Dozen House Members and Senators Sign On as Local Radio Freedom Act Cosponsors

Dozen House Members and Senators Sign On as Local Radio Freedom Act Cosponsors 161 House Members, 19 Senators now oppose performance royalty on radio broadcasters WASHINGTON, DC -- Ten Members of the House of Representatives and two Senators have added their cosponsorship to a resolution opposing any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals Members of Congresss opposition to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 161 cosponsors in the House and 19 in the Senate.

Adding their support recently for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. Ralph Abraham (R-LA-5), Alma Adams (D-NC-12), Drew Ferguson (R-GA-3), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5), Kay Granger (R-TX-12), Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2), Susie Lee (D-NV-3), Kenny Marchant (R-TX-24), Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) and Filemon Vela (D-TX-34).Adding their support for the companion resolution in the Senate are Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) .

Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Michael Conaway (R-TX-11) are the principal cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 20). Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are the lead cosponsors of a companion resolution in the Senate (S. Con. Res. 5).

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 on a local radio station broadcast over the air, reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.

The 161 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new cosponsors in bold):

Ralph Abraham (R-LA-5)

Alma Adams (D-NC-12)

Rick Allen (R-GA-12)

Mark Amodei (R-NV-2)

Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19)

Brian Babin (R-TX-36)

Don Bacon (R-NE-2)

Jim Banks (R-IN-3)

Andy Barr (R-KY-6)

Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12)

Mike Bost (R-IL-12)

Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2)

Mo Brooks (R-AL-5)

Susan Brooks (R-IN-5)

Anthony Brown (D-MD-4)

Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)

Ted Budd (R-NC-13)

Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17)

G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-1)

Bradley Byrne (R-AL-1)

Ken Calvert (R-CA-42)

Andre Carson (D-IN-7)

Buddy Carter (R-GA-1)

Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)

Steve Chabot (R-OH-1)

Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL)

Lacy Clay (D-MO-1)

Tom Cole (R-OK-4)

Chris Collins (R-NY-27)

James Comer (R-KY-1)

Michael Conaway (R-TX-11)

Paul Cook (R-CA-8)

Jim Costa (D-CA-16)

Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)

Rick Crawford (R-AR-1)

Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)

Warren Davidson (R-OH-8)

Rodney Davis (R-IL-13)

Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4)

Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12)

Sean Duffy (R-WI-7)

Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3)

Neal Dunn (R-FL-2)

Tom Emmer (R-MN-6)

Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)

Drew Ferguson (R-GA-3)

Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)

Bill Flores (R-TX-17)

Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1)

Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5)

Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8)

Greg Gianforte (R-MT-AL)

Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7)

Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15)

Jennifer Gonzalez Colon (R-PR-DL)

Paul Gosar (R-AZ-4)

Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)

Kay Granger (R-TX-12)

Sam Graves (R-MO-6)

Tom Graves (R-GA-14)

Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)

Michael Guest (R-MS-3)

Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)

Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1)

Josh Harder (D-CA-10)

Andy Harris (R-MD-1)

Alcee Hastings (D-FL-20)

Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)

Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3)

Jody Hice (R-GA-10)

French Hill (R-AR-2)

Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9)

Richard Hudson (R-NC-8)

Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2)

Bill Johnson (R-OH-6)

Jim Jordan (R-OH-4)

David Joyce (R-OH-14)

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)

John Katko (R-NY-24)

Bill Keating (D-MA-9)

Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)

Trent Kelly (R-MS-1)

Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6)

Ron Kind (D-WI-3)

Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16)

Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2)

Annie Kuster (D-NH-2)

Darin LaHood (R-IL-18)

Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)

Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5)

Bob Latta (R-OH-5)

Al Lawson (D-FL-5)

Susie Lee (D-NV-3)

Dave Loebsack (D-IA-2)

Billy Long (R-MO-7)

Frank Lucas (R-OK-3)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3)

Stephen Lynch (D-MA-8)

Kenny Marchant (R-TX-24 )

Roger Marshall (R-KS-1)

Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)

Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)

Donald McEachin (D-VA-4)

Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10)

David McKinley (R-WV-1)

Mark Meadows (R-NC-11)

Gregory Meeks (D-NY-5)

Paul Mitchell (R-MI-10)

Alex Mooney (R-WV-2)

Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)

Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2)

Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)

Ralph Norman (R-SC-5)

Devin Nunes (R-CA-22)

Tom OHalleran (D-AZ-1)

Pete Olson (R-TX-22)

Steven Palazzo (R-MS-4)

Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6)

Donald Payne (D-NJ-10)

Greg Pence (R-IN-6)

Bill Posey (R-FL-8)

Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-DL)

Tom Reed (R-NY-23)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5)

Hal Rogers (R-KY-5)

Mike Rogers (R-AL-3)

David Rouzer (R-NC-7)

Bobby Rush (D-IL-1)

Tim Ryan (D-OH-13)

David Scott (D-GA-13)

Terri Sewell (D-AL-7)

John Shimkus (R-IL-15)

Mike Simpson (R-ID-2)

Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)

Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)

Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21)

Bryan Steil (R-WI-1)

Chris Stewart (R-UT-2)

Steve Stivers (R-OH-15)

Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)

Mike Turner (R-OH-10)

Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ-2)

Fred Upton (R-MI-6)

Filemon Vela (D-TX-34)

Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)

Tim Walberg (R-MI-7)

Greg Walden (R-OR-2)

Mark Walker (R-NC-6)

Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2)

Steve Watkins (R-KS-2)

Randy Weber (R-TX-14)

Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2)

Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4)

Roger Williams (R-TX-25)

Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)

Steve Womack (R-AR-3)

John Yarmuth (D-KY-3)

Don Young (R-AK-AL)

Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1)

The Local Radio Freedom Acts 19 Senate cosponsors are (new cosponsors in bold):

John Barrasso (R-WY)

John Boozman (R-AR)

Richard Burr (R-NC)

Susan Collins (R-ME)

Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Kevin Cramer (R-ND)

Steve Daines (R-MT)

Michael Enzi (R-WY)

Deb Fischer (R-NE)

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