H.Con.Res. 12 · 119th Congress

Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Introduced on Feb 13, 2025 by Steve Womack (R-AR-3). 233 cosponsors, 68 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 13, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 13, 2025
Cosponsors
233
68 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 13, 2025). Public domain.

This concurrent resolution declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Steve WomackR-AR-3Sponsor

Democrats · 68

Republicans · 165

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 13, 2025Submitted in House
  2. Feb 13, 2025Submitted in House
  3. Feb 13, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. IHEARTMEDIA INC.39 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: IHEARTMEDIA + ENTERTAINMENT, INC.$14.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS36 reports
    $17M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100%
  3. NATIONAL ASSN OF BROADCASTERS6 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100%
  4. SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.6 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  5. UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP6 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB NA LLC$46.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  6. Iowa Broadcasters Association3 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  7. Maryland-District of Columbia-Delaware Broadcasters Association3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  8. North Carolina Association of Broadcasters3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  9. National Association of BroadcastersBroadcasters1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.