Hi , Here are two upcoming events (this week!) as well as the minutes and recording from the July 21st National Call for Safe Technology, and the registration link for this week's NC4ST call! From Magda Havas: Please share with your groups/family/friends. Webinar in
EMF/MMW August 15, 2023, organized by Safe Living Technologies. Another August 15th webinar to note: There is an upcoming Educational video, including how to use the best inexpensive wireless radiation meter “Safe & Sound” — the very best of the best
experts will be speaking on Tuesday, August 15th, via zoom, information below. These individuals are the core of the Building Biology leadership. This zoom could help people understand the metering and will touch on the latest news. Here is an abbreviated version of the July 21st National Call for Safe Technology minutes; thank you to Sidnee Cox for taking great notes - we apologize it's taken this long to get them to you! First, the recording: https://youtu.be/V5N5Cr5A-ws - HR 1123 Mobile Network Cybersecurity: Call Your Senators to INCLUDE 5G in the Cybersecurity Study!
- A bill recently passed the House to study cybersecurity of mobile networks. It is HR 1123, Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act. But, it explicitly EXCLUDES any study of 5G protocols or networks (see Sec. 2(d)(2)). The bill has been referred to the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee.
- The vast security vulnerabilities of 5G networks have been well documented. In NYC, it was pointed out in a 2020 letter (attached) from the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
of NYC to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
- The vast security vulnerabilities of 5G networks were also underscored in a 2022 submission made to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (attached). 5G is probably the least cyber
secure of any mobile network; therefore, review of the cyber security of 5G protocols and networks should be INCLUDED in the bill.
- Here’s a link to the status of the bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1123. - Here’s a link to the bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1123/text. - We are providing
this information as a resource for you to contact your Senators and the Chair of the Senate Committee, Maria Cantwell. In order to include the study of 5G security vulnerabilities, HR 1123 must be amended to INCLUDE 5G protocols and networks.
- Contact (by email and phone) Senator Schumer and Gillibrand, ask
them:
- Not to vote for HR 1123 in its present form and
- To contact the Senate Commerce,
Science and Transportation Committee to amend the bill to INCLUDE 5G protocols and networks (the Committee is in charge of mark-ups to HR 1123).
- Contact (by email and phone) the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to amend the bill to INCLUDE 5G protocols and networks.
- Contact info:
Senator Schumer https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact (202) 224-6542
Senator Gillibrand https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/ Phone: (202) 224-4451
Senator Cantwell https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact Phone: (202) 224-3441
Attached documents: NYC & NIST
- From Brenda Martinez- (FFLA- FiberFirstLA, CHD- Children’s Health Defense) info update:
- From our group: Suggested stories from other young people affected by
wireless:
- Of note: There are 30 great videos on CHD about wireless issues!
- The Capital Crawl
- Odette brought up this riveting event from 1990 when the disabled left their wheelchairs and literally crawled up the Capitol steps to get the lawmakers’ attention to change the laws for disability accommodations.
- When the ‘Capitol Crawl’ Dramatized the Need for Americans with Disabilities Act (on March
13, 1990) Link from Irene: (https://www.history.com/news/americans-with-disabilities-act-1990-capitol-crawl
- Telecom Industry Bills in Congress and HR 3557 (The Worst of the Worst)
- HR 3557 will massively expand federal authority in Washington DC while
removing states’ rights and local control. It will create near-total elimination of local zoning authority. It will handcuff local officials!
- Local zoning preemption:
- Forces local governments to rubber-stamp virtually all wireless or telecommunications facility applications and, if they don’t rubber-stamp, the facilities would be built without a permit.
- Forces local governments to allow antennas on any structure that could support an antenna in
a massive expansion of “6409 preemption”.
- Gives FCC authority to invalidate local government legislation and
regulation.
- Cable preemption:
- Preempts local authority in granting permission to build cable networks.
- Once an application is granted, it remains in perpetuity and almost never
expires.
- Environmental and historic reviews:
- Exempts a wide range of communications infrastructure from environmental and historic preservation reviews and limits Indian tribal review.
- Specific provisions:
- Sec 253(c)(2)(C): prohibits moratoria
- Sec 321 NEPA & NHPA: eliminates NEPA and NHPA reviews
- History of HR 3557
- On May 24, 2023 the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted on party lines to advance
this bill to the full House, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed. The bill is now under secondary review by two other House committees. The US Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, and National League of Cities oppose HR 3557. We especially need to ask for informal hearings with our Republican reps.
- Thank you to Irene for sharing her initial intel on July 2nd
regarding the bills and groups in opposition. She provided the following info:
- The National League of Cities (NLC) is the voice of America’s cities, towns and villages, representing more than 200 million people. NLC works to strengthen local leadership, influence federal policy and drive innovative solutions. Contact: Angelina Panettieri, Legislative Director for Information Technology and Communications, at 202-626-3196 or panettieri@nlc.org. See article -– https://www.nlc.org/article/2023/06/08/house-committee-advances-communications-infrastructure-preemption-bill/
- The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,400 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. The Conference’s Task Forces examine and act on issues that demand special attention such as civic innovation, exports, hunger and homelessness, and brownfields, transportation
and technology. Contact: David W. Burns, Assistant Executive Director, at 202-861-6765 or dburns@usmayors.org. See resolution in
opposition -– https://legacy.usmayors.org/resolutions/91st_Conference/proposed-review-list-full-print-committee-individual.asp?resid=a0F4N00000Sh7CsUAJ
- The National Association of Counties
(NACo) provides essential services to the nation’s 3,069 counties, serving nearly 40,000 county elected officials and 3.6 million county employees. Since 1935, NACo unites county officials to advocate county priorities in federal policymaking and optimize county and taxpayer resources and cost savings while promoting exemplary county policies and practices. Contact: Seamus Dowdall, Assoc. Legislative Director, Telecommunications & Technology at 202-942-4212 or sdowdall@naco.org. See article -– https://www.naco.org/blog/house-committee-advances-local-authority-preemption-bill-broadband-deployment-projects?page=1 Easily access a 6/2/2023 NACo video meeting about H.R. 3557: https://www.naco.org/events/national-membership-call-local-preemptions-broadband-permitting-bills
- The National Association of
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors’ (NATOA) 400 members are local government staff and their advisors offering a wealth of experience and expertise on public rights-of-way management telecom work and communications issues on behalf of local government related to broadband, wireless, cable television, public, educational, and government (PEG) access, public safety communications, consumer protection and PROW management. Contact: Mike Lynch, Legislative Affairs Director,
703-519-8035, x202 or MLynch@NATOA.org. See joint letter -– https://www.natoa.org/news/joint-letter-on-breaking-barriers--streamlining-permitting-to-expedite-broadband-deployment
- See JOINT letter of response from all 4 –– NLC, USCM, NACo, NATOA –– https://www.naco.org/resources/press/nations-mayors-cities-and-counties-send-joint-letter-house-and-senate-leaders-opposing
- Alliance for Community Media
(ACM) advocates on behalf of their members and communities across the country to ensure that community media operations continue to serve local information needs. Founded in 1976, the Alliance represents more than 3,000 Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media center throughout the country. The ACM works to protect the interests of these access centers and those who use PEG facilities and equipment to advance their causes through
cable television and the Internet. ACM Headquarters office is in Minneapolis, MN. Phone: (952) 928-4643, Email: info@allcommunitymedia.org. See letter in opposition –- https://wcm.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Committees/Public_Policy/HR3557/ACM-Oppose-H.R.-3557.pdf
- Maryland Association of
Counties (MACo) is the non-profit, non-partisan voice of all 24 Maryland counties promoting effective, efficient government through advocacy, education, and collaboration. The Association’s membership consists of county elected officials and representatives from Maryland’s 23 counties and Baltimore City. Phone: 410.269.0043. Staff and contact information is @ http://mdcounties.org/85/Staff. See article -– https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2023/05/31/us-house-committee-advances-bill-to-gut-local-zoning-and-community-input-advance-corporate-interests/
- The Jersey Access Group (JAG) is an organization that advocates, promotes, and preserves the right to media production, distribution, civic engagement, and education in support of diverse community voices, through Public, Educational and Government access facilities and other forms of media. JAG wants every one of [its] New Jersey municipalities, along with
our county, state and federal legislatures to be aware of this bill. If this proceeds as it currently is written, the public will get nothing in return from it but hardships, while the telecommunications companies alone will reap all of its benefits. See article –– https://jagonline.org/opposition-to-hr-3557-the-american-broadband-deployment-act/
- Six more Bad Bills in
U.S. Congress as of July 21st (there are now more we've found out about):
- HR 3565: authorizes the FCC to resume wireless spectrum auctions; paves the
way to make additional spectrum available in 2025 (around 4.5 GHz and 8 GHz); creates a slower federal definition of broadband of 100 Mb downstream/20 Mb upstream (see section 901). The bill would allow broadband funding to be used for slower networks, overriding the existing regulation that defines broadband as a faster 100 Mb downstream and 100 Mb upstream. Fiber-optic networks easily meet the faster standard. The slower standard would make it easier for federal broadband grants to be used for
wireless networks (instead of fiber). E&C Committee approved 50-0.
- HR 3309: Establishes uniform fees for wireless applications on federal
government land and buildings. E&C Committee approved 50-0.
- HR 3293: Establish a “strikeforce” to ensure that communications facilities
authorizations are expedited on federal land and in national forests, for wireline and wireless (both licensed and unlicensed). E&C Committee approved 51-0.
- HR 3299: Requires the Department of Interior and the Department of
Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain forms to deploy facilities on federal property. E&C Committee approved 51-0.
- HR 3283: requires Department of Commerce to report to Congress on the
barriers to processing online forms for deployment on federal property. E&C Committee approved 51-0.
- HR 3343: requires Department of Commerce to create a plan for accepting,
processing, and disposing of certain forms. E&C Committee approved 51-0.
- Attorney Julian Gresser and Constitutional issues with HR
3557
- Julian Gresser says HR 3557 is a massive sea change and will create a
Constitutional overreach of power. He’s prepared a draft document that will be shared soon, siting all the statues that will be “hyper-commandered” if HR 3557 passes.
- Briefly, HR 3557 “undermines and will repeal ‘by
implication’ important national policies, priorities, and statutes security.” It will abridge civil liberties and violate a number of fundamental Constitutional Provisions. It will also “codify systematic and pervasive deception and false claims being made by the wireless industry.”
- Julian is preparing a 15 minute video on this topic that will be available on
his BBILAN (Broadband International Legal Action Network) website sometime in the next week. https://www.bbilan.org
- Julian also has an exciting new project in the
works, and is inviting all us to consider participating in his upcoming “Evolutionary Conversations” webinar series, “Gaiapolis Courses- Resilience in Chaos. Your Personal Evolutionary Journey” The focus is “Building Human-Nature Centered Local Communities Toward a 21st Century Renaissance.”
- The courses will be based, in part, on Julian’s recently published autobiography
titled “How the Leopard Changed Its Spots.” Find out more by going to: http://justclick.earth/
- Two Bad Telecom Bills in CA- AB 965 and AB 1065- Need Action
- These telecom bills are being rammed through the California state legislature. The norm is after California passes legislation, it gets rolled out to other states. These bills would fast-track 5G and 4G cell sites near homes and schools in California.
Read more at: https://5gfreecalifornia.org/
Read more at: https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/california
Factsheet on AB-965
Factsheet on AB-1065
AB-965: (Carrillo) Local Government: Broadband Permit Applications
AB-1065: (Patterson) Communications: California Advanced Services Fund
In brief, AB 965 allows wireless companies to each dump up to 25 or 50 (depending on municipality size) antenna applications on local governments at once, creating unreasonable and unnecessary permitting
obligations.
AB 1065 allows wireless companies to access state and federal funds intended to provide high quality wired broadband services to underserved communities.
- Website: National Call for Safe Technology –
Update and need contributions
- Jodi Nelson and Robert Janku offered to be on the website building team. Jenny, Jodi,
Robert are currently building the new site. In the meantime, we can stay updated with the agendas sent out by Odette and Jenny, and the follow-up minutes.
- Send a check for supporting
the web site for the National Call to:
Safe Technology Minnesota
1041 Grand Ave, 317
St Paul MN 55105.
*Indicate with a note that the contribution is for the National Call for Safe Tech web site. Contributions to Safe Technology MN are tax deductible and donors will receive an acknowledgement and thank you letter.
- Marketing – General Discussion
- The need for testimonial and social media campaign was discussed. Maybe stage rallies or hold hearings? We can bring yellow chairs to represent the people with EHS who can’t attend due to the high levels of RFR in certain areas (Nancy’s suggestion). Ruth Moss commented that we need a way of showing the 100,000 (or more) invisible Americans with EHS.
- Jodi’s informational video on YouTube: “Our Hands are Tied- The Complex Issues surrounding 5G- Citizen and Public Official Guide” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLLw83JH1AI
- FDA Petition – Doug Wood, Americans for Resposible Technology - https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/fda (below the
fold, click on comment button)
- Include in your submission to the FDA docket:
- How would your life be different if the FDA had warned that wireless was potentially dangerous? Tell your story, or that of a friend/family member. Also, in the petition look for some suggested solutions we can provide to the FDA as to how they can comply with the law, educate on bio-harm and help keep citizens safer.
- Warnings are on cigarette labels, 60 years ago the Surgeon General was writing, even to children, about the dangers of smoking. The same needs to be done re EMF’s. This is not limited to radiofrequencies.
- https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-violating-law-protect-public-wireless-device-radiation/
- Note: The 7/21/23 agenda
had some important info worth repeating:
Finally, if you've made it this far, here is the registration link for this Friday,
August 18th National Call for Safe Technology: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsf-itrjsuGdwFhN2yd_UnedrVutj8yz_J *After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
meeting. Have a great start to your week! Sincerely, Jenny
DeMarco Virginians for Safe
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