This is a repository containing the text of Title 47 (Telecommunications) of the US Code of Federal Regulations.
XML is pulled from the eCFR api, see the interactive docs:
https://www.ecfr.gov/developers/documentation/api/v1#/Versioner%20Service/get_api_versioner_v1_full__date__title__title__xml
Cornell's CFR reference is much nicer to browse and read through than the XML, but it is not as easy to suggest edits with the XML or by copying and pasting. Similarly it's difficult to see all of a Part on one page.
Which brings this repo: provide readable, writable, text versions of the regulations in a format that developers and others can edit while remaining readable during and after editing, while gaining the power of standard version control tools such as Git and Github.
Proposals for changes should go through the Pull Request interface, and discussions around a set of changes should stick to that Pull Request.
The first reason to make and use this repo is to propose changes to Part 80 and Part 97 to make the 219-220 MHz ham band usable for Amateurs in the United States again.
This effort is being lead by Open Research Institute.
Please see the following for background on the 219 band effort - first an introductory video:
The Haunted VHF Band 219-220 MHZ- 11/01/2023
and then the first joint ORI/IEEE workshop discussing options:
29 October 2024 The Haunted Band Workshop
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