Subject: Good news on Congressional bills, Presidential Order (fwd) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 163335 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 16:04:03 -0400 From: Bdumpe@worldbank.org To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: Good news on Congressional bills, Presidential Order Roy: Here is the status on HR.3844 and S.2271; Order 13083. HR.3844: This the bill on the "Takings" of federal buildings for the installation of microwave antennas. Spoke to Congress: HR 3844, the 911 wireless emergency bill, passed the Commerce Committee mark-up on voice vote and will go on to its next committee, not yet designated. It must also then must go to the Senate for review, discussion, and vote. Congress is now in recess, and will return, bit by bit, from September 9 onward. On October 12 they again go on recess for the Christmas holidays. At this point the 105th Congress ends. Thus, the chances of HR.3844 moving anywhere between September 9 and October 12 will be slim. Actually many members will probably return to the Capitol on September 14 due to Labor Day being on Monday, September 7. That leaves 20 business days (4 weeks) for members to do anything with the bill before leaving for the holidays. If the bill does nothing from September 9 to October 12, it dies. When members return in January, it will be known as the 106th Congress with newly elected officials in both houses who must be brought up to speed on the purpose of HR.3844 which by them must be given a NEW NUMBER. This of course will only occur if Mr. Tauzin wins his reelection bid to the House this fall. The bill must then start all over again from scratched; that is, be reintroduced. If the present bill, or new one, pass the House the next stop is the Senate, which must study, review, vote, etc. on the bill. Meanwhile, we must talk to Congress about the terrible implications of HR.3844 to ensure it never sees the light of day. S.2271: Hopeless case. This is in essence another type of "Takings" bill. Due to the strong opposition by many public and private organizations, Senator Leahy et al, and citizens at large, the sponsors of S.2271 FAILED to muster enough support to bring this bill to the Senate floor. Though not dead, S.2271 might as well be. It is in a critical state of rigor mortis. Nobody wants to touch it now, and it will probably silently pass away into congressional extinction. Executive Order 13083: Media did not identify the Exec Order that was " indefinitely suspended" by President Clinton. So I called the White House to verify. Yes, absolutely without doubt it is indeed Exec Order 13083. White House judicial staff said, The Order is NOT CANCELLED, just suspended without any timeframe for its reinstatement." Well at least now we know that it is the mean cruel Order we opposed that is hanging in limbo. Not bad. Three pieces of horrific anti-citizen legislation dying and almost extinct. Roy, I believe everyone should thank Senator Leahy via e-mail, or whatever, for leading the fight against federalism. He played the lead role in securing the rights of State and local governments and, thereby, the people. If the attack on S.2271 was not as immense as it evolved, President Clinton may not have been motivated to "suspend" Order 13083. Thanks to Shoshana for forwarding the data to you in my absence. And many thanks for your great assist in distributing the foregoing on your network. It saved the day. Will keep the vigil here so no one in the federal government sneaks in any legislation that will prove detrimental to the public good. Would you believe that FCC just approved a fee requested by the Virginia Department of Transportation so Bell Atlantic can install microwave towers along the highways? They will be calling me soon re my objection. This will be nationwide. More later. Bert Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html