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                           BILL CALLS FOR LOCAL
                         ENFORCEMENT OF CB RULES

   BILLS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE US SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
   TIVES THAT WOULD GIVE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE POWER TO ENFORCE
   FEDERAL CB RULES.  

      AT ISSUE IS THE USE OF AMPLIFIERS AND OTHER POWER-BOOSTING EQUIPMENT
   NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.  THOUGH USERS,
   INCLUDING MANY TRUCKERS, SAY THE EXTRA POWER IS NECESSARY IN EMERGENCY
   SITUATIONS, CITIZENS IN MANY AREAS COMPLAIN THE EQUIPMENT CAUSES INTER-
   FERENCE WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE, TELEVISION AND RADIO RECEPTION.

      ENFORCEMENT OF CB RULES IS THE FCC's RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THE AGENCY
   SAYS IT DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ACT ON RADIO FREQUENCY COMPLAINTS.

      THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD NOT BAN CB's OUTRIGHT.  IT WOULD GIVE STATE 
   AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS POWER TO BAN EQUIPMENT NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE FCC
   AND TO ENFORCE THOSE BANS.

      SENATE BILL 608 IS SPONSORED BY SENS. RUSSELL FEINGOLD, D-WISCONSIN
   AND SPENCER ABRAHAM, R-MICHIGAN.  HOUSE RESOLUTION 2383 IS SPONSORED BY
   REPS. VERNON EHLERS, R-MICHIGAN AND HOWARD COBLE, R-MICHIGAN. 
   

           REPRINTED FROM THE MARCH ISSUE OF TRUCKERS NEWS, 1998