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- From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
- Subject: Re: Is this legislation for real?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:09:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.070933.16476@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Sep5.044504.20441@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep5.044504.20441@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
- >I have been told that the following 2 things are before the Senate, but
- >cannot locate them in Congressional Record and similar sources. Can
- >anyone elucidate?
- >
- >(1) A bill to abolish private consulting, "Senate 1706", mentioned by
- >a correspondent to Robert Pease in a recent issue of _Electronic Design_.
- >(There _is_ a Senate 1706, but it has to do with import duties on some
- >industrial chemicals.)
-
- Don't know anthing about this.
-
- >(2) A bill to ban receivers that can tune in cellular phones.
- >(Right now, eavesdropping is illegal but the equipment itself isn't.)
-
- The last version of this I saw (it was part of the FCC funding bill
- for 1992) did not have a Total ban that included existing equipment,
- BUT it did set a future date (6 months I think) after which
- manufacturers would have to have eliminated any cellular frequency
- coverage from any receiver they manufactured. There was no exception
- for test equipment, etc.
-
- Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
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