WASHINGTON, DC -- Twelve members of the House of Representatives and one Senator have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals members of Congress's opposition to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 124 cosponsors in the House and 15 in the Senate.
Adding their support recently for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), Warren Davidson (R-OH-8), Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3), Neal Dunn (R-FL-2), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3), Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11), Frank Lucas (R-OK-3), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ-1), Terri Sewell (D-AL-7) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2). Adding his support for the resolution in the Senate is Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Steve Womack (R-AR-3) are the principal cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House of Representatives. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and John Barrasso (R-WY) are the lead cosponsors of a companion resolution in the Senate.
"Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station broadcast over the air," reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.
The 124 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new cosponsors in bold):
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Rick Allen (R-GA-12) Mark Amodei (R-NV-2) Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) Brian Babin (R-TX-36) Don Bacon (R-NE-2) Troy Balderson (R-OH-12) Jim Banks (R-IN-3) Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) Mike Bost (R-IL-12) Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2) Mo Brooks (R-AL-5) Anthony Brown (D-MD-4) Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) Ken Calvert (R-CA-42) Jerry Carl (R-AL-1) Andre Carson (D-IN-7) Buddy Carter (R-GA-1) Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) Steve Chabot (R-OH-1) Tom Cole (R-OK-4) James Comer (R-KY-1) Jim Costa (D-CA-16) Joe Courtney (D-CT-2) Rick Crawford (R-AR-1) Henry Cueller (D-TX-28) Warren Davidson (R-OH-8) Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3) Neal Dunn (R-FL-2) Tom Emmer (R-MN-6) Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1) Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8) Mike Garcia (R-CA-25) Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7) Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16) Vincente Gonzalez (D-TX-15) Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR-AL) Paul Gosar (R-AZ-4) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) Kay Granger (R-TX-12) Sam Graves (R-MO-6) Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6) Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2) Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1) Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3) French Hill (R-AR-2) Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9) Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27) Bill Johnson (R-OH-6) Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL) Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) Bill Keating (D-MA-9) |
Fred Keller (R-PA-12) Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) Andy Kim (D-NJ-3) Ron Kind (D-WI-3) Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16) Annie Kuster (D-NH-2) Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5) Bob Latta (R-OH-5) Al Lawson (D-FL-5) Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) Frank Lucas (R-OK-3) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) Elaine Luria (D-VA-2) Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8) Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7) Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) Dan Meuser (R-PA-9) Seth Moulton (D-MA-6) Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) Greg Murphy (R-NC-3) Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) Devin Nunes (R-CA-22) Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ-1) Steven Palazzo (R-MS-4) Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10) Greg Pence (R-IN-6) Scott Perry (R-PA-10) Dean Phillips (D-MN-3) Bill Posey (R-FL-8) Hal Rogers (R-KY-5) Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) David Rouzer (R-NC-7) Bobby Rush (D-IL-1) Gregorio Sablan (D-MP-AL) Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5) David Scott (D-GA-13) Terri Sewell (D-AL-7) Mike Simpson (R-ID-2) Pete Stauber (R-MN-8) Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) Van Taylor (R-TX-3) Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22) Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) Tom Tiffany (R-WI-7) William Timmons (R-SC-4) Michael Turner (R-OH-10) Fred Upton (R-MI-6) Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ-2) Filemon Vela (D-TX-34) Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2) Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2) Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4) Joe Wilson (R-SC-2) Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) Steve Womack (R-AR-3) Don Young (R-AK-AL) Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) |
The Local Radio Freedom Act's 15 Senate cosponsors are (new cosponsor in bold):
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John Barrasso (R-WY) John Boozman (R-AR) Susan Collins (R-ME) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Steve Daines (R-MT) Joni Ernst (R-IA) Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) |
Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) Roger Marshall (R-KS) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Jon Tester (D-MT) Todd Young (R-IN) |
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