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as repealed in General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of 17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