Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the Federal Communications Commission may not take action against a broadcast licensee or any other per… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the Federal Communications Commission may not take action against a broadcast licensee or any other person on the basis of viewpoint, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from taking action against or imposing certain conditions on individuals on the basis of viewpoints broadcast or disseminated by the individuals or their affiliates.
Specifically, the FCC may not revoke a license or authorization of, or otherwise take action against, an individual or entity on the basis of viewpoints broadcast or otherwise disseminated by the individual or entity or an affiliate thereof. Further, the FCC may not impose conditions on its approval of certain transactions on the basis of viewpoints broadcast or otherwise disseminated by the individual or entity seeking approval of the transaction, or an affiliate thereof.
Under the bill, the FCC retains its authority to take action or impose conditions on the basis of (1) violations of certain existing laws regarding lottery information, fraud, and obscene language; or (2) the broadcast or other dissemination of content that constitutes incitement under the First Amendment.
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- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
- HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
- HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
- HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- White House Office
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1880: Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1880/
"H.R. 1880: Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1880/.
H.R. 1880, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1880/.
[H.R. 1880: Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1880/)