HCONRES 49 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Introduced Feb 12, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Gene Green D-TX

Latest action · Feb 12, 2009 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.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2009
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 262

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2009 to Aug 10, 2010; 110 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-FL	Allen Boyd	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IN	Baron P. Hill	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-AL	Bobby Bright	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NC	Heath Shuler	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-PA	Jason Altmire	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-GA	John Barrow	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-TN	Lincoln Davis	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-AL	Parker Griffith	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-GA	Tom Price	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Feb 12, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Feb 12, 2009
D-TX	Al Green		Feb 23, 2009
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Feb 23, 2009
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Feb 23, 2009
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Feb 23, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 23, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell		Feb 23, 2009
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Feb 23, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 23, 2009
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Feb 23, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Feb 23, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 23, 2009
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Feb 23, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 23, 2009
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Feb 23, 2009
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 2, 2009
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 2, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 2, 2009
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Mar 2, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Mar 2, 2009
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Mar 2, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 3, 2009
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Mar 3, 2009
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 3, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 9, 2009
D-AL	Artur Davis		Mar 9, 2009
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 9, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 9, 2009
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Mar 9, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Mar 9, 2009
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Mar 9, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 9, 2009
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Mar 9, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 9, 2009
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Mar 19, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 19, 2009
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 19, 2009
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Mar 19, 2009
D-PA	Tim Holden		Mar 19, 2009
D-ID	Walter Minnick		Mar 19, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 26, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 26, 2009
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson		Mar 26, 2009
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 26, 2009
R-MI	Fred Upton		Mar 26, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Mar 26, 2009
R-GA	John Linder		Mar 26, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Mar 26, 2009
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Apr 2, 2009
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Apr 2, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 2, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 2, 2009
R-NV	Dean Heller		Apr 2, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Apr 2, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Apr 2, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin		Apr 2, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 2, 2009
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Apr 2, 2009
D-CO	Betsy Markey		Apr 23, 2009
D-OK	Dan Boren		Apr 23, 2009
D-GA	John Lewis		Apr 23, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 23, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Apr 23, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence		Apr 23, 2009
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Apr 23, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson		Apr 23, 2009
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Apr 23, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Apr 23, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell		Apr 27, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 27, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller		May 7, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 7, 2009
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		May 7, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		May 7, 2009
R-TX	Ron Paul		May 7, 2009
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		May 7, 2009
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 7, 2009
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		May 12, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 12, 2009
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		May 12, 2009
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		May 12, 2009
D-VA	Thomas S.P. Perriello		May 12, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 14, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe		May 14, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich		May 14, 2009
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		May 14, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		May 14, 2009
D-OH	Steve Driehaus		May 14, 2009
D-NC	David E. Price		May 19, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 19, 2009
D-MO	Ike Skelton		May 19, 2009
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		May 19, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger		May 19, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		May 21, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 21, 2009
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		May 21, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 21, 2009
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 21, 2009
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jun 2, 2009
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jun 2, 2009
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Jun 2, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jun 2, 2009
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Jun 2, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 2, 2009
D-NM	Harry Teague		Jun 2, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jun 2, 2009
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jun 2, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jun 2, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 4, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao		Jun 4, 2009
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jun 4, 2009
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Jun 9, 2009
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jun 9, 2009
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 9, 2009
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jun 9, 2009
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 9, 2009
D-MD	Frank Kratovil, Jr.		Jun 9, 2009
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jun 9, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Jun 9, 2009
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Jun 9, 2009
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 9, 2009
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Jun 18, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jun 18, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 18, 2009
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jun 18, 2009
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Jun 23, 2009
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Jul 16, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jul 16, 2009
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jul 16, 2009
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 21, 2009
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Jul 21, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jul 21, 2009
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jul 24, 2009
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jul 24, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jul 31, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Sep 10, 2009
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Sep 10, 2009
D-OH	John A. Boccieri		Sep 10, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird		Sep 17, 2009
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Sep 25, 2009
D-VA	Glenn C. Nye		Nov 3, 2009
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jan 12, 2010
D-NY	William L. Owens		Jan 27, 2010
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Feb 23, 2010
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Mar 10, 2010
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Mar 10, 2010
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Mar 16, 2010
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 24, 2010
D-MI	Mark H. Schauer		Mar 24, 2010
D-FL	Suzanne M. Kosmas		Mar 24, 2010
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 28, 2010
D-MS	Travis Childers		May 11, 2010
R-GA	Tom Graves		Aug 10, 2010

Withdrew 2 Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX Apr 27, 2009·Robert A. Brady D-PA Apr 14, 2010

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 12, 2009

Actions 2

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Feb 12, 2009Introduced in House
Feb 12, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

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Printed hearings 2

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Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 111-237	THE PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT AND PARITY AMONG MUSIC DELIVERY PLATFORMS131 pages	Judiciary Committee	Aug 4, 2009
Serial No. 111-8	PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ACT251 pages	Judiciary Committee	Mar 10, 2009

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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

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Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SCONRES 14	A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.	Identical bill	Mar 30, 2009

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

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Feb 12, 2009Introduced in House

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