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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 145 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Fairness Doctrine. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | UNCAN(for himself and Mr. BISHOPof North Carolina) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from |
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| 14 | 14 | | repromulgating the Fairness Doctrine. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reassuring that the 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | United States Has Wide And Scrupulous Rhetorical In-5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | sight to Garnish Honest Thought Act of 2023’’ or the 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘RUSH WAS RIGHT Act of 2023’’. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 145 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. FAIRNESS DOCTRINE PROHIBITED. 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by inserting after section 303 (47 U.S.C. 303) 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | the following new section: 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘SEC. 303A. LIMITATION ON GENERAL POWERS: FAIRNESS 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | DOCTRINE. 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding section 303 or any other provision 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of this Act or any other Act authorizing the Commission 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to prescribe rules, regulations, policies, doctrines, stand-9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ards, or other requirements, the Commission shall not 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | have the authority to prescribe any rule, regulation, policy, 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | doctrine, standard, or other requirement that has the pur-12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | pose or effect of reinstating or repromulgating (in whole 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or in part) the requirement that broadcasters present op-14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | posing viewpoints on controversial issues of public impor-15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tance, commonly referred to as the ‘Fairness Doctrine’, 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | as repealed in General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Broadcast Licensees, 50 Fed. Reg. 35418 (1985).’’. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Æ |
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