Mr. President. in 1964 Congress passed legislation which gave visitors from foreign lands the right to operate amateur radio equipment in the United States. Today. I will propose extending the same privilege to American immigrants. As many of the Members present will recall. the earlier law arose out of a bill which I had introduced. for myself and 17 of my colleagues. to allow visitors from abroad to operate ham radios here if their home countries gave reciprocal rights to U.S. citizens. Mr. President. I am pleased to report that during the past 6 fiscal years. more than 1.700 alien radio operators have received authorizations pursuant to the reciprocal program.
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