3.0.0 4069 2023-01-15T10:47:56Z 2023-01-15T10:47:56Z House H HR 2004-03-30 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2004-04-08T13:19:33Z Referred to 2004-03-30T14:02:40Z 2004-04-08 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2004-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 N W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2004-04-02 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2004-07-12 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2004-07-12 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2004-07-12 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2004-07-12 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2004-07-12 False H001031 Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] JOSEPH HOEFFEL D PA M. 13 2004-07-12 False S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2004-07-22 False U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 2004-07-22 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Advertising Affiliated corporations Cable television Commerce Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Corporate divestiture Deregulation Economic concentration Education Educational television Elementary and secondary education Fairness doctrine Families Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Independent regulatory commissions Law Licenses Minorities Minority business enterprises Public interest Public meetings Public service advertising Radio broadcasting Radio stations Regulatory impact statements Restrictive trade practices Small business Subsidiary corporations Technological innovations Television and children Television broadcasting Television industry Television programs Television stations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2004-03-30 Introduced in House 2004-06-17T19:59:33Z Media Ownership Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a broadcast licensee to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance, consistent with the rules and policies of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in effect on January 1, 1987.

Prohibits the FCC from permitting any license for a commercial television broadcast station to be granted, transferred, or assigned to any party if such action would result in that party owning, operating, or controlling, or having a cognizable interest in: (1) stations which have an aggregate national audience reach exceeding 35 percent; or (2) such station and a cable television system whose service area overlaps with such commercial station's predicted Grade B contour. Requires any party currently having a license in excess of such limits to divest as necessary to comply with such limits within one year.

Directs the FCC to modify its regulations concerning ownership of national and local radio broadcast stations to place limitations on such ownership (such limitations varying depending on the number of stations in the local market area).

Declares invalid and without legal effect the final rules adopted by the FCC pursuant to its media ownership proceeding, and announced on June 2, 2003 (such rules providing specified media ownership deregulation). Reinstates the rules in effect prior to such rules.

Requires the FCC to: (1) conduct, every five years, a review process concerning media ownership; and (2) prescribe rules to prevent persons controlling the distribution of video programming over network distribution systems from acquiring unreasonable proportions of such programming from subsidiaries or affiliates.

Requires each broadcast licensee, at least every two years, to submit to the FCC, and publish, a report on how the station is meeting the requirement to serve the public interest.

]]> Media Ownership Reform Act of 2004 Display Title Media Ownership Reform Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's media outlets, to restore fairness in broadcasting, and to foster and promote localism, diversity, and competition in the media. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Media Ownership Reform Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-03-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4069ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4069ih.xml 2004-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.