Bill Text: IL SR0621 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages Congress to enact legislation to require the Federal Communications Commission to make rules precluding commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than their accompanying program material.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SR0621 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0621-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Communications Act of 1934 provides authority | ||||||
| 3 | for the Federal Communications Commission to make rules and | ||||||
| 4 | regulations regarding audio loudness for television; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the United States | ||||||
| 6 | has passed H.R. 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness | ||||||
| 7 | Mitigation (CALM) Act, in the 111th Congress, requiring the FCC | ||||||
| 8 | to make rules and regulations to prescribe a standard to | ||||||
| 9 | preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes | ||||||
| 10 | than the program material they accompany; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), | ||||||
| 12 | an international, non-profit organization that develops | ||||||
| 13 | voluntary standards for digital television, has made specific | ||||||
| 14 | recommendations on establishing and maintaining audio | ||||||
| 15 | loudness; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius | ||||||
| 17 | Genachowski has adopted many ATSC standards as FCC rules; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, These rules will benefit the State of Illinois by | ||||||
| 19 | providing uniform regulations for all broadcasters that | ||||||
| 20 | operate in the United States; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, These rules will make standards that create a | ||||||
| 2 | level playing field for advertisers creating content for | ||||||
| 3 | commercial broadcasts; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, These standards provide for a more enjoyable aural | ||||||
| 5 | experience for the people of the State of Illinois when | ||||||
| 6 | watching commercial broadcasts; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we encourage and | ||||||
| 9 | support action by the Congress of the United States to enact | ||||||
| 10 | legislation to require the Federal Communications Commission | ||||||
| 11 | to make rules precluding commercials from being broadcast at | ||||||
| 12 | louder volumes than their accompanying program material; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
| 15 | to President Barack Obama, Federal Communications Commission | ||||||
| 16 | Chairman Julius Genachowski, and to each member of the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | congressional delegation.
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