To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany.
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation that is limited to incorporating by reference, and making mandatory, the Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television approved by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, so far as the recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.
Allows the FCC to waive the regulation if obtaining the equipment to comply would result in financial hardship.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-374.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-374.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.
Mr. Boucher moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14907-14910)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1084.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H14907-14908)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H14907-14908)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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