Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Resolution · HRES

H.Res. 218 (108th)

To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should not revise its media ownership rules without more extensive review and comment by the public.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 May 2003

Last action

9 May 2003 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Sponsors

Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

2 January 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should: (1) not weaken any current media ownership rules that protect people's access to diverse sources of information; (2) examine, and better inform the public regarding, the consequences of weakening such rules; and (3) allow for extensive public review and comment on proposed changes to such rules before issuing a final rule.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 6 May 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 6 May 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 May 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 May 2003

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 May 2003

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 6 May 2003

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 137 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.