Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000

Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from prescribing any rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations, or establishing a low power radio service, as currently proposed.

Terminates previously prescribed rules which would violate such prohibition and voids licenses issued pursuant to such rules.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2068 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2068

  To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from establishing 
  rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2000

   Mr. Gregg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from establishing 
  rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations.

    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 ``Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act 
of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) Rules Prohibited.--Notwithstanding section 303 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303), the Federal Communications 
Commission shall not prescribe rules authorizing the operation of new, 
low power FM radio stations, or establishing a low power radio service, 
as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25.
    (b) Termination of Previously Prescribed Rules.--Any rules 
prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission before the date of 
the enactment of this Act that would be in violation of the prohibition 
in subsection (a) if prescribed after such date shall cease to be 
effective on such date. Any low power radio licenses issued pursuant to 
such rules before such date shall be void.
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