HCONRES 244 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Introduced Oct 31, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Gene Green D-TX

Latest action · Oct 31, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

IntroducedOct 31, 2007
Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Declares that 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.

Cosponsors 226

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2007 to Sep 24, 2008; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-CT	Christopher Murphy	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-NC	Heath Shuler	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Oct 31, 2007
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Oct 31, 2007
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Nov 5, 2007
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Nov 5, 2007
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Nov 5, 2007
D-AR	Mike Ross		Nov 5, 2007
R-AL	Terry Everett		Nov 5, 2007
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Nov 5, 2007
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Nov 9, 2007
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Nov 9, 2007
D-IA	David Loebsack		Nov 9, 2007
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Nov 9, 2007
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Nov 9, 2007
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Nov 9, 2007
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Nov 9, 2007
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Nov 9, 2007
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand		Nov 9, 2007
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Nov 9, 2007
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Nov 9, 2007
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Nov 9, 2007
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Nov 9, 2007
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Nov 9, 2007
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Nov 9, 2007
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Nov 9, 2007
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Nov 9, 2007
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Nov 9, 2007
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Nov 9, 2007
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Nov 9, 2007
R-IA	Tom Latham		Nov 9, 2007
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Nov 14, 2007
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Nov 14, 2007
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Nov 14, 2007
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Nov 14, 2007
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Nov 14, 2007
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Nov 14, 2007
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Nov 14, 2007
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Nov 14, 2007
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Nov 14, 2007
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Nov 14, 2007
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Nov 14, 2007
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Nov 14, 2007
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Nov 15, 2007
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Nov 15, 2007
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Nov 15, 2007
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Nov 15, 2007
D-GA	John Barrow		Nov 15, 2007
R-CA	John Campbell		Nov 15, 2007
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Nov 15, 2007
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Nov 15, 2007
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Dec 5, 2007
R-IN	Dan Burton		Dec 5, 2007
R-AK	Don Young		Dec 5, 2007
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 5, 2007
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Dec 5, 2007
R-FL	John L. Mica		Dec 5, 2007
R-MO	Kenny C. Hulshof		Dec 5, 2007
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Dec 5, 2007
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Dec 5, 2007
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Dec 5, 2007
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Dec 5, 2007
R-TX	Ron Paul		Dec 5, 2007
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Dec 5, 2007
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Dec 5, 2007
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Dec 5, 2007
R-GA	Tom Price		Dec 5, 2007
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Dec 5, 2007
D-GA	John Lewis		Dec 6, 2007
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Dec 6, 2007
R-OK	John Sullivan		Dec 12, 2007
D-KS	Nancy E. Boyda		Dec 12, 2007
D-IL	Phil Hare		Dec 12, 2007
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Dec 12, 2007
D-GA	David Scott		Dec 18, 2007
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Dec 18, 2007
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 18, 2007
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Dec 18, 2007
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Dec 19, 2007
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jan 17, 2008
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Jan 17, 2008
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jan 17, 2008
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Jan 17, 2008
R-GA	John Linder		Jan 17, 2008
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Jan 17, 2008
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Jan 17, 2008
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Jan 17, 2008
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jan 17, 2008
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jan 17, 2008
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jan 17, 2008
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Jan 17, 2008
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jan 17, 2008
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jan 29, 2008
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Jan 29, 2008
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jan 29, 2008
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 6, 2008
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Feb 6, 2008
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Feb 6, 2008
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Feb 6, 2008
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Feb 6, 2008
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Feb 6, 2008
D-WA	Brian Baird		Feb 13, 2008
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Feb 13, 2008
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Feb 25, 2008
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Feb 25, 2008
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Feb 25, 2008
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 3, 2008
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Mar 3, 2008
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 3, 2008
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 3, 2008
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 3, 2008
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Mar 3, 2008
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Mar 3, 2008
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Mar 3, 2008
R-NE	Lee Terry		Mar 3, 2008
R-OK	Mary Fallin		Mar 3, 2008
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Mar 3, 2008
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 3, 2008
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Mar 3, 2008
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Mar 5, 2008
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 5, 2008
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 5, 2008
R-TN	David Davis		Mar 5, 2008
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 5, 2008
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Mar 5, 2008
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Mar 5, 2008
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 5, 2008
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Mar 5, 2008
R-PA	Phil English		Mar 5, 2008
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Mar 5, 2008
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 5, 2008
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 11, 2008
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Mar 11, 2008
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Mar 11, 2008
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Mar 11, 2008
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 13, 2008
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Mar 13, 2008
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 13, 2008
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Apr 2, 2008
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Apr 2, 2008
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 2, 2008
R-IL	John Shimkus		Apr 2, 2008
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Apr 2, 2008
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Apr 2, 2008
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Apr 15, 2008
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 15, 2008
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Apr 15, 2008
D-FL	Tim Mahoney		Apr 15, 2008
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Apr 24, 2008
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Apr 24, 2008
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 24, 2008
D-MA	John W. Olver		May 8, 2008
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 8, 2008
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		May 8, 2008
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		May 14, 2008
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 14, 2008
R-FL	Dave Weldon		May 22, 2008
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		May 22, 2008
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		May 22, 2008
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Jun 5, 2008
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Jun 5, 2008
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Jun 9, 2008
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 9, 2008
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Jun 10, 2008
D-IN	André Carson		Jun 12, 2008
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Jun 12, 2008
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jun 12, 2008
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 12, 2008
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jun 19, 2008
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jun 19, 2008
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 19, 2008
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jun 20, 2008
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jun 24, 2008
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jul 8, 2008
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jul 10, 2008
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 31, 2008
R-NV	Dean Heller		Aug 1, 2008
D-NM	Tom Udall		Sep 24, 2008

Committees 1

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Oct 31, 2007

Actions 2

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Oct 31, 2007Introduced in House
Oct 31, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

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CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
R47642	On the Radio: Public Performance Rights in Sound Recordings	Report	Dec 8, 2025

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SCONRES 82	A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.	Identical bill	May 12, 2008

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Oct 31, 2007Introduced in House

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