A bipartisan group of six Members of Congress and a Senator
have joined on as co-sponsors of 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 139
Members of the House and 11 Senators, according to the NAB.
Adding their support to the Local Radio Freedom Act are
Reps. Joe Barton (TX-6), Lynn Jenkins (KS-2), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5),
Erik Paulsen (MN-3), Jim Renacci (OH-16) and Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1). Sen.
David Vitter (R-LA) is the latest Senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of a
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.
"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.
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