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S 3156 110th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Law Noise Television advertising Television programs

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

Introduced: June 18, 2008 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Jun 18, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 18, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the accompanying program; and (3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the accompanying program.

What's happening now June 18, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6209 Identical bill Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act
  • S 3154 Identical bill Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3156: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3156/
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"S. 3156: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3156/.
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S. 3156, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3156/.
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