[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 22742-22745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   LOCAL COMMUNITY RADIO ACT OF 2010

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 6533) to implement the recommendations of the Federal 
Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM 
service, and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6533

       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 ``Local Community Radio Act of 
     2010''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

       Section 632 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
     State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-553; 114 Stat. 2762A-111), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``Sec. 632. (a) The Federal Communications Commission shall 
     modify the rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM 
     radio stations, as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25, to--
       ``(1) prescribe protection for co-channels and first- and 
     second-adjacent channels; and
       ``(2) prohibit any applicant from obtaining a low-power FM 
     license if the applicant has engaged in any manner in the 
     unlicensed operation of any station in violation of section 
     301 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301).
       ``(b) Any license that was issued by the Federal 
     Communications Commission to a low-power FM station prior to 
     April 2, 2001, and that does not comply with the 
     modifications adopted by the Commission in MM Docket No. 99-
     25 on April 2, 2001, shall remain invalid.''.

     SEC. 3. MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Communications Commission 
     shall modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum 
     distance separation requirements between--
       (1) low-power FM stations; and
       (2) full-service FM stations, FM translator stations, and 
     FM booster stations.
       (b) Restriction.--
       (1) In general.--The Federal Communications Commission 
     shall not amend its rules to reduce the minimum co-channel 
     and first- and second-adjacent channel distance separation 
     requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this Act 
     between--
       (A) low-power FM stations; and
       (B) full-service FM stations.
       (2) Waiver.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Federal 
     Communications Commission may grant a waiver of the second-
     adjacent channel distance separation requirement to low-power 
     FM stations that establish, using methods of predicting 
     interference taking into account all relevant factors, 
     including terrain-sensitive propagation models, that their 
     proposed operations will not result in interference to any 
     authorized radio service.
       (B) Requirements.--
       (i) Suspension.--Any low-power FM station that receives a 
     waiver under subparagraph (A) shall be required to suspend 
     operation immediately upon notification by the Federal 
     Communications Commission that it is causing interference to 
     the reception of an existing or modified full-service FM 
     station without regard to the location of the station 
     receiving interference.
       (ii) Elimination of interference.--A low-power FM station 
     described in clause (i) shall not resume operation until such 
     interference has been eliminated or it can demonstrate to the 
     Federal Communications Commission that the interference was 
     not due to emissions from the low-power FM station, except 
     that such station may make short test transmissions during 
     the period of suspended operation to check the efficacy of 
     remedial measures.
       (iii) Notification.--Upon receipt of a complaint of 
     interference from a low-power FM station operating pursuant 
     to a waiver authorized under subparagraph (A), the Federal 
     Communications Commission shall notify the identified low-
     power FM station by telephone or other electronic 
     communication within 1 business day.

     SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF RADIO READING SERVICES.

       The Federal Communications Commission shall comply with its 
     existing minimum distance separation requirements for full-
     service FM stations, FM translator stations, and FM booster 
     stations that broadcast radio reading services via an analog 
     subcarrier frequency to avoid potential interference by low-
     power FM stations.

     SEC. 5. ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF SPECTRUM FOR LOW-POWER FM 
                   STATIONS.

       The Federal Communications Commission, when licensing new 
     FM translator stations, FM booster stations, and low-power FM 
     stations, shall ensure that--
       (1) licenses are available to FM translator stations, FM 
     booster stations, and low-power FM stations;
       (2) such decisions are made based on the needs of the local 
     community; and
       (3) FM translator stations, FM booster stations, and low-
     power FM stations remain equal in status and secondary to 
     existing and modified full-service FM stations.

     SEC. 6. PROTECTION OF TRANSLATOR INPUT SIGNALS.

       The Federal Communications Commission shall modify its 
     rules to address the potential for predicted interference to 
     FM translator input signals on third-adjacent channels set 
     forth in section 2.7 of the technical report entitled 
     ``Experimental Measurements of the Third-Adjacent Channel 
     Impacts of Low-Power FM Stations, Volume One--Final Report 
     (May 2003)''.

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     SEC. 7. ENSURING EFFECTIVE REMEDIATION OF INTERFERENCE.

       The Federal Communications Commission shall modify the 
     interference complaint process described in section 73.810 of 
     its rules (47 CFR 73.810) as follows:
       (1) With respect to those low-power FM stations licensed at 
     locations that do not satisfy third-adjacent channel spacing 
     requirements under section 73.807 of the Commission's rules 
     (47 CFR 73.807), the Federal Communications Commission shall 
     provide the same interference protections that FM translator 
     stations and FM booster stations are required to provide as 
     set forth in section 74.1203 of its rules (47 CFR 74.1203) as 
     in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) For a period of 1 year after a new low-power FM station 
     is constructed on a third-adjacent channel, such low-power FM 
     station shall be required to broadcast periodic announcements 
     that alert listeners that interference that they may be 
     experiencing could be the result of the operation of such 
     low-power FM station on a third-adjacent channel and shall 
     instruct affected listeners to contact such low-power FM 
     station to report any interference. The Federal 
     Communications Commission shall require all newly constructed 
     low-power FM stations on third-adjacent channels to--
       (A) notify the Federal Communications Commission and all 
     affected stations on third-adjacent channels of an 
     interference complaint by electronic communication within 48 
     hours after the receipt of such complaint; and
       (B) cooperate in addressing any such interference.
       (3) Low-power FM stations on third-adjacent channels shall 
     be required to address complaints of interference within the 
     protected contour of an affected station and shall be 
     encouraged to address all other interference complaints, 
     including complaints to the Federal Communications Commission 
     based on interference to a full-service FM station, an FM 
     translator station, or an FM booster station by the 
     transmitter site of a low-power FM station on a third-
     adjacent channel at any distance from the full-service FM 
     station, FM translator station, or FM booster station. The 
     Federal Communications Commission shall provide notice to the 
     licensee of a low-power FM station of the existence of such 
     interference within 7 calendar days of the receipt of a 
     complaint from a listener or another station.
       (4) To the extent possible, the Federal Communications 
     Commission shall grant low-power FM stations on third-
     adjacent channels the technical flexibility to remediate 
     interference through the colocation of the transmission 
     facilities of the low-power FM station and any stations on 
     third-adjacent channels.
       (5) The Federal Communications Commission shall--
       (A) permit the submission of informal evidence of 
     interference, including any engineering analysis that an 
     affected station may commission;
       (B) accept complaints based on interference to a full-
     service FM station, FM translator station, or FM booster 
     station by the transmitter site of a low-power FM station on 
     a third-adjacent channel at any distance from the full-
     service FM station, FM translator station, or FM booster 
     station; and
       (C) accept complaints of interference to mobile reception.
       (6) The Federal Communications Commission shall for full-
     service FM stations that are licensed in significantly 
     populated States with more than 3,000,000 population and a 
     population density greater than 1,000 people per one square 
     mile land area, require all low-power FM stations licensed 
     after the date of enactment of this Act and located on third-
     adjacent, second-adjacent, first-adjacent, or co-channels to 
     such full-service FM stations, to provide the same 
     interference remediation requirements to complaints of 
     interference, without regard to whether such complaints of 
     interference occur within or outside of the protected contour 
     of such stations, under the same interference complaint and 
     remediation procedures that FM translator stations and FM 
     booster stations are required to provide to full-service 
     stations as set forth in section 74.1203 of its rules (47 CFR 
     74.1203) as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
     Notwithstanding the provisions of section 74.1203, no 
     interference that arises outside the relevant distance for 
     the full-service station class specified in the first column 
     titled ``required'' for ``Co-channel minimum separation 
     (km)'' in the table listed in section 73.807(a)(1) of the 
     Commission's rules (47 CFR 73.807(a)(1)) shall require 
     remediation.

     SEC. 8. FCC STUDY ON IMPACT OF LOW-POWER FM STATIONS ON FULL-
                   SERVICE COMMERCIAL FM STATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Communications Commission 
     shall conduct an economic study on the impact that low-power 
     FM stations will have on full-service commercial FM stations.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission 
     shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the study 
     conducted under subsection (a).
       (c) Licensing Not Affected by Study.--Nothing in this 
     section shall affect the licensing of new low-power FM 
     stations as otherwise permitted under this Act.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Doyle) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.


                             General Leave

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DOYLE. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank Chairman Boucher, and to let Mr. 
Boucher know that it has been a privilege to work with him during our 
years together on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and especially 
during the 2 years he served as chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy 
and of the Subcommittee on Communications Technology and the Internet. 
He has been a great colleague and partner in legislation and a great 
friend, and I want to wish Chairman Boucher only the best in his next 
steps.
  I also want to thank Chairman Waxman for strongly supporting this 
bill that will give local communities across this country access to 
their airwaves. I am grateful for the support that this bill has from 
both sides of the aisle, from myself, the former vice chairman of the 
Communications Subcommittee, to the future vice chairman of the 
Communications Subcommittee, this bill's lead cosponsor and my good 
friend, Lee Terry from Omaha.
  We have been working together to bring local community-oriented radio 
to more cities, counties, and neighborhoods across the country for 10 
years now, and I would say to my friend that I think we are finally on 
the last leg of this journey.
  This bill will allow churches, schools, neighborhood groups, and 
others to put community-oriented programming on the air, and it will 
help first responders provide those communities with critical 
information in times of natural disasters and other emergencies.
  You see, when the Federal Communications Commission created the Low 
Power FM radio service, they sought to create opportunities for new 
voices on the airwaves and to allow local schools, churches, and other 
community-based organizations to provide programming that is responsive 
to local community needs and interests. Congress, however, passed the 
Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act in 2000, and many of those 
organizations were prevented from communicating to their members, 
supporters, and residents on the FM radio dial. That bill called for a 
field study performed by the MITRE Corporation, and for the FCC to 
recommend to us what we should do.
  In 2004, on a unanimous bipartisan basis, the Federal Communications 
Commission issued a report to Congress which stated that, ``Congress 
should readdress this issue and modify the statute to eliminate the 
third adjacent channel distant separation requirements for LPFM 
stations.''
  For a second time, in November of 2007, and for a third time, again, 
in September 2009, all five FCC Commissioners agreed that Congress 
should lift the restriction on LPFM stations and allow them to license 
new stations in more communities. The bill we have under debate today, 
the Local Community Radio Act of 2009, does just that.
  When they are allowed to exist under current law, LPFM stations have 
proven to be a vital source of information during local or national 
emergencies. And these stations promote the arts and education from 
religious organizations, community groups, organizations promoting 
literacy, and many other civically oriented organizations; stations 
like:
  KOCZ in Opelousas, Louisiana, which is operated by the Southern 
Development Foundation, a group active in the African American 
community. The station broadcasts public affairs shows,

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religious programing, hip-hop and zydeco music 24 hours a day. Zydeco 
music is central to the cultural heritage of the Acadiana region but 
had mostly disappeared from the airwaves dominated by commercial radio; 
or
  WRFR in Rockland, Maine, which broadcasts talk and call-in shows on 
issues important to the community on a variety of things. Though six 
other stations have their transmitters in the station's home in Knox 
County, WRFR is the only station that originates its programming there; 
and
  WQRZ in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which remained on the air during 
Hurricane Katrina and served as the Emergency Operations Center for 
Hancock County during the worst storm there in a century.
  But Congress has to act on the Commission's recommendations; 
otherwise, similar stations are prevented from operating in communities 
across America, communities like mine, which are too large to have any 
slots for any LPFM stations at 4th adjacent, but could fit several at 
3rd.
  But you don't have to take my word for it--every FCC Commissioner 
since 2003 has vouched for this--or the MITRE Corporation's outside 
study's word for it either. We all know this is going to work because 
it already works.
  Currently, large commercial and noncommercial FM stations duplicate 
and extend their signals on these same 3rd adjacent channels that the 
FCC wants to also make available to new noncommercial stations.
  This bill has broad support, as evidenced in these letters from 
almost a dozen leaders, from Catholic and Protestant faiths like the 
United Church of Christ and the National Association of Evangelicals; a 
letter from two dozen national and local public interests, civil 
rights, local groups; and another letter from the Leadership Conference 
on Civil Rights; and, finally, this letter from the National Federation 
of Community Broadcasters and the Prometheus Radio Project, all of whom 
support this bill.
  Exactly a year and a day ago, the House passed an earlier version of 
this legislation, H.R. 4711, a fine bill, but the broadcasters' 
concerns kept it bottled up in the Senate all year.

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  I am pleased to tell you that at the 11th hour, in the nick of time 
the various stakeholders were able to reach an agreement over the 
disputed language, and all of the Senate holds have been lifted.
  This version of the bill was supported by everyone with a stake in 
broadcasting: Small noncommercial stations, big noncommercial stations 
like NPR, big commercial stations like the National Association of 
Broadcasters. This bill deserves my colleagues' support, unanimous 
support, as well.
  The time has finally come for Congress to rewrite this law. The time 
has come to make the airwaves available to the people they serve. As I 
said a year ago, the time has come to bring low power to the people.
  Mr. Chairman, thank you again for support of this legislation.

           List of Organizations That Sent Letters of Support

       Director--California Indian Heritage Council (No PDF), 
     Association of California Water Agencies, Wateruse 
     Association, American Water Works Association, Association of 
     Metropolitan Water Agencies, La Clinica de La Raza, A 
     Community Voice Louisiana, Nancy Skinner, Assemblywoman for 
     the 14th District, National Resource Defense Council, 
     California Safe Schools (no PDF).
       Planning and Conservation League, Council of the District 
     of Columbia, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 
     California Public Health Association, Environmental Defense 
     Fund, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Environmental 
     Justice Coalition for Water, California Rural Legal 
     Assistance Foundation, Community Water Center, Southern 
     California Watershed Alliance.
       Clean Water Action, Urban Semillas, Friends of the River, 
     Institute for Socio-Economic Justice, Planning and 
     Conservation League, North Richmond Shoreline Open Space 
     Alliance, California League of Conservation Voters, 
     California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, 
     San Jerardo Co-Op Inc, Karuk Tribe.
       Sierra Club, Consumer Union, Contra Costa Water District, 
     Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Environmental Defense Fund, 
     Ellen Corbett, 10th Senate District, Planning and 
     Conservation League (second one), PMI, Vermont PRIG, and 
     Action Now.

  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I think the gentleman did an excellent job. I obviously support this 
bill. We support it on this side. I think the gentleman said 
everything, but we are going to also hear from the principal cosponsor, 
Lee Terry from Nebraska, who has worked with you. I am told you folks 
have worked together for almost 8 years. So this is a very significant 
accomplishment.
  I would defend the National Association of Broadcasters because 
during this process they did have some very technical concerns. I 
understand now they are supporting it. The new concessions that they 
brought out I think were helpful, although I am sorry it took so long 
to bring it together.
  It permits any citizen to complain to the FCC that a low power radio 
station is causing interference to any full power radio station and 
requires the FCC to shut down the station within 1 business day.
  It requires a low power FM station to seek a waiver from the FCC to 
use the most modern and efficient engineering methods to find spectrum 
for their station.
  It mandates that a full power station that wants to relocate will be 
able to knock a low power radio station off the air, but permits the 
FCC to use waivers and other means to find spectrum for displaced low 
power FM stations.
  I say that only because there are businesses that have in place 
broadcast spectrum that are operating, have operated for many years, 
and their concern was that the churches, the community centers, the 
schools and universities and their low power stations might interfere. 
I think that that was a legitimate concern. I am glad that the National 
Association of Broadcasters has now conceded these and worked them out.
  Obviously, I think any of us in this body would agree that it is a 
very important part of democracy to have some of these, shall we say, 
eclectic type of stations that offer, as you say, church music and 
church services and hip-hop music. They are tailored in a special way, 
plus they are available for emergency services. So I commend you and 
Mr. Lee Terry, who is going to speak shortly, on this.
  Basically the legislation expands the opportunity for, as we say, all 
of these groups to the 116 million Americans in the top 50 radio 
markets in the country who thus far have been excluded. It accomplishes 
this by returning the authority to the FCC for licensing decisions 
related to low power FM stations.
  Major features of the bill, which is very similar to the bill that 
passed the House last year, are that it fully protects full power 
stations from interference by new low power radio stations. It responds 
to the concerns of the NPR and the NAB and protects reading for the 
blind services. The Senate bill added a requirement that the FCC 
conduct a study on the economic impact of low power FM stations. So 
this is all part of the process.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds.
  I want to thank my friend for his support of the bill. I know he is 
looking forward to being able to listen to his favorite hip hop music 
on his favorite low power FM station in Florida.
  This has been a long journey. We have tried earnestly to address all 
of the concerns that the broadcasters have, and there were many at 
times. But I think we finally reached a point where we all agree, 
broadcasters, commercial and noncommercial, that we now have a process 
in place that protects their interests and their concerns and allows 
local communities now to have this valuable resource.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I am going to yield to the distinguished 
gentleman from Nebraska, who also has been the principal author of this 
bill and worked again tirelessly for 8 years. I would say to my friend 
on the other side, AKOZ, is that the station that I should listen to 
for this?

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  With that, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from 
Nebraska (Mr. Terry).
  Mr. TERRY. The gentleman from Jacksonville, Florida, knows the hip-
hop station. I am impressed.
  But this is grassroots radio. We have had pirate radio. Now we are 
going to have legitimate grassroots radio. This is empowering to those 
that have little or no voice in their communities. This is why the 
gentleman from Pittsburgh and I have worked so diligently over the last 
8-10 years. Actually it goes back almost 12 years, when we helped get 
the MITRE Study, so we could know based on science whether or not there 
would be interference or not. And when that study, a thorough study, 
came back and said there would be no interference, Mike and I began the 
process of making sure that we could allow on the third adjacency 
communities to have a licensed FM station.
  That is what low power is about, communities. It is not going to 
blast from Omaha to Lincoln. It probably won't even go from East Omaha 
to midtown in Omaha or in Pittsburgh. But the reality is it will serve 
the community.
  Just in my district alone, in the Omaha metropolitan area, since 
beginning this process we have had dozens of community groups contact 
us about when they will be able to apply for a low power FM station. 
This includes the Chicano Awareness Center. This includes Catholic 
Charities. This includes Salem Baptist Church, which is located in the 
heart of the most impoverished area of my district, one of the most 
impoverished, unfortunately for the Omaha area, and one of the most 
impoverished areas in the United States and in the African American 
community. One of their issues is that they don't have a particular 
voice for the African American or North Omaha community. So this is why 
it is empowering. They finally have the opportunity now to have a radio 
voice with which to communicate community issues.
  Today Mike says this is low power to the people. It is the essence of 
grassroots radio. This is a day to celebrate for all of our community 
groups, because they will now be empowered once the Senate takes this 
up, since all of the objections have been dealt with in the appropriate 
manner. So this is truly a day for them to celebrate.
  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  I just want to share with my colleagues, we have been waiting. We 
were told this letter was en route, and it has arrived. Just for the 
record, this is the letter from the National Association of 
Broadcasters which was addressed to myself and Mr. Terry informing us 
both that they are now in support of this bill, that they appreciate 
the work that our staffs have done with them, along with the Senate 
cosponsor, and that they support the bill.
  Another piece of good news. CBO has scored this bill. It has no 
budgetary impact. The CBO score is zero. Another piece of good news for 
my colleagues who are concerned about cost.
  Last, I think it is only fair that we recognize that a lot of people 
have worked very, very hard on this bill. I would be remiss personally 
if I didn't thank Kenneth DeGraff, who staffs me on the Telecom 
Subcommittee, who has put his heart and soul into this legislation and 
is more responsible than anybody in my office for seeing this day come 
today.
  Also from the Prometheus Radio Project, Pete Tridish; Cheryl Leanza 
from the United Church of Christ; Michael Daum with Senator Cantwell's 
office; Lee Dunn with Senator McCain's office. There have been many, 
many people who have worked hard. I know that Lee Terry, his staff too 
has worked very hard on this issue, and that all of our staffs deserve 
credit. They are the unsung heroes behind the scenes that do all the 
work. Brad Schweer with Lee Terry's office has been just great on this 
too.
  So I want to thank my colleagues.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers. I think the 
gentleman has pointed out this is a bipartisan bill. It took awhile. 
The National Association of Broadcasters are now supporting this, it 
doesn't cost any money, so I urge its adoption.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DOYLE. In closing, Mr. Speaker, this bill passed unanimously in 
the House of Representatives when it was H.R. 1147. This bill has broad 
bipartisan support.
  I want to thank all of my colleagues for their work, and I would hope 
that we could have a unanimous vote today on the House floor when the 
bill is brought up.
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6533, the Local 
Community Radio Act of 2010. I want to thank Chairman Boucher for his 
leadership in guiding this bipartisan bill through the Energy and 
Commerce Committee and the House last year. I also want to recognize 
and thank Mr. Doyle and Mr. Terry--the original sponsors of the bill--
for their tireless leadership in pushing this legislation forward, and 
for their commitment to expanding diversity, localism, and competition 
in our media landscape. Mr. Doyle has been an energetic champion of 
local community radio, and I greatly appreciate his leadership, 
flexibility, and perseverance.
  I have long-supported expanding Low Power FM radio services. This 
bill removes a statutory barrier to the creation of potentially 
thousands of new low power stations across the country. The creation of 
these stations will further the overriding national policy goals of 
promoting broadcast localism and diversity. At the same time, this 
legislation fully protects incumbent radio broadcasters from 
unreasonable interference, with a clear dispute resolution process to 
mitigate interference with station transmissions.
  In December 2009, the House has approved the Local Community Radio 
Act by voice vote. Since that time, however, the bill has been held up 
in the Senate due to ongoing concerns from some broadcasters. To 
address these concerns, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Terry, Senator Cantwell, and 
Senator McCain have been working diligently to eliminate outstanding 
objections so we can finally pass this legislation and send it to 
President Obama for signature. It is my hope that the Senate will take 
up H.R. 6533 promptly and do just that.
  Most notably, this revised version of the bill incorporates 
additional interference remediation procedures preferred by the 
broadcasters. I am pleased that H.R. 6533 now has the full support of 
the National Association of Broadcasters. I want to thank NAB for 
working with us cooperatively to move this legislation closer to 
passage. I also want to thank the Prometheus Radio Project, the United 
Church of Christ, and other long-time supporters of Low Power FM 
services for their input and support.
  This is a good bipartisan bill that will promote localism and 
diversity over the airwaves. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6533.
  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holden). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Doyle) that the House 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6533.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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