The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet met in open markup session on Thursday, October 8, 2009, to consider H.R. 1147, the "Local Community Radio Act of 2009"; H.R. 1084, the "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act" (CALM Act); H.R. 1258, the "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009"; and H.R. 3633, a bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program to remain available through FY 2012.
Rep. Mike Doyle, D-PA., offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute to make technical corrections to the H.R. 1147 "Local Community Radio Act of 2009". This amendment passed by voice vote. For a copy of this amendment, click here.
There were no Republican amendments to H.R. 1147.
H.R. 1147 was favorably reported out of the Subcommittee by voice vote.
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-CA., offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute to make technical corrections to H.R. 1084, the "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act" (CALM Act). This amendment passed by voice vote. For a copy of this amendment, click here.
There were no Republican amendments to H.R. 1084.
H.R. 1084 was favorably reported out of the Subcommittee by voice vote.
Reps. Rick Boucher, D-VA., Joe Barton, R-TX., and Cliff Stearns, R-FL., offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute to make technical corrections to H.R. 1258, the "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009"; . This amendment passed by voice vote. For a copy of this amendment, click here.
H.R. 1258 was favorably reported out of the Subcommittee by voice vote.
H.R. 3633, a bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program to remain available through FY 2012, was not amended and reported favorably out of the Subcommittee by voice vote. For a copy of this bill, click here.