I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3413 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access 
to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2023 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. MENENDEZ, 
Mr. WESTERMAN, and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland 
Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule 
requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehi-
cles, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘AM Radio for Every 
Vehicle Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AM BROADCAST STATIONS RULEMAKING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
(2) AM BROADCAST
BAND.—The term ‘‘AM 
broadcast band’’ means the band of frequencies be-
tween 535 kilohertz and 1705 kilohertz, inclusive. 
(3) AM BROADCAST STATION.—The term ‘‘AM 
broadcast station’’ means a broadcast station li-
censed for the dissemination of radio communica-
tions— 
(A) intended to be received by the public; 
and 
(B) operated on a channel in the AM 
broadcast band. 
(4) AUTHORIZED
ALERT
ORIGINATOR.—The 
term ‘‘authorized alert originator’’ means a Federal, 
State, local, Tribal, or territorial government agency 
or official that is legally authorized to initiate alert 
messages for transmission to the public using the 
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. 
(5) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘‘Comptroller General’’ means the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States. 
(6) DEVICE.—The term ‘‘device’’ means a piece 
of equipment or an apparatus that is designed— 
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(A) to receive signals transmitted by a 
radio broadcast station (as defined in section 3 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
153)); and 
(B) to play back content or programming 
derived from those signals. 
(7) DIGITAL AUDIO AM BROADCAST STATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘digital 
audio AM broadcast station’’ means an AM 
broadcast station that— 
(i) is licensed by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission; and 
(ii) uses an In-band On-channel sys-
tem (as defined in section 73.402 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-
cessor regulation)) for broadcasting pur-
poses. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘digital audio 
AM broadcast station’’ does not include an all- 
digital AM station (as defined in section 73.402 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation)). 
(8) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING 
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Integrated Public Alert and 
Warning System’’ means the public alert and warn-
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ing system of the United States described in section 
526 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 321o). 
(9) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac-
turer’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
30102(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
(10) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-
cle’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
30102(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
(11) RECEIVE.—The term ‘‘receive’’ means to 
receive a broadcast signal via over-the-air trans-
mission. 
(12) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Transportation. 
(13) SIGNAL.—The term ‘‘signal’’ means radio 
frequency energy that a holder of a radio station li-
cense granted or authorized by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission pursuant to sections 301 and 
307 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
301, 307) intentionally emits or causes to be emitted 
at a specified frequency for the purpose of transmit-
ting content or programming to the public. 
(14) 
STANDARD
EQUIPMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘standard equipment’’ means motor vehicle equip-
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