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Local Radio Freedom Act Gains Support
WASHINGTON -- February 11, 2008: One hundred and forty-eight lawmakers are now signed on to the Local Radio Freedom Act, a House resolution that 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 such public performance of sound recordings."
Among the 22 House members to sign on most recently are Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) , Devin Nunes (R-CA), and Tim Holden (D-PA). Ninety-three Republicans and 55 Democrats are now supporting the resolution.
Reps. Gene Green (D-TX) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) introduced the legislation in November 2007. In December, bills that would impose a performance royalty on over-the-air broadcasters were introduced by Howard Berman (D-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) in the House and by Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in the Senate.
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