by NRB | Jan 26, 2023 | Advocacy
On Monday, January 23, the NRB weighed in on a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proceeding regarding foreign sponsorship identification requirements for broadcasters. In a comment filed in reply to the initial comments of the National Association of...
by NRB | Jan 18, 2023 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
Last week, crucial committee work began in the House of Representatives, with Republicans taking influential House committee leadership amidst a divided Congress. One of those Republicans is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the newly minted chair of the House...
by NRB | Nov 15, 2022 | Advocacy
A bipartisan group of senators, including Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Susan Collins, (R-Maine), Kyrsten Sinema, (D-Ariz.), and Thom Tillis, (R-N.C.) have signaled their enthusiasm to see the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” come to the...
by imagine-admin | Nov 3, 2022 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
A new bill introduced last month could bulk up the burden on broadcasters to verify whether any programming on their stations was paid for or provided by a foreign government entity. The “Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves” (IPA) Act (S. 4713/H.R. 9180) debuted on...
by NRB | Oct 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
In a case set to be heard by the Supreme Court this term, the highest court will consider Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) for the first time in the law’s quarter-century history. Gonzalez v. Google LLC was one of nine new cases added to the Supreme...
by imagine-admin | Oct 6, 2022 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
On October 3, NRB filed a public comment on a proposed rule by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which concerns “nondiscrimination in health programs and activities.” Read NRB’s previous...