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S. 2847 · 111th Congress

CALM Act

Law · 111-311 · Dec 15, 2010
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7 cosponsors · 7 D
CSD Schumer TJD Johnson PMD Murray SBD Brown BND Nelson CMD McCaskill JRD Rockefeller

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Dec 8, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Sep 29, 2010
  3. House Passed Dec 2, 2010
  4. President To the President Dec 3, 2010
  5. President Signed Dec 15, 2010
  6. Law Dec 15, 2010

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation limiting the volume of television advertisements that is limited to incorporating by reference and making mandatory (but subject to waivers) the "Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 15, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 29, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation limiting the volume of television advertisements that is limited to incorporating by reference and making mandatory (but subject to waivers) the "Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television" insofar as such recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.

Deems a broadcast television operator, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor that installs, utilizes, and maintains in a commercially reasonable manner the equipment and associated software in compliance with the regulations issued by the FCC in accordance with this Act to be in compliance with such regulations.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: CALM Act

Also known as: Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

Latest action (Dec 15, 2010): Became Public Law No: 111-311.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 8, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Dec 8, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Sep 29, 2010
  3. House Passed Dec 2, 2010
  4. President To the President Dec 3, 2010
  5. President Signed Dec 15, 2010
  6. Law Dec 15, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.