H.R.1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. view all titles (7)

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  • Popular: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as introduced.
  • Official: To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. as introduced.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as introduced.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as reported to house.
  • Short: CALM Act as passed house.
  • Short: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act as passed house.
  • Short: CALM Act as reported to house.

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News Coverage

12/19/09
Curb commercial volumes? Congress ...

...outlaw loud television commercials. Seriously. The U.S. House of Representatives spent time Tuesday holding a voice vote on a bill, H....

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12/14/09
House Meets At.. 9:00 am: Morning ...

Doyle - Energy and Commerce) HR 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (Rep. Eshoo - Energy and Commerce) H.Res. __ - E...

Source: Congress Matters (blog)
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12/14/09
RE: H.R.1084

Blaring television advertisements took another step toward extinction today when the US House of Representatives passed HR 1084, the Com...

Source: Foster's Daily Democrat (blog)
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11/29/09
Yes, we should ban loud commercials

HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM), got a big boost recently when the House Energy and Commerce Commit...

Source: Washington Post (blog)
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10/08/09
Quiet in the Set!

The lawmaker from portions of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo counties has introduced HR 1084, aka the cutely named Commercial Adv...

Source: New York Times
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10/07/09
TV Loudness Bill Passes Subcommittee

HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act. The bill would require the FCC to adopt a broadcast loudness standard with...

Source: Television Broadcast
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10/06/09
Dueling mark-ups on the Hill

... among other things, HR 1147, the Local Community Radio Act of 2009 and HR 1084, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act ...

Source: Radio Business Report
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09/22/09
Why TV commercials sound louder an...

Her Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, HR 1084, would require the FCC to create legally-binding recommendations. An identi...

Source: MinnPost.com (blog)
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06/04/09
Hill To Get Earful On Commercial V...

...House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet has scheduled a hearing for June 11 on H.R.1084, the Commercial Adve...

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06/04/09
Hill To Get Earful On Commercial V...

...House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet has scheduled a hearing for June 11 on H.R.1084, the Commercial Adve...

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Blog Coverage

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03/13/11
H.R.1084: To repeal the exemption ...

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01/03/11
Consideration for Cooperstown

Yet Whitaker's career offensive totals (.276 AVG, 244 HR, 1084) are in line with current Hall of Fame second basemen Joe Morgan and Ryne ...

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01/03/11
The American Spectator : Considera...

Yet Whitaker's career offensive totals (.276 AVG, 244 HR, 1084) are in line with current Hall of Fame second basemen Joe Morgan and Ryne ...

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12/15/10
Obama signs bill to squelch volume...

Lawmakers who sponsored the bill, H.R. 1084, said they were reacting to their constituents' complaints about abrasively loud television c...

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12/15/10
Federal “there oughta be a law” in...

Enter HR 1084, a bill introduced by Dem Representative Anna Eschoo of California in February 2009. If such a bill weren't embarrassing en...

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12/12/10
Democrats Invade Our Homes

HR 1084: CALM Act of the 111th Congress Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). This week the Senate threw in support and passed the CALM Act i...

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12/07/10
Federal meddling our own fault | m...

If proof is needed that our government representation in Washington is still content to fiddle while Rome burns, one has to look no furth...

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12/05/10
Listen up! Congress curbs loud TV ...

The bill (H.R. 1084) was the brainchild of U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat who experienced firsthand what it was like to deal...

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12/03/10
HULA Media Exchange Announces Loud...

The bill passed a House vote in December, 2009 and a Senate vote (H.R. 1084) on September 29, Moreover Technologies – Search results for…...

Source: Bob's Blog
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12/02/10
Is the Government to involved with...

The Bill was originally HR 6209, which is not HR 1084. Also know "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act" as if you are seeking...

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