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Ten Reps Added as LRFA Cosponsors
RADIO ONLINE | Monday, July 12, 2021 |
Ten more members of the House of Representatives have added their support 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 Congress's opposition to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 159 cosponsors in the House and 18 in the Senate.
Adding their support recently for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. Alma Adams (D-NC-12), John Joyce (R-PA-13), Julia Letlow (R-LA-5), Donald McEachin (D-VA-4), Carol Miller (R-WV-3), John Moolenaar (R-MI-4), Bryan Steil (R-WI-1), Randy Weber (R-TX-14), Roger Williams (R-TX-25) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24).
Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Steve Womack (R-AR-3) are the principal cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House of Representatives. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and John Barrasso (R-WY) are the lead cosponsors of a companion resolution in the Senate.
"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.
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