A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
This concurrent resolution expresses Congress's support for the Local Radio Freedom Act by opposing new fees for local radio stations playing music over the air. It states that imposing performance fees would harm the longstanding relationship between radio stations and the music industry, jeopardize emergency broadcasts and local programming, and cause economic hardship for radio stations and small businesses (like bars and retail stores) that rely on free music licensing. The resolution specifically urges against any new fee, tax, or royalty related to radio stations' public performance of sound recordings. As a non-binding statement, it does not create new law but formally advocates for maintaining the current system.
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Mar 9, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S749)
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Mar 9, 2023
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1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
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Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
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Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
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Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
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Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
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Deb Fischer
RRepublican
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Jeanne Shaheen
DDemocratic
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John Barrasso
RRepublican
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John Boozman
RRepublican
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John Hoeven
RRepublican
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Jon Tester
DDemocratic
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Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
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