H.R. 1147 Local Community Radio Act

Legislation Details

Procedural Step: Passed

Summary

Summary of bill as introduced:

Local Community Radio Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 that required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; (2) prohibit applicants who have engaged in the unlicensed operation of any station from obtaining a low-power FM license; and (3) conduct a program to test whether low-power FM radio stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels are not required.

Requires the FCC to modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance separation requirements between specified stations.

Requires the FCC to retain rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power noncommercial FM stations that broadcast radio reading services via a subcarrier frequency from potential low-power FM station interference.

Requires the FCC, when licensing FM translator stations, to ensure that: (1) licenses are available to both FM translator stations and low-power FM stations; and (2) such decisions are made based on the needs of the local community.

Updates

Dec 16, 2009: The Local Community Radio Act passed the House of Representatives with a resounding voice vote and now moves to the Senate
October 29, 2009: Congressional Budget Office estimates that implementing the bill would have no significant effect on the federal budget. Bill contains no intergovernmental mandates. Bill could impose a private-sector mandate, but would fall well below the annual threshold established for private-sector mandates ($139 million in 2009, adjusted annually for inflation).
October 8, 2009: House Commerce Committee Approves Local Community Radio Act
Oct 8, 2009: House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet Markup
June 11, 2009: House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing on H.R. 1147
February 2009: Community Radio Movement gets Boost as LPFM Bill is Reintroduced in House

Supporters

Sponsor: Rep Mike Doyle (D-PA)

Co-sponsors:
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 2/24/2009
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 2/24/2009
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 2/24/2009
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 2/24/2009
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 2/24/2009
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 2/24/2009
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 2/24/2009
Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 2/24/2009
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 2/24/2009
Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 2/24/2009
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 2/24/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 2/24/2009
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 2/24/2009
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15] - 2/24/2009
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 2/24/2009
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 2/24/2009
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 2/24/2009
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 2/24/2009
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 2/24/2009
Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] - 2/25/2009
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 2/25/2009
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 2/25/2009
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/4/2009
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 3/4/2009
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 3/4/2009
Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 3/4/2009
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 3/4/2009
Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21] - 3/4/2009
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/10/2009
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 3/10/2009
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 3/10/2009
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/10/2009
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 3/10/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 3/10/2009
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 3/19/2009
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/19/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 3/19/2009
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 4/27/2009
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 4/27/2009
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 4/27/2009
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 4/27/2009
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/27/2009
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 5/4/2009
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 5/4/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 5/13/2009
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/13/2009
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 5/13/2009
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 5/13/2009
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/13/2009
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 5/14/2009
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 6/4/2009
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 6/4/2009
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 6/4/2009
Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] - 6/10/2009
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 6/10/2009
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 6/10/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 6/10/2009
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/16/2009
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 6/23/2009
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 6/23/2009
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 6/23/2009
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 6/23/2009
Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 6/23/2009
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 6/26/2009
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 6/26/2009
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 6/26/2009
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 6/26/2009
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 7/8/2009
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 7/8/2009
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 7/9/2009
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 7/9/2009
Rep Foster, Bill [IL-14] - 7/20/2009
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 7/28/2009
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 7/28/2009
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/28/2009
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 7/29/2009
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 9/10/2009
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 9/10/2009
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 9/10/2009
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 9/22/2009
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 10/7/2009
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 10/7/2009
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 10/7/2009
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 10/8/2009