H.Con.Res. 12 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Cosponsors: 233 (68 D, 165 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-13
Latest action (2025-02-13): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.Con.Res. 12 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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