Protect Diversity in Media Act
Latest action · Jun 24, 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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Diversity in Media Act - Invalidates the final rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pursuant to its broadcast media ownership proceeding and announced on June 2, 2003. Reinstates (retroactively, as in effect prior to such announcement) any rule that the FCC modified pursuant to that proceeding.
Prohibits the FCC from using current biennial rule review authority to review broadcast media ownership rules.
Cosponsors 100
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2003 to Sep 24, 2003; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jun 12, 2003 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 16, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 25, 2003 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Jun 25, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 25, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jun 25, 2003 | |
| D-WI | David R. Obey | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 15, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 17, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jul 17, 2003 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 18, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Frank W. Ballance Jr. | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Sep 9, 2003 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Sep 9, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Sep 24, 2003 |
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 Jun 12, 2003 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- Jun 12, 2003Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To invalidate the actions of the Federal Communications Commission in abrogating the media ownership limitations under the Communications Act of 1934.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protect Diversity in Media Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Administrative procedure
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional veto
- Federal Communications Commission
- Government Operations and Politics
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Law
- Licenses
- Radio broadcasting
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Radio stations
- Restrictive trade practices
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telecommunication industry
- Television broadcasting
- Television frequency allocation
- Television stations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2003Introduced in House
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