A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Latest action · Mar 3, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1463)
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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2025
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This concurrent resolution 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 the public performance of sound recordings broadcast on a local radio station.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2025 to Jul 30, 2025; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-MT | Tim Sheehy | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 6, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Jul 30, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1463)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S1463 | — | Mar 3, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48482 | Science and Technology Issues for the 119th Congress | Report | Apr 2, 2026 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 12 | Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. | Related bill | Feb 13, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2025Introduced in Senate
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