HR 2052 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act of 2003

Introduced May 9, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Richard Burr R-NC

Latest action · May 20, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMay 9, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from permitting any license for a commercial television broadcast station to be granted, transferred, or assigned to any party if such action would result in that party owning, operating, controlling, or having a cognizable interest in stations which have an aggregate national audience reach exceeding 35 percent. Requires any party currently having licenses in excess of such limit to divest as necessary to comply with such limit within one year.

Cosponsors 195

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2003 to Mar 2, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	May 9, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	May 9, 2003
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	May 9, 2003
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	May 9, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		May 22, 2003
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 22, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon		May 22, 2003
D-MI	Bart Stupak		May 22, 2003
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		May 22, 2003
D-OK	Brad Carson		May 22, 2003
D-NC	Brad Miller		May 22, 2003
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		May 22, 2003
D-LA	Christopher John		May 22, 2003
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		May 22, 2003
R-CA	Devin Nunes		May 22, 2003
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 22, 2003
D-HI	Ed Case		May 22, 2003
R-NM	Heather Wilson		May 22, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		May 22, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 22, 2003
D-FL	Jim Davis		May 22, 2003
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		May 22, 2003
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		May 22, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson		May 22, 2003
D-KY	Ken Lucas		May 22, 2003
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		May 22, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		May 22, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 22, 2003
D-VA	Rick Boucher		May 22, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes		May 22, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		May 22, 2003
D-WI	Ron Kind		May 22, 2003
D-NJ	Rush Holt		May 22, 2003
D-CA	Sam Farr		May 22, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		May 22, 2003
D-OH	Ted Strickland		May 22, 2003
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		May 22, 2003
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 22, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 22, 2003
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		May 22, 2003
R-TN	Zach Wamp		May 22, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jun 4, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 4, 2003
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 4, 2003
R-CA	Christopher Cox		Jun 4, 2003
D-GA	David Scott		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jun 4, 2003
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Jun 4, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jun 4, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach		Jun 4, 2003
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jun 4, 2003
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Jun 4, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jun 4, 2003
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jun 4, 2003
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jun 4, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jun 4, 2003
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Jun 4, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green		Jun 4, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jun 4, 2003
R-IN	Mike Pence		Jun 4, 2003
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Jun 4, 2003
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Jun 4, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jun 4, 2003
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Jun 4, 2003
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jun 4, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 4, 2003
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jun 4, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Jun 4, 2003
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 4, 2003
D-NM	Tom Udall		Jun 4, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Jun 4, 2003
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Jun 5, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Jun 5, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 5, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 5, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jun 5, 2003
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jun 5, 2003
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jun 5, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Jun 5, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 12, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jun 12, 2003
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jun 12, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jun 12, 2003
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Jun 12, 2003
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jun 12, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jun 12, 2003
D-WI	David R. Obey		Jun 12, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jun 12, 2003
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 12, 2003
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Jun 12, 2003
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Jun 12, 2003
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 12, 2003
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	George Miller		Jun 12, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Jun 12, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Jun 12, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 12, 2003
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jun 12, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jun 12, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 12, 2003
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jun 12, 2003
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 12, 2003
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Jun 12, 2003
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jun 12, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Jun 12, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 12, 2003
D-AR	Marion Berry		Jun 12, 2003
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo		Jun 12, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 12, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Jun 12, 2003
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Jun 12, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Jun 12, 2003
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jun 12, 2003
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jun 12, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Jun 12, 2003
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Jun 12, 2003
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 19, 2003
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 19, 2003
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 19, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Jun 19, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Jun 19, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jun 19, 2003
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jun 19, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Jun 19, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 19, 2003
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 19, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall		Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jun 19, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 19, 2003
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jun 19, 2003
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Jun 19, 2003
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Jun 19, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 19, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 19, 2003
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jun 19, 2003
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Jul 8, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 8, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 8, 2003
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 8, 2003
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 8, 2003
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jul 8, 2003
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jul 8, 2003
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jul 8, 2003
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Jul 8, 2003
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 8, 2003
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jul 8, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Jul 8, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jul 8, 2003
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Jul 8, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jul 8, 2003
D-AL	Artur Davis		Jul 9, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 9, 2003
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 14, 2003
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jul 14, 2003
R-AL	Terry Everett		Jul 14, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		Jul 17, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 17, 2003
R-GA	Max Burns		Jul 17, 2003
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Jul 17, 2003
R-LA	David Vitter		Jul 22, 2003
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jul 22, 2003
D-GA	Denise L. Majette		Jul 23, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jul 23, 2003
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Jul 24, 2003
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 24, 2003
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 24, 2003
D-OR	David Wu		Sep 24, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Sep 24, 2003
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Sep 24, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Oct 2, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Oct 2, 2003
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 2, 2003
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Oct 2, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Nov 21, 2003
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Nov 21, 2003
D-NC	Frank W. Ballance Jr.		Nov 21, 2003
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Nov 21, 2003
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Nov 21, 2003
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 21, 2003
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Nov 21, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Nov 21, 2003
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Nov 21, 2003
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Nov 21, 2003
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Mar 2, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred May 9, 2003
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred May 20, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
May 9, 2003Introduced in House
May 9, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-934	MEDIA OWNERSHIP83 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	May 13, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1046	Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act of 2003	Identical bill	Sep 16, 2003

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve localism, to foster and promote the diversity of television programming, to foster and promote competition, and to prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's television broadcast stations.
Short Titles as Introduced: Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act of 2003
Popular Titles: FCC Media Ownership bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 9, 2003Introduced in House

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