[grc] $2M Pirate Radio Bill [H.R. 5709 (2018)]

[Doug McVay]

That bill has been reintroduced. The Republican sponsor lost his seat, but
the Democrat, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) kept his. The PIRATE Act is now H.R.
583:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/583/all-info?r=118

It was passed by the House yesterday, Monday Feb 25, on a voice vote.
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/02/25/house-section/article/H2050-4

Next it goes to the Senate. Last time around, it was assigned to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cheers,
Doug

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:03 PM Jim Giddings via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> The URL given in the original message did not work. A working link to a
> story about this bill is:
>
> https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/pirate-radio-bill-formally-introduced
>
> The bill was introduced and passed by the House last July (2018), but it
> didn't pass the Senate.
> Does anyone have information on whether it has been reintroduced in the
> current session?
>
> Govtrack information:
>
> H.R. 5709 (115th): PIRATE Act
>
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> To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced
> penalties for pirate radio, and for other purposes.
>
> The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
> Sponsor and status
> Leonard Lance
>
> Sponsor. Representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district.
> Republican.
> Last Updated: Jul 24, 2018
> Length: 7 pages
>
> Introduced:
>
>      May 8, 2018
>      115th Congress, 2017–2019
> Status:
>      Died in a previous Congress
>
>      This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was
> passed by the House on July 23, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2/26/19 2:43 PM, Tom Voorhees via grc wrote:
> > HOUSE PASSES PIRATE BILL, WOULD RAISE FINES UP TO $2 MILLION
> >
> >
> HTTP://WWW.INSIDERADIO.COM/FREE/HOUSE-PASSES-PIRATE-BILL-WOULD-RAISE-FINES-UP-TO-MILLION/ARTICLE_511370D4-394B-11E9-82B4-5395B7E20642.HTML
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