Media Ownership Act of 2007

3.0.0 2332 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z Senate S S 2007-11-08 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2008-09-15T21:09:27Z Markup by 2007-12-04T21:06:06Z Referred to 2007-11-09T00:02:28Z S. Rept. 110-461 Media Ownership Act of 2007 110 4835 HR 2007-12-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Identical bill CRS 2008-09-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 966. Calendars 2008-09-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-461. Committee 2008-09-15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-461. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2007-12-04 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2007-11-13 Senate Star Print ordered on the bill. Floor 2007-11-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14200) IntroReferral 2007-11-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14199-14200) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2007-11-08 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-11-08 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-11-08 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-11-08 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2007-11-08 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-11-08 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-11-08 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-11-08 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-11-08 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-11-13 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-11-14 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-12-03 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-12-03 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-12-03 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-12-03 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2007-12-03 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-12-03 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-12-05 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-12-05 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-12-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-12-17 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-12-18 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2007-12-19 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-01-22 False 2008-01-16T06:00:00Z S. 2332, Media Ownership Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19430 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 4, 2007</p> 2008-01-16T06:00:00Z S. 2332, Media Ownership Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19430 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 4, 2007 Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Arts, Culture, Religion Commerce Economic concentration Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Independent regulatory commissions Journalism Law Minorities Minorities in mass media Minority business enterprises Newspapers Radio journalism Radio programs Radio stations Telecommunication industry Television programs Television stations Women Women in business Science, Technology, Communications

00 2007-11-08 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-17T20:43:46Z 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.

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01 2008-09-15 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2008-09-17T22:14:26Z 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 made necessary by the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Prometheus v. Federal Communications Commission, United States of America, 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 publishing a modification, revision, or amendment of its broadcast ownership rules, to: (1) complete 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. Requires the FCC to provide the panel, before the panel makes any recommendation to the FCC: (1) a full census of the race and gender of individuals holding a controlling interest in broadcast stations; and (2) a study of the impact of media market concentration on the representation of women and minorities in the ownership of broadcast media

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Media Ownership Act of 2007 Display Title Media Ownership Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Media Ownership Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Media Ownership Act of 2007 S Senate Reported to Senate 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2332is/xml/BILLS-110s2332is.xml 2008-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 966. 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.