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On 10/17/2007, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res. 694, which provides for the consideration of H.R. 2905. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 110-3: text with signatures.)
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Shown Here: Introduced in House (06/28/2007)
110th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 2905
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from
repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 28, 2007
Mr. Pence (for
himself, Mr. Walden of Oregon,
Mr. Boehner,
Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Hastert,
Mr. Putnam,
Mr. Cantor,
Mr. Hensarling,
Mr. Flake,
Mr. Aderholt,
Mr. Akin, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr.
Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Barton
of Texas, Mr. Bilbray,
Mr. Bishop of Utah,
Mrs. Blackburn,
Mrs. Bono,
Mr. Boozman,
Mr. Brady of Texas,
Mr. Brown of South Carolina,
Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida,
Mr. Burgess,
Mr. Burton of Indiana,
Mr. Buyer,
Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Camp of Michigan,
Mr. Campbell of California,
Mr. Cannon,
Mr. Carter,
Mr. Cole of Oklahoma,
Mr. Conaway,
Mr. Crenshaw,
Mr. Culberson,
Mr. Davis of Kentucky,
Mr. David Davis of Tennessee,
Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia,
Mr. Deal of Georgia,
Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida,
Mr. Doolittle,
Mrs. Drake,
Mr. Duncan,
Mr. English of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Everett,
Ms. Fallin,
Mr. Feeney,
Mr. Fortuño,
Ms. Foxx, Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Garrett of New Jersey,
Mr. Gingrey,
Mr. Gohmert,
Mr. Goode,
Mr. Goodlatte,
Mr. Graves,
Mr. Hastings of Washington,
Mr. Herger,
Mr. Hoekstra,
Mr. Hunter,
Mr. Issa, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas,
Mr. Jordan of Ohio,
Mr. Keller of Florida,
Mr. King of Iowa,
Mr. Kingston,
Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kline of Minnesota,
Mr. Kuhl of New York,
Mr. Lamborn,
Mr. Latham,
Mr. Lucas,
Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California,
Mr. Mack, Mr. Marchant, Mr.
McCarthy of California, Mr.
McCrery, Mr. McHenry,
Mr. Miller of Florida,
Mr. Gary G. Miller of California,
Mrs. Musgrave,
Mrs. Myrick,
Mr. Neugebauer,
Mr. Paul, Mr. Pearce, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. Poe,
Mr. Price of Georgia,
Mr. Radanovich,
Mr. Reynolds,
Mr. Royce,
Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin,
Mrs. Schmidt,
Mr. Sensenbrenner,
Mr. Sessions,
Mr. Shadegg,
Mr. Shuster,
Mr. Simpson,
Mr. Smith of Nebraska,
Mr. Smith of Texas,
Mr. Souder,
Mr. Stearns,
Mr. Terry,
Mr. Tiahrt,
Mr. Walberg,
Mr. Weldon of Florida,
Mr. Westmoreland,
Mr. Whitfield,
Mr. Wicker,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina,
Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of Alaska, and
Mr. Upton) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from
repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
“Broadcaster Freedom Act of
2007”.
SEC. 2. Fairness doctrine
prohibited.
Title III of the
Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 303 (47 U.S.C.
303) the following new section:
“SEC. 303A. Limitation on
general powers: fairness doctrine.
“Notwithstanding section 303 or any other
provision of this Act or any other Act authorizing the Commission to prescribe
rules, regulations, policies, doctrines, standards, or other requirements, the
Commission shall not have the authority to prescribe any rule, regulation,
policy, doctrine, standard, or other requirement that has the purpose or effect
of reinstating or repromulgating (in whole or in part) the requirement that
broadcasters present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public
importance, commonly referred to as the ‘Fairness Doctrine’, as
repealed in General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast Licensees, 50
Fed. Reg. 35418
(1985).”.