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A bill 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.

6/18/2008--Introduced.

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the accompanying program; and (3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the accompanying program.

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  • 06/18/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.3156 Introduced in Senate06/25/2008