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S 4713 117th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

A bill to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to specify additional sources from which a radio station licensee must obtain information to enable the licensee to announce that a foreign governmental entity has paid for a broadcast.

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires radio station licensees to obtain information from additional sources designated by the Federal Communications Commission when verifying (for purposes of announcing) if a foreign governmental entity paid for or furnished radio programming. The bill also specifies when licensees must obtain information and sets out related recordkeeping requirements.

What's happening now August 2, 2022

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

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