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

4 More Co-Sponsors

Four more members of Congress have joined as cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, the bill that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations."  The bill now has 195 cosponsors in the House and 22 in the Senate.

Signing on to co-sponsor the bill are Reps. ALMA ADAMS (D-NC), KEVIN BRADY (R-TX), BRIAN FITZPATRICK (R-PA), and TOM RICE (R-SC).  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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