Jim, Kay, Chris and I are coordinating our contacts with FCC and DHS personnel. We expect to have some information shortly as to how the stakeholder input will be solicited. Dave K1ZZ From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of jboehner Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 10:22 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:20617] Payroll Tax Bill-question Have there been any rumblings from the FCC regarding Section 6414: Study on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications ? In particular, how they are going to comply with the section of this Act? I see President Obama signed the Bill on February 22nd. So, does that mean the FCC's report will have to be submitted prior to August 22nd? Has the ARRL been contacted yet as a stakeholder, or are meetings scheduled? These questions may be WAY too early, but wonder if anything has happened to date. '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm)