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S. 3154, The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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S. 3154 would require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes that the program material they accompany.
== Detailed Summary ==
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(Log inCommercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to editprescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the wikiaccompanying program; and be the first to provide a detailed summary(3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the bill!)accompanying program.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 6/18/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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