Six years ago they reduced the code requirement to 5 words per minute and streamlined the number of license classes down to three. On Friday, they eliminated the code requirement entirely. The cool thing about this is it automatically grants me high-frequency privileges to do voice on world bands.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269012A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269012A1.pdf