US HB8072 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 18 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of ownership in the broadcasting industry, and for other purposes.
Title
Broadcast VOICES Act Broadcast Varied Ownership Incentives for Community Expanded Service Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV] | Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] | Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA] |
| Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN] | Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] |
| Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL] | Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. |
| 2024-04-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2024-04-18 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4158 (Same As) 2024-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8072/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr8072/BILLS-118hr8072ih.pdf |
