3.0.0 4835 2023-01-11T13:15:01Z 2023-01-11T13:15:01Z House H HR 2007-12-18 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2007-12-18T19:09:11Z Referred to 2007-12-18T14:07:25Z Media Ownership Act of 2007 110 2332 S 2008-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 966. Identical bill CRS 2007-12-18 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2007-12-18 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000026 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] JAY INSLEE D WA 1 N R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2007-12-18 True D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2007-12-19 False U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 2007-12-19 False W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2007-12-19 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-12-19 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2008-01-16 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2008-01-16 False B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2008-01-16 False S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 29 2008-01-16 False K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2008-01-16 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-01-23 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2008-01-23 False O000085 Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] JOHN OLVER D MA W. 1 2008-01-23 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Broadband Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Independent regulatory commissions Law Licenses Planning Television broadcasting Television frequency allocation Television stations Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2007-12-18 Introduced in House 2008-01-03T20:03:11Z Media Ownership Act of 2007 - Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in changing any of its regulations related to broadcast ownership, to publish notice in the Federal Register for least 90 days, followed by at least 60 days for public comment, followed by at least 30 days to reply to comments. Applies those requirements to any any changes related to broadcast and newspaper ownership made after October 1, 2007.

Requires the FCC, before voting on any change in broadcast and newspaper ownership rules, to complete a separate rulemaking to promote the broadcast of local programming and content by broadcasters, including radio and television broadcast stations, and newspapers. Requires the FCC, before issuing a final rule, to: (1) conduct a study on the overall impact of television station duopolies and newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership on the quantity and quality of local news, public affairs, local news media jobs, and local cultural programming at the market level; and (2) publish a proposed final rule at least 90 days before a vote, followed by at least 60 days for public comment, followed by at least 30 days to reply to comments.

Requires the FCC to establish an independent panel on increasing the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership and to act on the panel's recommendations before voting on any changes to its broadcast and newspaper ownership rules.

]]> Media Ownership Act of 2007 Display Title Media Ownership Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Media Ownership Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To promote transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership. Introduced in House 2007-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4835ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4835ih.xml 2007-12-18 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.