Local Radio Freedom Act Picks Up 4 More Senate Co-Sponsors

More Co-Sponsors

The Local Radio Freedom Act has picked up four additional co-sponsors in the Senate.

Signing on to co-sponsor the bill are Sens. MIKE ENZI (R-WY), CORY GARDNER (R-CO), MARTIN HEINRICH (D-NM), and JON TESTER (D-MT).  Reps. MICHAEL CONAWAY (R-TX) and GENE GREEN (D-TX) are the original sponsors in the House, and Sens. JOHN BARRASSO (R-WY) and HEIDI HEITKAMP (D-ND) are the original Senate sponsors.

The bill reads, "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."

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