NRB Opposes Bill to Undo D.C. Circuit Overturn of Some FCC Foreign-Sponsored Content Rules
The National Religious Broadcasters oppose the Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves Act (HR-9180/S-4713), which would undo the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s July NAB v. FCC ruling that vacated the commission’s requirement that broadcasters check federal databases…
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to determine if entities leasing time on their stations are agents of foreign governments (see 2210170065). The measure “would add another hurdle to broadcasters’ already considerable regulatory compliance workload: conducting background checks on potentially dozens or hundreds of programmers to verify they are not foreign propaganda operations,” NRB said Thursday. “This law would have an especially burdensome impact on Christian broadcasters” because the “number of brokered programming clients” they deal with “is often abundant compared to that of an ordinary broadcaster.” HR-9180/S-4713 “has not yet attracted any additional cosponsors, and the bill’s late introduction makes it unlikely to pass before the end of the legislative session,” NRB said. The group remains concerned about the measure since the FCC unanimously approved an NPRM in October on updating the foreign ID rule to account for NAB v. FCC (see 2210060068).