#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ehc  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the     
,communications ,act of #aicd to provide
 for enhanced penalties for pirate      
radio1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,preventing ,illegal ,radio ,abuse  
,through ,enforcement ,act or the       
,,pirate ,act4  #b4 ,pirate ,radio      
,enforcement ,enhancements ,title ,v of 
the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg  
,u4,s4,c4 #eja et seq47 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #eaa4 ,enhanced penalties for 
pirate radio broadcasting2 enforcement  
sweeps2 reporting  7a7 ,increased       
general penalty ,any person who         
willfully and knowingly does or causes  
or suffers to be done any pirate radio  
broadcasting shall be subject to a fine 
of not more than #b1jjj1jjj4  7b7       
,violation of this ,act1 rules1 or      
regulations ,any person who willfully   
and knowingly violates this ,act or any 
rule1 regulation1 restriction1 or       

condition made or imposed by the        
,commission under authority of this     
,act1 or any rule1 regulation1          
restriction1 or condition made or       
imposed by any international radio or   
wire communications treaty or           
convention1 or regulations annexed      
thereto1 to which the ,united ,states is
 party1 relating to pirate radio        
broadcasting shall1 in addition to any  
other penalties provided by law1 be     
subject to a fine of not more than      
#ajj1jjj for each day during which such 
offense occurs1 in accordance with the  
limit described in subsection 7a74  7c7 
,annual report ,not later than #a year  
after the date of enactment of the      
,,pirate ,act1 and annually thereafter1 
the ,commission shall submit to the     
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate a report 
summarizing the implementation of this  
section and associated enforcement      

activities for the previous fiscal year1
 which may include the efforts by the   
,commission to enlist the cooperation of
 ,federal1 ,state1 and local law        
enforcement personnel 7including ,united
 ,states attorneys and the ,united      
,states ,marshals ,service7 for service 
of process1 collection of fines or      
forfeitures1 seizures of equipment1 and 
enforcement of orders4  7d7 ,enforcement
 sweeps  7#a7 ,annual sweeps ,not less  
than once each year1 the ,commission    
shall assign appropriate enforcement    
personnel to focus specific and         
sustained attention on the elimination  
of pirate radio broadcasting within the 
top #e radio markets identified as      
prevalent for such broadcasts4 ,such    
effort shall include identifying1       
locating1 and taking enforcement actions
 designed to terminate such operations4 
7#b7 ,additional monitoring ,within #f  
months after conducting the enforcement 
sweeps required by paragraph 7#a71 the  
,commission shall conduct monitoring    

sweeps to ascertain whether the pirate  
radio broadcasting identified by        
enforcement sweeps is continuing to     
broadcast and whether additional pirate 
radio broadcasting is occurring4  7#c7  
,no effect on remaining enforcement     
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 the    
,commission shall not decrease or       
diminish the regular enforcement efforts
 targeted to pirate radio broadcast     
stations for other times of the year4   
7e7 ,state and local government         
authority ,the ,commission may not      
preempt any ,state or local law         
prohibiting pirate radio broadcasting4  
7f7 ,revision of ,commission rules      
required ,the ,commission shall revise  
its rules to require that1 absent good  
cause1 in any case alleging a violation 
of subsection 7a7 or 7b71 the           
,commission shall proceed directly to   
issue a notice of apparent liability    
without first issuing a notice of       
unlicensed operation4  7g7 ,pirate radio
 broadcasting database  7#a7 ,in general

 ,not later than #ij days after the date
 of the enactment of this section1 and  
semi-annually thereafter1 the           
,commission shall publish a database in 
a clear and legible format of all       
licensed radio stations operating in the
 ,,am and ,,fm bands4 ,the database     
shall be easily accessible from the     
,commission home page through a direct  
link4 ,the database shall include the   
following information3 7,a7 ,each       
licensed station1 listed by the assigned
 frequency1 channel number1 or          
,commission call letters4  7,b7 ,all    
entities that have received a notice of 
unlicensed operation1 notice of apparent
 liability1 or forfeiture order issued  
by the ,commission4  7#b7 ,clear        
identification ,the ,commission shall   
clearly identify in the database--  7,a7
 each licensed station as a station     
licensed by the ,commission2 and  7,b7  
each entity described in paragraph      
7#a77;,b7 as operating without a        
,commission license or authorization4   

7h7 ,definition of pirate radio         
broadcasting ,in this section1 the term 
pirate radio broadcasting means the     
transmission of communications on       
spectrum frequencies between #ece and   
#agje kilohertz1 inclusive1 or #hg4g and
 #ajh megahertz1 inclusive1 without a   
license issued by the ,commission1 but  
does not include unlicensed operations  
in compliance with part #ae of title    
#dg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4  4 
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,february #be1 #bjai4;,clerk4