President Harrison and I were just advised by John Chwat that Rep. Jackson-Lee has come through for us and has introduced H.R. 2160 with 5 co-sponsors, including the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Bennie Thompson. It has been referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. We will have the text of the bill as introduced shortly. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Ms. KILROY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi): H.R. 2160. A bill to promote and encourage 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; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.