[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 107 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S8745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mr. DeMint, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
        Sessions, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
        Chambliss, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Bond, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
        Cochran, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Thune, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
        Roberts, and Mr. Kyl):
  S. 1748. A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from 
repromulgating the fairness doctrine; to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation.
  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1748

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Broadcaster Freedom Act of 
     2007''.

     SEC. 2. FAIRNESS DOCTRINE PROHIBITED.

       Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by 
     inserting after section 303 (47 U.S.C. 303) the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 303A. LIMITATION ON GENERAL POWERS: FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.

       ``Notwithstanding section 303 or any other provision of 
     this Act or any other Act authorizing the Commission to 
     prescribe rules, regulations, policies, doctrines, standards, 
     or other requirements, the Commission shall not have the 
     authority to prescribe any rule, regulation, policy, 
     doctrine, standard, or other requirement that has the purpose 
     or effect of reinstating or repromulgating (in whole or in 
     part) the requirement that broadcasters present opposing 
     viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, 
     commonly referred to as the `Fairness Doctrine', as repealed 
     in General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast 
     Licensees, 50 Fed. Reg. 35418 (1985).''.
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