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HR 583 115th Congress House

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.

Introduced: January 17, 2017 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Latest action January 17, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke changes to FCC regulations adopted on January 8, 2016, in the matter of Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services that require ownership reports to include information about the officers and governing board members of noncommercial educational broadcast stations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 583: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-583/
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"H.R. 583: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-583/.
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H.R. 583, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-583/.
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[H.R. 583: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-583/)
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