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Titles (2)

Short Titles

Short Titles - House of Representatives

Short Titles as Introduced

Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009

Official Titles

Official Titles - House of Representatives

Official Title as Introduced

To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.


Actions Overview (1)

Date Actions Overview
01/07/2009Introduced in House

All Actions (3)

Date All Actions
01/14/2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Action By: Committee on Energy and Commerce
01/07/2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Action By: House of Representatives
01/07/2009Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (183)

* = Original cosponsor
CosponsorDate Cosponsored
Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Austria, Steve [R-OH-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Mack, Connie [R-FL-14]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]* 01/07/2009
Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]* 01/07/2009
Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] 01/08/2009
Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] 01/08/2009
Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] 01/08/2009
Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] 01/08/2009
Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] 01/08/2009
Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] 01/08/2009
Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] 01/08/2009
Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] 01/08/2009
Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] 01/08/2009
Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] 01/08/2009
Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] 01/08/2009
Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] 01/08/2009
Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] 01/13/2009
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] 01/13/2009
Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] 01/13/2009
Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] 01/13/2009
Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] 01/13/2009
Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3] 01/13/2009
Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] 01/13/2009
Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] 01/13/2009
Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] 01/13/2009
Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] 01/14/2009
Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] 01/14/2009
Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] 01/14/2009
Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26] 01/14/2009
Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] 01/14/2009
Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4] 01/14/2009
Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16] 01/14/2009
Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] 01/14/2009
Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] 01/14/2009
Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] 01/14/2009
Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] 01/15/2009
Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] 01/15/2009
Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] 01/15/2009
Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] 01/23/2009
Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42] 01/23/2009
Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] 01/26/2009
Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] 01/28/2009
Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] 01/28/2009
Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] 01/28/2009
Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] 01/28/2009
Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] 01/28/2009
Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] 01/28/2009
Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6] 02/02/2009
Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] 02/02/2009
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] 02/02/2009
Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] 02/10/2009
Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] 02/10/2009
Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] 02/13/2009
Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] 02/13/2009
Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] 03/05/2009
Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2] 03/05/2009
Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] 03/05/2009
Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9] 03/05/2009
Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] 03/11/2009
Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4] 03/26/2009
Cosponsors Who Withdrew Date Cosponsored Date Withdrawn CR Explanation
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]* 01/07/2009 01/13/2009 --

Committees (1)

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Reports
House Energy and Commerce01/07/2009 Referred to
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet01/14/2009 Referred to

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Introduced in House (01/07/2009)

Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the Fairness Doctrine.