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PIRATE Act

Introduced: April 29, 2019 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov

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Jan 9, 2020

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Jan 9, 2020

Received in the House.

Jan 9, 2020

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jan 8, 2020

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S81; text: CR S81)

Jan 8, 2020

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S81; text: CR S81)

Dec 17, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.

Dec 17, 2019

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-178.

May 15, 2019

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Apr 29, 2019

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

Apr 29, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or the PIRATE Act

This bill addresses unlicensed radio broadcasting (called pirating), including by increasing to $2 million the maximum fine for a pirate radio broadcasting violation and imposing a fine of up to $100,000 per day for pirating violations subject to the $2 million limit.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must (1) annually submit to Congress a report summarizing implementation of this bill and associated enforcement activities for the previous fiscal year; and (2) at least once a year, assign appropriate enforcement personnel to focus specific and sustained attention on the elimination of pirate radio broadcasting within the top five radio markets.

The FCC may not preempt any state or local law prohibiting pirate radio broadcasting.

The FCC shall (1) revise its rules to require that, absent good cause, in any case alleging a violation, it shall proceed directly to issue a Notice of Apparent Liability without first issuing a Notice of Unlicensed Operations; and (2) publish a database of all licensed radio stations operating in the AM and FM band that includes each licensed station and all entities that have received a Notice of Unlicensed Operation, Notice of Apparent Liability, or Forfeiture Order from the FCC.

What's happening now January 9, 2020

Held at the desk.

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