,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #af  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,february #ae1 #bjac ,mr4 ,conaway 7for 
himself1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,mr4 ,bonner1 
,mr4 ,boustany1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4 
,calvert1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,capuano1 
,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4      
,courtney1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1  
,mr4 ,dent1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4    
,dingell1 ,mrs4 ,ellmers1 ,mr4          
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 ,mr4       
,flores1 ,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia1 ,ms4         
,granger1 ,mr4 ,harper1 ,mr4 ,hastings  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,hastings of          
,washington1 ,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,mr4       
,huelskamp1 ,mr4 ,hultgren1 ,mr4        
,kinzinger of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,joyce1   
,mr4 ,kline1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,lance1
 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4       
,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,mc,henry1 ,mr4      
,meeks1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,miller of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,neugebauer1 ,mr4        
,nunnelee1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,pearce1   

,mr4 ,petri1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 ,mr4  
,pompeo1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,rogers of  
,kentucky1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1    
,mr4 ,rogers of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,royce1 
,mr4 ,runyan1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4 
,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4       
,sessions1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,simpson1
 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,terry1 ,mr4       
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4        
,tiberi1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,visclosky1 
,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,walden1 ,mr4       
,westmoreland1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4      
,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,womack1 and ,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new   
,york7 submitted the following          
concurrent resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,supporting the ,local ,radio ,freedom  
,act4  ,whereas the ,united ,states     
enjoys broadcasting and sound recording 
industries that are the envy of the     
world1 due to the symbiotic relationship
 that has existed among these industries
 for many decades2 ,whereas for more    

than #hj years1 ,congress has rejected  
repeated calls by the recording industry
 to impose a performance fee on local   
radio stations for simply playing music 
on the radio and upsetting the mutually 
beneficial relationship between local   
radio and the recording industry2       
,whereas local radio stations provide   
free publicity and promotion to the     
recording industry and performers of    
music in the form of radio air play1    
interviews with performers1 introduction
 of new performers1 concert promotions1 
and publicity that promotes the sale of 
music1 concert tickets1 ring tones1     
music videos and associated merchandise2
 ,whereas ,congress found that 8the sale
 of many sound recordings and the       
careers of many performers benefited    
considerably from airplay and other     
promotional activities provided by both 
noncommercial and advertiser-supported1 
free over-the-air broadcasting02        
,whereas local radio broadcasters       
provide tens of thousands of hours of   

essential local news and weather        
information during times of national    
emergencies and natural disasters1 as   
well as public affairs programming1     
sports1 and hundreds of millions of     
dollars of time for public service      
announcements and local fund raising    
efforts for worthy charitable causes1   
all of which are jeopardized if local   
radio stations are forced to divert     
revenues to pay for a new performance   
fee2 ,whereas there are many thousands  
of local radio stations that will suffer
 severe economic hardship if any new    
performance fee is imposed1 as will many
 other small businesses that play music 
including bars1 restaurants1 retail     
establishments1 sports and other        
entertainment venues1 shopping centers  
and transportation facilities2 and      
,whereas the hardship that would result 
from a new performance fee would hurt   
,american businesses1 and ultimately the
 ,american consumers who rely on local  
radio for news1 weather1 and            

entertainment2 and such a performance   
fee is not justified when the current   
system has produced the most prolific   
and innovative broadcasting1 music1 and 
sound recording industries in the world3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress
 should not impose any new performance  
fee1 tax1 royalty1 or other charge      
relating to the public performance of   
sound recordings on a local radio       
station for broadcasting sound          
recordings over-the-air1 or on any      
business for such public performance of 
sound recordings4