This resolution expresses Congress's support for the Local Radio Freedom Act, which opposes any new fees on local radio stations for playing music. It highlights the importance of local radio in promoting music and providing essential community information.
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.
1. Congress has previously rejected calls to impose performance fees on local radio stations for nearly a century. 2. Local radio stations contribute significantly to the promotion of music and artists through airplay, interviews, and public service announcements. 3. Imposing a new performance fee could lead to severe economic hardship for thousands of local radio stations and small businesses that play music.
Local radio stations and small businesses that play music, such as bars and restaurants.