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| 2 | - | Calendar No. 39 | |
| 3 | 2 | 119THCONGRESS | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5 | 4 | STSESSION S. 315 | |
| 6 | - | [Report No. 119–11] | |
| 7 | 5 | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access | |
| 8 | 6 | to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes. | |
| 9 | 7 | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | |
| 10 | 8 | JANUARY29, 2025 | |
| 11 | 9 | Mr. M | |
| 12 | 10 | ARKEY(for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BAR- | |
| 13 | 11 | RASSO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BUDD, | |
| 14 | 12 | Ms. C | |
| 15 | 13 | ANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. COONS, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, | |
| 16 | 14 | Mr. D | |
| 17 | 15 | AINES, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HASSAN, | |
| 18 | 16 | Mr. H | |
| 19 | 17 | AWLEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. JUSTICE, Mr. KING, Ms. | |
| 20 | 18 | K | |
| 21 | 19 | LOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MARSHALL, | |
| 22 | 20 | Mr. M | |
| 23 | 21 | ERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. REED, Mr. RICKETTS, | |
| 24 | 22 | Mr. R | |
| 25 | 23 | OUNDS, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. | |
| 26 | 24 | S | |
| 27 | - | HEEHY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. | |
| 25 | + | HEEHY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. | |
| 28 | 26 | W | |
| 29 | - | ICKER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MORENO, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MULLIN, | |
| 30 | - | Ms. C | |
| 31 | - | ORTEZMASTO, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Ms. | |
| 32 | - | W | |
| 33 | - | ARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. KENNEDY, | |
| 34 | - | Mr. T | |
| 35 | - | UBERVILLE, Mrs. MOODY, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the | |
| 36 | - | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on | |
| 37 | - | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | |
| 38 | - | A | |
| 39 | - | PRIL3, 2025 | |
| 40 | - | Reported by Mr. C | |
| 41 | - | RUZ, with an amendment | |
| 42 | - | [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] | |
| 27 | + | ICKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred | |
| 28 | + | to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | |
| 43 | 29 | A BILL | |
| 44 | 30 | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule | |
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| 48 | 31 | requiring access to AM broadcast stations in passenger | |
| 49 | 32 | motor vehicles, and for other purposes. | |
| 50 | 33 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 | |
| 51 | 34 | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 | |
| 52 | 35 | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 | |
| 53 | 36 | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AM Radio for Every 4 | |
| 54 | 37 | Vehicle Act of 2025’’. 5 | |
| 55 | - | SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 6 | |
| 56 | - | InthisAct: 7 | |
| 57 | - | (1)ADMINISTRATOR.—Theterm‘‘Adminis-8 | |
| 58 | - | trator’’meanstheAdministratoroftheFederal 9 | |
| 59 | - | EmergencyManagementAgency. 10 | |
| 60 | - | (2)AMBROADCAST BAND.—Theterm‘‘AM 11 | |
| 61 | - | broadcastband’’meansthebandoffrequenciesbe-12 | |
| 62 | - | tween535kilohertzand1705kilohertz,inclusive. 13 | |
| 63 | - | (3)AMBROADCAST STATION.—Theterm‘‘AM 14 | |
| 64 | - | broadcaststation’’meansaradiobroadcaststa-15 | |
| 65 | - | tion— 16 | |
| 66 | - | (A)licensedbytheFederalCommunica-17 | |
| 67 | - | tionsCommissionforthedisseminationofradio 18 | |
| 68 | - | communicationsintendedtobereceivedbythe 19 | |
| 69 | - | public;and 20 | |
| 70 | - | (B)operatedonachannelintheAM 21 | |
| 71 | - | broadcastband. 22 | |
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| 75 | - | (4)APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OFCON-1 | |
| 76 | - | GRESS.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecommitteesofCon-2 | |
| 77 | - | gress’’means— 3 | |
| 78 | - | (A)theCommitteeonCommerce,Science, 4 | |
| 79 | - | andTransportationoftheSenate; 5 | |
| 80 | - | (B)theCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 6 | |
| 81 | - | andGovernmentalAffairsoftheSenate; 7 | |
| 82 | - | (C)theCommitteeonTransportationand 8 | |
| 83 | - | InfrastructureoftheHouseofRepresentatives; 9 | |
| 84 | - | (D)theCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 10 | |
| 85 | - | oftheHouseofRepresentatives;and 11 | |
| 86 | - | (E)theCommitteeonEnergyandCom-12 | |
| 87 | - | merceoftheHouseofRepresentatives. 13 | |
| 88 | - | (5)COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Theterm 14 | |
| 89 | - | ‘‘ComptrollerGeneral’’meanstheComptrollerGen-15 | |
| 90 | - | eraloftheUnitedStates. 16 | |
| 91 | - | (6)DEVICE.—Theterm‘‘device’’meansapiece 17 | |
| 92 | - | ofequipmentoranapparatusthatisdesigned— 18 | |
| 93 | - | (A)toreceivesignalstransmittedbya 19 | |
| 94 | - | radiobroadcaststation;and 20 | |
| 95 | - | (B)toplaybackcontentorprogramming 21 | |
| 96 | - | derivedfromthosesignals. 22 | |
| 97 | - | (7)DIGITALAUDIOAMBROADCAST STATION.— 23 | |
| 98 | - | (A)INGENERAL.—Theterm‘‘digital 24 | |
| 99 | - | audioAMbroadcaststation’’meansanAM 25 | |
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| 103 | - | broadcaststationthatusesanInBandOn 1 | |
| 104 | - | ChannelDABSystem(asdefinedinsection 2 | |
| 105 | - | 73.402oftitle47,CodeofFederalRegulations 3 | |
| 106 | - | (orasuccessorregulation))forbroadcasting 4 | |
| 107 | - | purposes. 5 | |
| 108 | - | (B)EXCLUSION.—Theterm‘‘digitalaudio 6 | |
| 109 | - | AMbroadcaststation’’doesnotincludeanAll- 7 | |
| 110 | - | digitalAMstation(asdefinedinsection73.402 8 | |
| 111 | - | oftitle47,CodeofFederalRegulations(ora 9 | |
| 112 | - | successorregulation)). 10 | |
| 113 | - | (8)IPAWS.—Theterm‘‘IPAWS’’meansthe 11 | |
| 114 | - | publicalertandwarningsystemoftheUnited 12 | |
| 115 | - | Statesdescribedinsection526oftheHomelandSe-13 | |
| 116 | - | curityActof2002(6U.S.C.321o). 14 | |
| 117 | - | (9)MANUFACTURER.—Theterm‘‘manufac-15 | |
| 118 | - | turer’’hasthemeaninggiventheterminsection 16 | |
| 119 | - | 30102(a)oftitle49,UnitedStatesCode. 17 | |
| 120 | - | (10)PASSENGERMOTORVEHICLE.—Theterm 18 | |
| 121 | - | ‘‘passengermotorvehicle’’hasthemeaninggiven 19 | |
| 122 | - | theterminsection32101oftitle49,UnitedStates 20 | |
| 123 | - | Code. 21 | |
| 124 | - | (11)RADIOBROADCAST STATION.—Theterm 22 | |
| 125 | - | ‘‘radiobroadcaststation’’hasthemeaninggiventhe 23 | |
| 126 | - | terminsection3oftheCommunicationsActof 24 | |
| 127 | - | 1934(47U.S.C.153). 25 | |
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| 131 | - | (12)RADIOSTATION LICENSE.—Theterm 1 | |
| 132 | - | ‘‘radiostationlicense’’hasthemeaninggiventhe 2 | |
| 133 | - | terminsection3oftheCommunicationsActof 3 | |
| 134 | - | 1934(47U.S.C.153). 4 | |
| 135 | - | (13)RECEIVE.—Theterm‘‘receive’’meansto 5 | |
| 136 | - | receiveabroadcastsignalviaover-the-airtrans-6 | |
| 137 | - | mission. 7 | |
| 138 | - | (14)SECRETARY.—Theterm‘‘Secretary’’ 8 | |
| 139 | - | meanstheSecretaryofTransportation. 9 | |
| 140 | - | (15)SIGNAL.—Theterm‘‘signal’’meansradio 10 | |
| 141 | - | frequencyenergythataholderofaradiostationli-11 | |
| 142 | - | censeintentionallyemitsorcausestobeemittedat 12 | |
| 143 | - | aspecifiedfrequencyforthepurposeoftransmitting 13 | |
| 144 | - | contentorprogrammingtothepublic. 14 | |
| 145 | - | (16)STANDARD EQUIPMENT.—Theterm 15 | |
| 146 | - | ‘‘standardequipment’’meansmotorvehicleequip-16 | |
| 147 | - | ment(asdefinedinsection30102(a)oftitle49, 17 | |
| 148 | - | UnitedStatesCode)that— 18 | |
| 149 | - | (A)isinstalledasasystem,part,orcom-19 | |
| 150 | - | ponentofapassengermotorvehicleasorigi-20 | |
| 151 | - | nallymanufactured;and 21 | |
| 152 | - | (B)themanufacturerofthepassenger 22 | |
| 153 | - | motorvehiclerecommendsorauthorizestobe 23 | |
| 154 | - | includedinthepassengermotorvehicleforno 24 | |
| 155 | - | additionalorseparatemonetaryfee,payment, 25 | |
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| 159 | - | orsurcharge,beyondthebasepriceofthepas-1 | |
| 160 | - | sengermotorvehicle. 2 | |
| 161 | - | (17)STATE.—Theterm‘‘State’’meanseach 3 | |
| 162 | - | StateoftheUnitedStates,theDistrictofColumbia, 4 | |
| 163 | - | eachcommonwealth,territory,orpossessionofthe 5 | |
| 164 | - | UnitedStates,andeachfederallyrecognizedIndian 6 | |
| 165 | - | Tribe. 7 | |
| 166 | - | SEC.3.AMBROADCAST STATIONSRULE. 8 | |
| 167 | - | (a)RULEREQUIRED.—Notlaterthan1yearafter 9 | |
| 168 | - | thedateofenactmentofthisAct,theSecretary,incon-10 | |
| 169 | - | sultationwiththeAdministratorandtheFederalCommu-11 | |
| 170 | - | nicationsCommission,shallissuearule— 12 | |
| 171 | - | (1)requiringdevicesthatcanreceivesignals 13 | |
| 172 | - | andplaycontenttransmittedbyAMbroadcaststa-14 | |
| 173 | - | tionsbeinstalledasstandardequipmentinpas-15 | |
| 174 | - | sengermotorvehicles— 16 | |
| 175 | - | (A)manufacturedintheUnitedStatesfor 17 | |
| 176 | - | saleintheUnitedStates,importedintothe 18 | |
| 177 | - | UnitedStates,orshippedininterstatecom-19 | |
| 178 | - | merce;and 20 | |
| 179 | - | (B)manufacturedaftertheeffectivedate 21 | |
| 180 | - | oftherule; 22 | |
| 181 | - | (2)requiringaccesstoAMbroadcaststations 23 | |
| 182 | - | throughthedevicesrequiredunderparagraph(1)in 24 | |
| 183 | - | amannerthatiseasilyaccessibletodrivers;and 25 | |
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| 187 | - | (3)allowingamanufacturertocomplywith 1 | |
| 188 | - | thatrulebyinstallingdevicesasdescribedinpara-2 | |
| 189 | - | graph(1)thatcanreceivesignalsandplaycontent 3 | |
| 190 | - | transmittedbydigitalaudioAMbroadcaststations. 4 | |
| 191 | - | (b)COMPLIANCE.— 5 | |
| 192 | - | (1)INGENERAL.—Exceptasprovidedinpara-6 | |
| 193 | - | graph(2),inissuingtherulerequiredundersub-7 | |
| 194 | - | section(a),theSecretaryshallestablishaneffective 8 | |
| 195 | - | datefortherulethatisnotlessthan2years,but 9 | |
| 196 | - | notmorethan3years,afterthedateonwhichthe 10 | |
| 197 | - | ruleisissued. 11 | |
| 198 | - | (2)CERTAINMANUFACTURERS .—Inissuingthe 12 | |
| 199 | - | rulerequiredundersubsection(a),theSecretary 13 | |
| 200 | - | shallestablishaneffectivedatefortherulethatis 14 | |
| 201 | - | atleast4yearsafterthedateonwhichtheruleis 15 | |
| 202 | - | issuedwithrespecttomanufacturersthatmanufac-16 | |
| 203 | - | turednotmorethan40,000passengermotorvehi-17 | |
| 204 | - | clesforsaleintheUnitedStatesin2022. 18 | |
| 205 | - | (c)INTERIMREQUIREMENT.—Forpassengermotor 19 | |
| 206 | - | vehiclesmanufacturedafterthedateofenactmentofthis 20 | |
| 207 | - | ActandmanufacturedintheUnitedStatesforsalein 21 | |
| 208 | - | theUnitedStates,importedintotheUnitedStates,or 22 | |
| 209 | - | shippedininterstatecommerceduringtheperiodbegin-23 | |
| 210 | - | ningonthedayafterthedateofenactmentofthisAct 24 | |
| 211 | - | andendingonthedaybeforetheeffectivedateoftherule 25 | |
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| 215 | - | issuedundersubsection(a)thatdonotincludedevices 1 | |
| 216 | - | thatcanreceivesignalsandplaycontenttransmittedby 2 | |
| 217 | - | AMbroadcaststations,themanufacturerofthepassenger 3 | |
| 218 | - | motorvehicles— 4 | |
| 219 | - | (1)shallprovideclearandconspicuouslabeling 5 | |
| 220 | - | toinformpurchasersofthosepassengermotorvehi-6 | |
| 221 | - | clesthatthepassengermotorvehiclesdonotinclude 7 | |
| 222 | - | devicesthatcanreceivesignalsandplaycontent 8 | |
| 223 | - | transmittedbyAMbroadcaststations;and 9 | |
| 224 | - | (2)maynotchargeanadditionalorseparate 10 | |
| 225 | - | monetaryfee,payment,orsurcharge,beyondthe 11 | |
| 226 | - | basepriceofthepassengermotorvehicles,foraccess 12 | |
| 227 | - | toAMbroadcaststationsfortheperioddescribedin 13 | |
| 228 | - | thissubsection. 14 | |
| 229 | - | (d)RELATIONSHIPTOOTHERLAWS.—Afterthedate 15 | |
| 230 | - | ofenactmentofthisAct,aStateorapoliticalsubdivision 16 | |
| 231 | - | ofaStatemaynotprescribeorcontinueineffectalaw, 17 | |
| 232 | - | regulation,orotherrequirementapplicabletoaccessto 18 | |
| 233 | - | AMbroadcaststationsinpassengermotorvehicles. 19 | |
| 234 | - | (e)ENFORCEMENT.— 20 | |
| 235 | - | (1)CIVILPENALTY.—Anypersonwhoviolates 21 | |
| 236 | - | theruleissuedundersubsection(a)shallbeliable 22 | |
| 237 | - | totheUnitedStatesGovernmentforacivilpenalty 23 | |
| 238 | - | undersection30165(a)(1)oftitle49,UnitedStates 24 | |
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| 242 | - | Code,asifthatrulewerearegulationdescribedin 1 | |
| 243 | - | thatsection. 2 | |
| 244 | - | (2)CIVILACTION.—TheAttorneyGeneralmay 3 | |
| 245 | - | bringacivilactionundersection30163oftitle49, 4 | |
| 246 | - | UnitedStatesCode,inanappropriatedistrictcourt 5 | |
| 247 | - | oftheUnitedStatestoenjoinaviolationoftherule 6 | |
| 248 | - | issuedundersubsection(a)ofthissection,asifthat 7 | |
| 249 | - | rulewerearegulationdescribedinsubsection(a)(1) 8 | |
| 250 | - | ofthatsection30163. 9 | |
| 251 | - | (f)GAOSTUDY.— 10 | |
| 252 | - | (1)INGENERAL.—TheComptrollerGeneral 11 | |
| 253 | - | shallconductacomprehensivestudyondissemi-12 | |
| 254 | - | natingemergencyalertsandwarningstothepublic. 13 | |
| 255 | - | (2)REQUIREMENTS.—Thestudyrequired 14 | |
| 256 | - | underparagraph(1)shallinclude— 15 | |
| 257 | - | (A)anassessmentof— 16 | |
| 258 | - | (i)theroleofpassengermotorvehi-17 | |
| 259 | - | clesinIPAWScommunications,including 18 | |
| 260 | - | byprovidingaccesstoAMbroadcaststa-19 | |
| 261 | - | tions; 20 | |
| 262 | - | (ii)theadvantages,effectiveness,limi-21 | |
| 263 | - | tations,resilience,andaccessibilityofex-22 | |
| 264 | - | istingIPAWScommunicationtechnologies, 23 | |
| 265 | - | includingAMbroadcaststationsinpas-24 | |
| 266 | - | sengermotorvehicles; 25 | |
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| 270 | - | (iii)theadvantages,effectiveness,lim-1 | |
| 271 | - | itations,resilience,andaccessibilityofAM 2 | |
| 272 | - | broadcaststationsrelativetootherIPAWS 3 | |
| 273 | - | communicationtechnologiesinpassenger 4 | |
| 274 | - | motorvehicles;and 5 | |
| 275 | - | (iv)whetherotherIPAWScommu-6 | |
| 276 | - | nicationtechnologiesarecapableofensur-7 | |
| 277 | - | ingthePresident(oradesignee)canreach 8 | |
| 278 | - | atleast90percentofthepopulationofthe 9 | |
| 279 | - | UnitedStatesatatimeofcrisis,including 10 | |
| 280 | - | atnight;and 11 | |
| 281 | - | (B)adescriptionofanyongoingeffortsto 12 | |
| 282 | - | integratenewandemergingtechnologiesand 13 | |
| 283 | - | communicationplatformsintotheIPAWS 14 | |
| 284 | - | framework. 15 | |
| 285 | - | (3)CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Inconducting 16 | |
| 286 | - | thestudyrequiredunderparagraph(1),theComp-17 | |
| 287 | - | trollerGeneralshallconsultwith— 18 | |
| 288 | - | (A)theSecretaryofHomelandSecurity; 19 | |
| 289 | - | (B)theFederalCommunicationsCommis-20 | |
| 290 | - | sion; 21 | |
| 291 | - | (C)theNationalTelecommunicationsand 22 | |
| 292 | - | InformationAdministration; 23 | |
| 293 | - | (D)theSecretary; 24 | |
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| 297 | - | (E)Federal,State,Tribal,territorial,and 1 | |
| 298 | - | localemergencymanagementofficials; 2 | |
| 299 | - | (F)firstresponders; 3 | |
| 300 | - | (G)technologyexpertsinresilienceandac-4 | |
| 301 | - | cessibility; 5 | |
| 302 | - | (H)radiobroadcasters; 6 | |
| 303 | - | (I)manufacturersofpassengermotorvehi-7 | |
| 304 | - | cles;and 8 | |
| 305 | - | (J)otherrelevantstakeholders,asdeter-9 | |
| 306 | - | minedbytheComptrollerGeneral. 10 | |
| 307 | - | (4)BRIEFINGANDREPORT.— 11 | |
| 308 | - | (A)BRIEFING.—Notlaterthan1year 12 | |
| 309 | - | afterthedateofenactmentofthisAct,the 13 | |
| 310 | - | ComptrollerGeneralshallbrieftheappropriate 14 | |
| 311 | - | committeesofCongressontheresultsofthe 15 | |
| 312 | - | studyrequiredbyparagraph(1),includingrec-16 | |
| 313 | - | ommendationsforlegislationandadministrative 17 | |
| 314 | - | actionastheComptrollerGeneraldetermines 18 | |
| 315 | - | appropriate. 19 | |
| 316 | - | (B)REPORT.—Notlaterthan180days 20 | |
| 317 | - | afterthedateonwhichtheComptrollerGeneral 21 | |
| 318 | - | providesthebriefingrequiredundersubpara-22 | |
| 319 | - | graph(A),theComptrollerGeneralshallsub-23 | |
| 320 | - | mittotheappropriatecommitteesofCongress 24 | |
| 321 | - | areportdescribingtheresultsofthestudyre-25 | |
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| 325 | - | quiredunderparagraph(1),includingrec-1 | |
| 326 | - | ommendationsforlegislationandadministrative 2 | |
| 327 | - | actionastheComptrollerGeneraldetermines 3 | |
| 328 | - | appropriate. 4 | |
| 329 | - | (g)REVIEW.—Notlessfrequentlythanonceevery5 5 | |
| 330 | - | yearsafterthedateonwhichtheSecretaryissuestherule 6 | |
| 331 | - | requiredbysubsection(a),theSecretary,incoordination 7 | |
| 332 | - | withtheAdministratorandtheFederalCommunications 8 | |
| 333 | - | Commission,shallsubmittotheappropriatecommittees 9 | |
| 334 | - | ofCongressareportthatshallincludeanassessmentof— 10 | |
| 335 | - | (1)theimpactsoftheruleissuedunderthat 11 | |
| 336 | - | subsection,includingtheimpactsonpublicsafety; 12 | |
| 337 | - | and 13 | |
| 338 | - | (2)possiblechangestoIPAWScommunication 14 | |
| 339 | - | technologiesthatwouldenableresilientandacces-15 | |
| 340 | - | siblealertstodriversandpassengersofpassenger 16 | |
| 341 | - | motorvehicles. 17 | |
| 342 | - | (h)SUNSET.—TheauthorityoftheSecretarytoissue 18 | |
| 343 | - | therulerequiredbysubsection(a)shallexpireonthedate 19 | |
| 344 | - | thatis10yearsafterthedateofenactmentofthisAct. 20 | |
| 345 | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 21 | |
| 346 | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AM Radio for Every 22 | |
| 347 | - | Vehicle Act of 2025’’. 23 | |
| 348 | - | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 24 | |
| 349 | - | In this Act: 25 | |
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| 353 | - | (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1 | |
| 354 | - | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 2 | |
| 355 | - | Emergency Management Agency. 3 | |
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| 41 | + | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 | |
| 42 | + | In this Act: 2 | |
| 43 | + | (1) A | |
| 44 | + | DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-3 | |
| 45 | + | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 4 | |
| 46 | + | Emergency Management Agency. 5 | |
| 356 | 47 | (2) AM | |
| 357 | - | BROADCAST BAND .—The term ‘‘AM | |
| 358 | - | broadcast band’’ means the band of frequencies be- | |
| 359 | - | tween 535 kilohertz and 1705 kilohertz, inclusive. | |
| 48 | + | BROADCAST BAND .—The term ‘‘AM 6 | |
| 49 | + | broadcast band’’ means the band of frequencies be-7 | |
| 50 | + | tween 535 kilohertz and 1705 kilohertz, inclusive. 8 | |
| 360 | 51 | (3) AM | |
| 361 | - | BROADCAST STATION.—The term ‘‘AM 7 | |
| 362 | - | broadcast station’’ means a radio broadcast station— 8 | |
| 363 | - | (A) licensed by the Federal Communications 9 | |
| 364 | - | Commission for the dissemination of radio com-10 | |
| 365 | - | munications intended to be received by the pub-11 | |
| 366 | - | lic; and 12 | |
| 367 | - | (B) operated on a channel in the AM broad-13 | |
| 368 | - | cast band. 14 | |
| 52 | + | BROADCAST STATION.—The term ‘‘AM 9 | |
| 53 | + | broadcast station’’ means a radio broadcast sta-10 | |
| 54 | + | tion— 11 | |
| 55 | + | (A) licensed by the Federal Communica-12 | |
| 56 | + | tions Commission for the dissemination of radio 13 | |
| 57 | + | communications intended to be received by the 14 | |
| 58 | + | public; and 15 | |
| 59 | + | (B) operated on a channel in the AM 16 | |
| 60 | + | broadcast band. 17 | |
| 369 | 61 | (4) A | |
| 370 | - | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF | |
| 371 | - | The term ‘‘appropriate committees of | |
| 372 | - | means— | |
| 373 | - | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, | |
| 374 | - | and Transportation of the Senate; | |
| 375 | - | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security | |
| 376 | - | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; | |
| 377 | - | (C) the Committee on Transportation and | |
| 378 | - | Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; | |
| 379 | - | ||
| 380 | - | ||
| 381 | - | ||
| 382 | - | ||
| 383 | - | ||
| 384 | - | (E) the Committee on Energy and Com- | |
| 385 | - | merce of the House of Representatives. | |
| 62 | + | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -18 | |
| 63 | + | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-19 | |
| 64 | + | gress’’ means— 20 | |
| 65 | + | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 21 | |
| 66 | + | and Transportation of the Senate; 22 | |
| 67 | + | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 23 | |
| 68 | + | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 24 | |
| 69 | + | (C) the Committee on Transportation and 25 | |
| 70 | + | Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; 26 | |
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| 74 | + | (D) the Committee on Homeland Security 1 | |
| 75 | + | of the House of Representatives; and 2 | |
| 76 | + | (E) the Committee on Energy and Com-3 | |
| 77 | + | merce of the House of Representatives. 4 | |
| 386 | 78 | (5) C | |
| 387 | - | OMPTROLLER GENERAL .—The term | |
| 388 | - | ||
| 389 | - | United States. | |
| 79 | + | OMPTROLLER GENERAL .—The term 5 | |
| 80 | + | ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means the Comptroller Gen-6 | |
| 81 | + | eral of the United States. 7 | |
| 390 | 82 | (6) D | |
| 391 | - | EVICE.—The term ‘‘device’’ means a piece | |
| 392 | - | of equipment or an apparatus that is designed— | |
| 393 | - | (A) to receive signals transmitted by a | |
| 394 | - | radio broadcast station; and | |
| 395 | - | (B) to play back content or programming | |
| 396 | - | derived from those signals. | |
| 83 | + | EVICE.—The term ‘‘device’’ means a piece 8 | |
| 84 | + | of equipment or an apparatus that is designed— 9 | |
| 85 | + | (A) to receive signals transmitted by a 10 | |
| 86 | + | radio broadcast station; and 11 | |
| 87 | + | (B) to play back content or programming 12 | |
| 88 | + | derived from those signals. 13 | |
| 397 | 89 | (7) D | |
| 398 | - | IGITAL AUDIO AM BROADCAST STATION .— | |
| 90 | + | IGITAL AUDIO AM BROADCAST STATION .— 14 | |
| 399 | 91 | (A) I | |
| 400 | - | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘digital audio 13 | |
| 401 | - | AM broadcast station’’ means an AM broadcast 14 | |
| 402 | - | station that uses an In Band On Channel DAB 15 | |
| 403 | - | System (as defined in section 73.402 of title 47, 16 | |
| 404 | - | Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regu-17 | |
| 405 | - | lation)) for broadcasting purposes. 18 | |
| 92 | + | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘digital 15 | |
| 93 | + | audio AM broadcast station’’ means an AM 16 | |
| 94 | + | broadcast station that uses an In Band On 17 | |
| 95 | + | Channel DAB System (as defined in section 18 | |
| 96 | + | 73.402 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 19 | |
| 97 | + | (or a successor regulation)) for broadcasting 20 | |
| 98 | + | purposes. 21 | |
| 406 | 99 | (B) E | |
| 407 | - | XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘digital audio | |
| 408 | - | AM broadcast station’’ does not include an All- | |
| 409 | - | digital AM station (as defined in section 73.402 | |
| 410 | - | ||
| 411 | - | ||
| 412 | - | ||
| 413 | - | ||
| 414 | - | ||
| 415 | - | ||
| 416 | - | ||
| 417 | - | described in section 526 of the Homeland | |
| 418 | - | Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321o). | |
| 100 | + | XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘digital audio 22 | |
| 101 | + | AM broadcast station’’ does not include an All- 23 | |
| 102 | + | digital AM station (as defined in section 73.402 24 | |
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| 106 | + | of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 1 | |
| 107 | + | successor regulation)). 2 | |
| 108 | + | (8) IPAWS.—The term ‘‘IPAWS’’ means the 3 | |
| 109 | + | public alert and warning system of the United 4 | |
| 110 | + | States described in section 526 of the Homeland Se-5 | |
| 111 | + | curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321o). 6 | |
| 419 | 112 | (9) M | |
| 420 | - | ANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘ | |
| 421 | - | has the meaning given the term in section | |
| 422 | - | of title 49, United States Code. | |
| 113 | + | ANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac-7 | |
| 114 | + | turer’’ has the meaning given the term in section 8 | |
| 115 | + | 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code. 9 | |
| 423 | 116 | (10) P | |
| 424 | - | ASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE .—The term 6 | |
| 425 | - | ‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given the 7 | |
| 426 | - | term in section 32101 of title 49, United States Code. 8 | |
| 117 | + | ASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE .—The term 10 | |
| 118 | + | ‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 11 | |
| 119 | + | the term in section 32101 of title 49, United States 12 | |
| 120 | + | Code. 13 | |
| 427 | 121 | (11) R | |
| 428 | - | ADIO BROADCAST STATION .—The term | |
| 429 | - | ‘‘radio broadcast station’’ has the meaning given the | |
| 430 | - | term in section 3 of the Communications Act of | |
| 431 | - | (47 U.S.C. 153). | |
| 122 | + | ADIO BROADCAST STATION .—The term 14 | |
| 123 | + | ‘‘radio broadcast station’’ has the meaning given the 15 | |
| 124 | + | term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 16 | |
| 125 | + | 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 17 | |
| 432 | 126 | (12) R | |
| 433 | - | ADIO STATION LICENSE.—The term | |
| 434 | - | station license’’ has the meaning given the | |
| 435 | - | section 3 of the Communications Act of | |
| 436 | - | U.S.C. 153). | |
| 127 | + | ADIO STATION LICENSE .—The term 18 | |
| 128 | + | ‘‘radio station license’’ has the meaning given the 19 | |
| 129 | + | term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 20 | |
| 130 | + | 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 21 | |
| 437 | 131 | (13) R | |
| 438 | - | ECEIVE.—The term ‘‘receive’’ means to re-17 | |
| 439 | - | ceive a broadcast signal via over-the-air transmission. 18 | |
| 440 | - | (14) S | |
| 441 | - | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 19 | |
| 442 | - | the Secretary of Transportation. 20 | |
| 132 | + | ECEIVE.—The term ‘‘receive’’ means to 22 | |
| 133 | + | receive a broadcast signal via over-the-air trans-23 | |
| 134 | + | mission. 24 | |
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| 138 | + | (14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 1 | |
| 139 | + | means the Secretary of Transportation. 2 | |
| 443 | 140 | (15) S | |
| 444 | - | IGNAL.—The term ‘‘signal’’ means radio 21 | |
| 445 | - | frequency energy that a holder of a radio station li-22 | |
| 446 | - | cense intentionally emits or causes to be emitted at a 23 | |
| 447 | - | specified frequency for the purpose of transmitting 24 | |
| 448 | - | content or programming to the public. 25 | |
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| 452 | - | (16) STANDARD EQUIPMENT .—The term ‘‘stand-1 | |
| 453 | - | ard equipment’’ means motor vehicle equipment (as 2 | |
| 454 | - | defined in section 30102(a) of title 49, United States 3 | |
| 455 | - | Code) that— 4 | |
| 456 | - | (A) is installed as a system, part, or compo-5 | |
| 457 | - | nent of a passenger motor vehicle as originally 6 | |
| 458 | - | manufactured; and 7 | |
| 459 | - | (B) the manufacturer of the passenger 8 | |
| 460 | - | motor vehicle recommends or authorizes to be in-9 | |
| 461 | - | cluded in the passenger motor vehicle for no ad-10 | |
| 462 | - | ditional or separate monetary fee, payment, or 11 | |
| 463 | - | surcharge, beyond the base price of the passenger 12 | |
| 464 | - | motor vehicle. 13 | |
| 141 | + | IGNAL.—The term ‘‘signal’’ means radio 3 | |
| 142 | + | frequency energy that a holder of a radio station li-4 | |
| 143 | + | cense intentionally emits or causes to be emitted at 5 | |
| 144 | + | a specified frequency for the purpose of transmitting 6 | |
| 145 | + | content or programming to the public. 7 | |
| 146 | + | (16) S | |
| 147 | + | TANDARD EQUIPMENT .—The term 8 | |
| 148 | + | ‘‘standard equipment’’ means motor vehicle equip-9 | |
| 149 | + | ment (as defined in section 30102(a) of title 49, 10 | |
| 150 | + | United States Code) that— 11 | |
| 151 | + | (A) is installed as a system, part, or com-12 | |
| 152 | + | ponent of a passenger motor vehicle as origi-13 | |
| 153 | + | nally manufactured; and 14 | |
| 154 | + | (B) the manufacturer of the passenger 15 | |
| 155 | + | motor vehicle recommends or authorizes to be 16 | |
| 156 | + | included in the passenger motor vehicle for no 17 | |
| 157 | + | additional or separate monetary fee, payment, 18 | |
| 158 | + | or surcharge, beyond the base price of the pas-19 | |
| 159 | + | senger motor vehicle. 20 | |
| 465 | 160 | (17) S | |
| 466 | - | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 14 | |
| 467 | - | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 15 | |
| 468 | - | each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 16 | |
| 469 | - | United States, and each federally recognized Indian 17 | |
| 470 | - | Tribe. 18 | |
| 471 | - | SEC. 3. AM BROADCAST STATIONS RULE. 19 | |
| 161 | + | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 21 | |
| 162 | + | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 22 | |
| 163 | + | each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 23 | |
| 164 | + | United States, and each federally recognized Indian 24 | |
| 165 | + | Tribe. 25 | |
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| 169 | + | SEC. 3. AM BROADCAST STATIONS RULE. 1 | |
| 472 | 170 | (a) R | |
| 473 | - | ULEREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after the 20 | |
| 474 | - | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 21 | |
| 475 | - | with the Administrator and the Federal Communications 22 | |
| 476 | - | Commission, shall issue a rule— 23 | |
| 477 | - | (1) requiring devices that can receive signals and 24 | |
| 478 | - | play content transmitted by AM broadcast stations be 25 | |
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| 482 | - | installed as standard equipment in passenger motor 1 | |
| 483 | - | vehicles— 2 | |
| 484 | - | (A) manufactured in the United States for 3 | |
| 485 | - | sale in the United States, imported into the 4 | |
| 486 | - | United States, or shipped in interstate com-5 | |
| 487 | - | merce; and 6 | |
| 488 | - | (B) manufactured after the effective date of 7 | |
| 489 | - | the rule; 8 | |
| 490 | - | (2) requiring access to AM broadcast stations 9 | |
| 491 | - | through the devices required under paragraph (1) in 10 | |
| 492 | - | a manner that is easily accessible to drivers; and 11 | |
| 493 | - | (3) allowing a manufacturer to comply with that 12 | |
| 494 | - | rule by installing devices as described in paragraph 13 | |
| 495 | - | (1) that can receive signals and play content trans-14 | |
| 496 | - | mitted by digital audio AM broadcast stations. 15 | |
| 171 | + | ULEREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 2 | |
| 172 | + | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con-3 | |
| 173 | + | sultation with the Administrator and the Federal Commu-4 | |
| 174 | + | nications Commission, shall issue a rule— 5 | |
| 175 | + | (1) requiring devices that can receive signals 6 | |
| 176 | + | and play content transmitted by AM broadcast sta-7 | |
| 177 | + | tions be installed as standard equipment in pas-8 | |
| 178 | + | senger motor vehicles— 9 | |
| 179 | + | (A) manufactured in the United States for 10 | |
| 180 | + | sale in the United States, imported into the 11 | |
| 181 | + | United States, or shipped in interstate com-12 | |
| 182 | + | merce; and 13 | |
| 183 | + | (B) manufactured after the effective date 14 | |
| 184 | + | of the rule; 15 | |
| 185 | + | (2) requiring access to AM broadcast stations 16 | |
| 186 | + | through the devices required under paragraph (1) in 17 | |
| 187 | + | a manner that is easily accessible to drivers; and 18 | |
| 188 | + | (3) allowing a manufacturer to comply with 19 | |
| 189 | + | that rule by installing devices as described in para-20 | |
| 190 | + | graph (1) that can receive signals and play content 21 | |
| 191 | + | transmitted by digital audio AM broadcast stations. 22 | |
| 497 | 192 | (b) C | |
| 498 | - | OMPLIANCE.— | |
| 193 | + | OMPLIANCE.— 23 | |
| 499 | 194 | (1) I | |
| 500 | - | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-17 | |
| 501 | - | graph (2), in issuing the rule required under sub-18 | |
| 502 | - | section (a), the Secretary shall establish an effective 19 | |
| 503 | - | date for the rule that is not less than 2 years, but not 20 | |
| 504 | - | more than 3 years, after the date on which the rule 21 | |
| 505 | - | is issued. 22 | |
| 195 | + | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24 | |
| 196 | + | graph (2), in issuing the rule required under sub-25 | |
| 197 | + | section (a), the Secretary shall establish an effective 26 | |
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| 201 | + | date for the rule that is not less than 2 years, but 1 | |
| 202 | + | not more than 3 years, after the date on which the 2 | |
| 203 | + | rule is issued. 3 | |
| 506 | 204 | (2) C | |
| 507 | - | ERTAIN MANUFACTURERS .—In issuing the 23 | |
| 508 | - | rule required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 24 | |
| 509 | - | establish an effective date for the rule that is at least 25 | |
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| 513 | - | 4 years after the date on which the rule is issued with 1 | |
| 514 | - | respect to manufacturers that manufactured not more 2 | |
| 515 | - | than 40,000 passenger motor vehicles for sale in the 3 | |
| 516 | - | United States in 2022. 4 | |
| 205 | + | ERTAIN MANUFACTURERS .—In issuing the 4 | |
| 206 | + | rule required under subsection (a), the Secretary 5 | |
| 207 | + | shall establish an effective date for the rule that is 6 | |
| 208 | + | at least 4 years after the date on which the rule is 7 | |
| 209 | + | issued with respect to manufacturers that manufac-8 | |
| 210 | + | tured not more than 40,000 passenger motor vehi-9 | |
| 211 | + | cles for sale in the United States in 2022. 10 | |
| 517 | 212 | (c) I | |
| 518 | - | NTERIMREQUIREMENT.—For passenger motor ve-5 | |
| 519 | - | hicles manufactured after the date of enactment of this Act 6 | |
| 520 | - | and manufactured in the United States for sale in the 7 | |
| 521 | - | United States, imported into the United States, or shipped 8 | |
| 522 | - | in interstate commerce during the period beginning on the 9 | |
| 523 | - | day after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 10 | |
| 524 | - | the day before the effective date of the rule issued under sub-11 | |
| 525 | - | section (a) that do not include devices that can receive sig-12 | |
| 526 | - | nals and play content transmitted by AM broadcast sta-13 | |
| 527 | - | tions, the manufacturer of the passenger motor vehicles— 14 | |
| 528 | - | (1) shall provide clear and conspicuous labeling 15 | |
| 529 | - | to inform purchasers of those passenger motor vehicles 16 | |
| 530 | - | that the passenger motor vehicles do not include de-17 | |
| 531 | - | vices that can receive signals and play content trans-18 | |
| 532 | - | mitted by AM broadcast stations; and 19 | |
| 533 | - | (2) may not charge an additional or separate 20 | |
| 534 | - | monetary fee, payment, or surcharge, beyond the base 21 | |
| 535 | - | price of the passenger motor vehicles, for access to AM 22 | |
| 536 | - | broadcast stations for the period described in this sub-23 | |
| 537 | - | section. 24 | |
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| 541 | - | (d) RELATIONSHIP TOOTHERLAWS.—After the date 1 | |
| 542 | - | of enactment of this Act, a State or a political subdivision 2 | |
| 543 | - | of a State may not prescribe or continue in effect a law, 3 | |
| 544 | - | regulation, or other requirement applicable to access to AM 4 | |
| 545 | - | broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles. 5 | |
| 213 | + | NTERIMREQUIREMENT.—For passenger motor 11 | |
| 214 | + | vehicles manufactured after the date of enactment of this 12 | |
| 215 | + | Act and manufactured in the United States for sale in 13 | |
| 216 | + | the United States, imported into the United States, or 14 | |
| 217 | + | shipped in interstate commerce during the period begin-15 | |
| 218 | + | ning on the day after the date of enactment of this Act 16 | |
| 219 | + | and ending on the day before the effective date of the rule 17 | |
| 220 | + | issued under subsection (a) that do not include devices 18 | |
| 221 | + | that can receive signals and play content transmitted by 19 | |
| 222 | + | AM broadcast stations, the manufacturer of the passenger 20 | |
| 223 | + | motor vehicles— 21 | |
| 224 | + | (1) shall provide clear and conspicuous labeling 22 | |
| 225 | + | to inform purchasers of those passenger motor vehi-23 | |
| 226 | + | cles that the passenger motor vehicles do not include 24 | |
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| 230 | + | devices that can receive signals and play content 1 | |
| 231 | + | transmitted by AM broadcast stations; and 2 | |
| 232 | + | (2) may not charge an additional or separate 3 | |
| 233 | + | monetary fee, payment, or surcharge, beyond the 4 | |
| 234 | + | base price of the passenger motor vehicles, for access 5 | |
| 235 | + | to AM broadcast stations for the period described in 6 | |
| 236 | + | this subsection. 7 | |
| 237 | + | (d) R | |
| 238 | + | ELATIONSHIP TOOTHERLAWS.—After the date 8 | |
| 239 | + | of enactment of this Act, a State or a political subdivision 9 | |
| 240 | + | of a State may not prescribe or continue in effect a law, 10 | |
| 241 | + | regulation, or other requirement applicable to access to 11 | |
| 242 | + | AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles. 12 | |
| 546 | 243 | (e) E | |
| 547 | - | NFORCEMENT.— | |
| 244 | + | NFORCEMENT.— 13 | |
| 548 | 245 | (1) C | |
| 549 | - | IVIL PENALTY.—Any person who violates | |
| 550 | - | the rule issued under subsection (a) shall be liable | |
| 551 | - | the United States Government for a civil penalty | |
| 552 | - | under section 30165(a)(1) of title 49, United States | |
| 553 | - | Code, as if that rule were a regulation described in | |
| 554 | - | that section. | |
| 246 | + | IVIL PENALTY.—Any person who violates 14 | |
| 247 | + | the rule issued under subsection (a) shall be liable 15 | |
| 248 | + | to the United States Government for a civil penalty 16 | |
| 249 | + | under section 30165(a)(1) of title 49, United States 17 | |
| 250 | + | Code, as if that rule were a regulation described in 18 | |
| 251 | + | that section. 19 | |
| 555 | 252 | (2) C | |
| 556 | - | IVIL ACTION.—The Attorney General may 13 | |
| 557 | - | bring a civil action under section 30163 of title 49, 14 | |
| 558 | - | United States Code, in an appropriate district court 15 | |
| 559 | - | of the United States to enjoin a violation of the rule 16 | |
| 560 | - | issued under subsection (a) of this section, as if that 17 | |
| 561 | - | rule were a regulation described in subsection (a)(1) 18 | |
| 562 | - | of that section 30163. 19 | |
| 253 | + | IVIL ACTION.—The Attorney General may 20 | |
| 254 | + | bring a civil action under section 30163 of title 49, 21 | |
| 255 | + | United States Code, in an appropriate district court 22 | |
| 256 | + | of the United States to enjoin a violation of the rule 23 | |
| 257 | + | issued under subsection (a) of this section, as if that 24 | |
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| 261 | + | rule were a regulation described in subsection (a)(1) 1 | |
| 262 | + | of that section 30163. 2 | |
| 563 | 263 | (f) GAO S | |
| 564 | - | TUDY.— | |
| 264 | + | TUDY.— 3 | |
| 565 | 265 | (1) I | |
| 566 | - | N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General | |
| 567 | - | conduct a comprehensive study on | |
| 568 | - | emergency alerts and warnings to the public. | |
| 266 | + | N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 4 | |
| 267 | + | shall conduct a comprehensive study on dissemi-5 | |
| 268 | + | nating emergency alerts and warnings to the public. 6 | |
| 569 | 269 | (2) R | |
| 570 | - | EQUIREMENTS.—The study required under 24 | |
| 571 | - | paragraph (1) shall include— 25 | |
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| 575 | - | (A) an assessment of— 1 | |
| 576 | - | (i) the role of passenger motor vehicles 2 | |
| 577 | - | in IPAWS communications, including by 3 | |
| 578 | - | providing access to AM broadcast stations; 4 | |
| 579 | - | (ii) the advantages, effectiveness, limi-5 | |
| 580 | - | tations, resilience, and accessibility of exist-6 | |
| 581 | - | ing IPAWS communication technologies, in-7 | |
| 582 | - | cluding AM broadcast stations in passenger 8 | |
| 583 | - | motor vehicles; 9 | |
| 584 | - | (iii) the advantages, effectiveness, limi-10 | |
| 585 | - | tations, resilience, and accessibility of AM 11 | |
| 586 | - | broadcast stations relative to other IPAWS 12 | |
| 587 | - | communication technologies in passenger 13 | |
| 588 | - | motor vehicles; and 14 | |
| 589 | - | (iv) whether other IPAWS communica-15 | |
| 590 | - | tion technologies are capable of ensuring the 16 | |
| 591 | - | President (or a designee) can reach at least 17 | |
| 592 | - | 90 percent of the population of the United 18 | |
| 593 | - | States at a time of crisis, including at 19 | |
| 594 | - | night; and 20 | |
| 595 | - | (B) a description of any ongoing efforts to 21 | |
| 596 | - | integrate new and emerging technologies and 22 | |
| 597 | - | communication platforms into the IPAWS 23 | |
| 598 | - | framework. 24 | |
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| 602 | - | (3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED .—In conducting 1 | |
| 603 | - | the study required under paragraph (1), the Comp-2 | |
| 604 | - | troller General shall consult with— 3 | |
| 605 | - | (A) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 4 | |
| 606 | - | (B) the Federal Communications Commis-5 | |
| 607 | - | sion; 6 | |
| 608 | - | (C) the National Telecommunications and 7 | |
| 609 | - | Information Administration; 8 | |
| 610 | - | (D) the Secretary; 9 | |
| 611 | - | (E) Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and 10 | |
| 612 | - | local emergency management officials; 11 | |
| 613 | - | (F) first responders; 12 | |
| 614 | - | (G) technology experts in resilience and ac-13 | |
| 615 | - | cessibility; 14 | |
| 616 | - | (H) radio broadcasters; 15 | |
| 617 | - | (I) manufacturers of passenger motor vehi-16 | |
| 618 | - | cles; and 17 | |
| 619 | - | (J) other relevant stakeholders, as deter-18 | |
| 620 | - | mined by the Comptroller General. 19 | |
| 270 | + | EQUIREMENTS.—The study required 7 | |
| 271 | + | under paragraph (1) shall include— 8 | |
| 272 | + | (A) an assessment of— 9 | |
| 273 | + | (i) the role of passenger motor vehi-10 | |
| 274 | + | cles in IPAWS communications, including 11 | |
| 275 | + | by providing access to AM broadcast sta-12 | |
| 276 | + | tions; 13 | |
| 277 | + | (ii) the advantages, effectiveness, limi-14 | |
| 278 | + | tations, resilience, and accessibility of ex-15 | |
| 279 | + | isting IPAWS communication technologies, 16 | |
| 280 | + | including AM broadcast stations in pas-17 | |
| 281 | + | senger motor vehicles; 18 | |
| 282 | + | (iii) the advantages, effectiveness, lim-19 | |
| 283 | + | itations, resilience, and accessibility of AM 20 | |
| 284 | + | broadcast stations relative to other IPAWS 21 | |
| 285 | + | communication technologies in passenger 22 | |
| 286 | + | motor vehicles; and 23 | |
| 287 | + | (iv) whether other IPAWS commu-24 | |
| 288 | + | nication technologies are capable of ensur-25 | |
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| 291 | + | •S 315 IS | |
| 292 | + | ing the President (or a designee) can reach 1 | |
| 293 | + | at least 90 percent of the population of the 2 | |
| 294 | + | United States at a time of crisis, including 3 | |
| 295 | + | at night; and 4 | |
| 296 | + | (B) a description of any ongoing efforts to 5 | |
| 297 | + | integrate new and emerging technologies and 6 | |
| 298 | + | communication platforms into the IPAWS 7 | |
| 299 | + | framework. 8 | |
| 300 | + | (3) C | |
| 301 | + | ONSULTATION REQUIRED .—In conducting 9 | |
| 302 | + | the study required under paragraph (1), the Comp-10 | |
| 303 | + | troller General shall consult with— 11 | |
| 304 | + | (A) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 12 | |
| 305 | + | (B) the Federal Communications Commis-13 | |
| 306 | + | sion; 14 | |
| 307 | + | (C) the National Telecommunications and 15 | |
| 308 | + | Information Administration; 16 | |
| 309 | + | (D) the Secretary; 17 | |
| 310 | + | (E) Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and 18 | |
| 311 | + | local emergency management officials; 19 | |
| 312 | + | (F) first responders; 20 | |
| 313 | + | (G) technology experts in resilience and ac-21 | |
| 314 | + | cessibility; 22 | |
| 315 | + | (H) radio broadcasters; 23 | |
| 316 | + | (I) manufacturers of passenger motor vehi-24 | |
| 317 | + | cles; and 25 | |
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| 321 | + | (J) other relevant stakeholders, as deter-1 | |
| 322 | + | mined by the Comptroller General. 2 | |
| 621 | 323 | (4) B | |
| 622 | - | RIEFING AND REPORT.— | |
| 324 | + | RIEFING AND REPORT.— 3 | |
| 623 | 325 | (A) B | |
| 624 | - | RIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after 21 | |
| 625 | - | the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 22 | |
| 626 | - | General shall brief the appropriate committees of 23 | |
| 627 | - | Congress on the results of the study required by 24 | |
| 628 | - | paragraph (1), including recommendations for 25 | |
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| 632 | - | legislation and administrative action as the 1 | |
| 633 | - | Comptroller General determines appropriate. 2 | |
| 326 | + | RIEFING.—Not later than 1 year 4 | |
| 327 | + | after the date of enactment of this Act, the 5 | |
| 328 | + | Comptroller General shall brief the appropriate 6 | |
| 329 | + | committees of Congress on the results of the 7 | |
| 330 | + | study required by paragraph (1), including rec-8 | |
| 331 | + | ommendations for legislation and administrative 9 | |
| 332 | + | action as the Comptroller General determines 10 | |
| 333 | + | appropriate. 11 | |
| 634 | 334 | (B) R | |
| 635 | - | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 3 | |
| 636 | - | after the date on which the Comptroller General 4 | |
| 637 | - | provides the briefing required under subpara-5 | |
| 638 | - | graph (A), the Comptroller General shall submit 6 | |
| 639 | - | to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-7 | |
| 640 | - | port describing the results of the study required 8 | |
| 641 | - | under paragraph (1), including recommenda-9 | |
| 642 | - | tions for legislation and administrative action as 10 | |
| 643 | - | the Comptroller General determines appropriate. 11 | |
| 335 | + | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 12 | |
| 336 | + | after the date on which the Comptroller General 13 | |
| 337 | + | provides the briefing required under subpara-14 | |
| 338 | + | graph (A), the Comptroller General shall sub-15 | |
| 339 | + | mit to the appropriate committees of Congress 16 | |
| 340 | + | a report describing the results of the study re-17 | |
| 341 | + | quired under paragraph (1), including rec-18 | |
| 342 | + | ommendations for legislation and administrative 19 | |
| 343 | + | action as the Comptroller General determines 20 | |
| 344 | + | appropriate. 21 | |
| 644 | 345 | (g) R | |
| 645 | - | EVIEW.—Not less frequently than once every 5 12 | |
| 646 | - | years after the date on which the Secretary issues the rule 13 | |
| 647 | - | required by subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination 14 | |
| 648 | - | with the Administrator and the Federal Communications 15 | |
| 649 | - | Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 16 | |
| 650 | - | Congress a report that shall include an assessment of— 17 | |
| 651 | - | (1) the impacts of the rule issued under that sub-18 | |
| 652 | - | section, including the impacts on public safety; and 19 | |
| 653 | - | (2) possible changes to IPAWS communication 20 | |
| 654 | - | technologies that would enable resilient and accessible 21 | |
| 655 | - | alerts to drivers and passengers of passenger motor 22 | |
| 656 | - | vehicles. 23 | |
| 346 | + | EVIEW.—Not less frequently than once every 5 22 | |
| 347 | + | years after the date on which the Secretary issues the rule 23 | |
| 348 | + | required by subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination 24 | |
| 349 | + | with the Administrator and the Federal Communications 25 | |
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| 353 | + | Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees 1 | |
| 354 | + | of Congress a report that shall include an assessment of— 2 | |
| 355 | + | (1) the impacts of the rule issued under that 3 | |
| 356 | + | subsection, including the impacts on public safety; 4 | |
| 357 | + | and 5 | |
| 358 | + | (2) possible changes to IPAWS communication 6 | |
| 359 | + | technologies that would enable resilient and acces-7 | |
| 360 | + | sible alerts to drivers and passengers of passenger 8 | |
| 361 | + | motor vehicles. 9 | |
| 657 | 362 | (h) S | |
| 658 | - | UNSET.—The rule issued pursuant to subsection 24 | |
| 659 | - | (a) shall sunset and no longer be in effect on the date that 25 | |
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| 663 | - | is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, including 1 | |
| 664 | - | the authority of the Secretary to carry out or enforce that 2 | |
| 665 | - | rule. 3 | |
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| 675 | - | ESSION | |
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| 677 | - | S. 315 | |
| 678 | - | [Report No. 119–11] | |
| 679 | - | A BILL | |
| 680 | - | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue | |
| 681 | - | a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations | |
| 682 | - | in passenger motor vehicles, and for other pur- | |
| 683 | - | poses. | |
| 684 | - | A | |
| 685 | - | PRIL | |
| 686 | - | 3, 2025 | |
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| 363 | + | UNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to issue 10 | |
| 364 | + | the rule required by subsection (a) shall expire on the date 11 | |
| 365 | + | that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 12 | |
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