IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 49 
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. 
BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BARROW, Ms. BEAN, Mr. BERRY, Mrs. 
BIGGERT, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BRIGHT, 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COLE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DENT, Mr. LINCOLN 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
DICKS, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HALL of 
Texas, Mr. HARE, Mr. HASTINGS
of Washington, Ms. HERSETH 
SANDLIN, Mr. HILL, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HUNTER, Ms. JENKINS, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES, Mr. KLINE of Min-
nesota, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. 
LEE of New York, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, 
Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCIN-
TYRE, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. 
MYRICK, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. PITTS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. PRICE 
of Georgia, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REYES, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
SHUSTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TURNER, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. 
JORDAN of Ohio) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. 
Whereas the United States enjoys broadcasting and sound re-
cording industries that are the envy of the world, due to 
the symbiotic relationship that has existed among these 
industries for many decades; 
Whereas for more than 80 years, Congress has rejected re-
peated calls by the recording industry to impose a per-
formance fee on local radio stations for simply playing 
music on the radio and upsetting the mutually beneficial 
relationship between local radio and the recording indus-
try; 
Whereas local radio stations provide free publicity and pro-
motion to the recording industry and performers of music 
in the form of radio air play, interviews with performers, 
introduction of new performers, concert promotions, and 
publicity that promotes the sale of music, concert tickets, 
ring tones, music videos and associated merchandise; 
Whereas Congress found that ‘‘the sale of many sound re-
cordings and the careers of many performers benefited 
considerably from airplay and other promotional activities 
provided by both noncommercial and advertiser-sup-
ported, free over-the-air broadcasting’’; 
Whereas local radio broadcasters provide tens of thousands of 
hours of essential local news and weather information 
during times of national emergencies and natural disas-
ters, such as September 11th, and Hurricanes Katrina, 
Rita, and Ike, as well as public affairs programming, 
sports, and hundreds of millions of dollars of time for 
public service announcements and local fund raising ef-
forts for worthy charitable causes, all of which are jeop-
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ardized if local radio stations are forced to divert reve-
nues to pay for a new performance fee; 
Whereas there are many thousands of local radio stations 
that will suffer severe economic hardship if any new per-
formance fee is imposed, as will many other small busi-
nesses that play music including bars, restaurants, retail 
establishments, sports and other entertainment venues, 
shopping centers and transportation facilities; and 
Whereas the hardship that would result from a new perform-
ance fee would hurt American businesses, and ultimately 
the American consumers who rely on local radio for news, 
weather, and entertainment; and such a performance fee 
is not justified when the current system has produced the 
most prolific and innovative broadcasting, music, and 
sound recording industries in the world: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress should not impose any new 
performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to 
the public performance of sound recordings on a local 
radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the- 
air, or on any business for such public performance of 
sound recordings. 
Æ 
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