radio for emergency...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to change a rule so that people who use radios to help in emergencies can put up their radio antennas more easily, without too many rules from their neighborhood.

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