WASHINGTON, DC -- Six additional House Members and a Senator have signed onto a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act is now currently co-sponsored by 124 Members of the House and 10 Senators.
Adding their support to the Local Radio Freedom Act are Reps. Jim Bridenstine (OK-1), Christoper Gibson (NY-19), Jim Jordan (OH-11), Mark Meadows (NC-11), Mick Mulvaney (SC-5), Tom Reed (NY-23). Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) is the latest lawmaker to sign onto its companion resolution in the Senate.
Reps. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) introduced the Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 16) in the House of Representatives on February 15 along with 71 additional co-sponsors. An identical resolution (S. Con. Res. 6) was introduced in the Senate on March 6 by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND).
"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 such public performance of sound recordings," reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.
The 124 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new co-sponsors in bold):
| Rodney Alexander (LA-5) Ron Barber (AZ-2) John Barrow (GA-12) Dan Benishek (MI-1) Jo Bonner (AL-1) Charles Boustany (LA-3) Jim Bridenstine (OK-1) G.K. Butterfield (NC-1) Ken Calvert (CA-42) Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2) Mike Capuano (MA-7) John Carney (DE-AL) Bill Cassidy (LA-6) Mike Coffman (CO-6) Tom Cole (OK-4) Michael Conaway (TX-11) Joseph Courtney (CT-2) Ander Crenshaw (FL-4) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Rodney Davis (IL-13) Charles Dent (PA-15) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) John Dingell (MI-12) Jeff Duncan (SC-3) John Duncan (TN-2) Renee Ellmers (NC-2) Blake Farenthold (TX-27) Michael Fitzpatrick (PA-8) John Fleming (LA-4) Bill Flores (TX-17) Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) Cory Gardner (CO-4) Christopher Gibson (NY-19) Phil Gingrey (GA-11) Paul Gosar (AZ-4) Kay Granger (TX-12) Sam Graves (MO-6) Gene Green (TX-29) Brett Guthrie (KY-2) Gregg Harper (MS-3) Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) Alcee Hastings (FL-23) |
Doc Hastings (WA-4) |
Tom Petri (WI-6) |
The Local Radio Freedom Act's 10 Senate cosponsors are (new co-sponsors in bold):
John
Barrasso (R-WY) |
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) James Inhofe (R-OK) Tim Johnson (D-SD) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) |
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