We have a scheduling conflict tomorrow so there will be no federal bills meting, but we will resume next week.
Meanwhile, please schedule a meeting with the telecom staffer "to discuss the federal telecom bills and
bridging the digital divide." Let us know and two experts on the bills will accompany you to the meeting. Just bring yourself, other constituents and local officials (if possible) to the meeting, and talk about your experiences on the local level – opposition to the 5G Towers, city council meetings, health impact, articles, etc.
Your U.S. legislators are voting to pass federal telecom bills that will wipe out all of our successes in opposing the 5G Towers in NYC. We need to change that.
25% of NYC residents are saying "NO" to 5G Towers. We need to say "NO" to federal telecom bills that will wipe out our successes.
We need to give our federal legislators the information they need to oppose these bills.
The meetings are every Thursday 4-6pm ET. Please join us at the next meeting.
Bills needing immediate attention:
- HR 8082 - nullify the small cell order. SUPPORT. Need NJ-Smith Zoom call
- S. 4207 / S. 3909 - Spectrum and FCC Budget - AMEND to include public interest and not to increase the FCC budget until the FCC complies with 2021 court order https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0gvbn9rgjbod3cxudlwlw/Senate-Commerce-Committee-Spectrum-Comments-by-NC4ST-6-14-24-markup.pdf?rlkey=inbgzp09a66237l8fjvq4m37v&st=vlu6btqx&dl=0
- HR 8230 - NEPA exemptions in national forests.
OPPOSE. Need SD-Johnson Zoom call
- HR 6492 - Federal lands omnibus bill, incorporates S 2018 to carpet 5G towers in forests, a serious fire risk - AMEND in Senate
- HR 4510 - NTIA Reauthorization Act, incorporates HR 1123 to study cybersecurity but expressly excludes 5G which is most insecure - AMEND
- HR 1513 creates an FCC 6G task force to create plans for 6G deployments.
AMEND to require the task force also to study health and environmental impacts.
Here is a fact sheet that explains the issues entitled "Congressional briefing" that you can send to your Congress member and Senator: https://thenationalcall.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Congressional-Briefing-5-19-24-FINAL.pdf
Attached are fact sheets on the federal bills, bills passed in the House, and our comments to
the FCC's then proposed Net Neutrality rule. The final FCC Net Neutrality order mentions our comments ("Wired Broadband, Inc. et al") 19 times. Although the FCC disagreed with us, we are now being acknowledged. See order at https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-restores-net-neutrality-0.
It's important that we expand our efforts in reaching our electeds in Congress and the Senate. Pro-telecom bills are already passing through Committees and the House, so we need to act quickly. Many of our US Representatives and Senators are in favor of these bills. We need to change that.
Find your U.S. Representative and Senators at 202-225-3121 (Capitol switchboard) or go to: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials?iframe=1&iframe=1&iframe=1&iframe=1
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We'll see you at next week's meeting.
