I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2905 
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating 
the fairness doctrine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2007 
Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BLUNT, 
Mr. HASTERT, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
FLAKE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BARRETT of 
South Carolina, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP of 
Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of 
Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. CANNON, 
Mr. CARTER, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CRENSHAW, 
Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Ten-
nessee, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. DUNCAN, 
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. EVERETT, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FEENEY, 
Mr. FORTUN˜O, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARRETT of New 
Jersey, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. 
GRAVES, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOEKSTRA, 
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JORDAN of 
Ohio, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
KIRK, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. LAMBORN, 
Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 
MACK, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCRERY, 
Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PAUL, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POE, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RADANO-
VICH, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 
SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 
Mr. SOUDER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WALBERG, 
Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
WICKER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WOLF, Mr. YOUNG of Alas-
ka, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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A BILL 
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from 
repromulgating the fairness doctrine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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, stand-
ards, or other requirements, the Commission shall not 
have the authority to prescribe any rule, regulation, policy, 
doctrine, standard, or other requirement that has the pur-
pose or effect of reinstating or repromulgating (in whole 
or in part) the requirement that broadcasters present op-
posing viewpoints on controversial issues of public impor-
tance, commonly referred to as the ‘Fairness Doctrine’, 
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as repealed in General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of 
Broadcast Licensees, 50 Fed. Reg. 35418 (1985).’’. 
Æ 
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