A package of transportation legislation on Capitol Hill could end up providing a road to passage for the proposed AM radio mandate bill too.
The National Association of Broadcasters is applauding a House committee’s decision to include the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act” in that package of pending legislation.
President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt said in a statement, “We thank Chairmen Brett Guthrie and Gus Bilirakis and Ranking Member Frank Pallone for their continued leadership on this critical issue and for creating another path to pass this overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation.”
A few days ago the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a proposed five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill to provide money for roads, bridges, transit, rail and safety programs. It is called the Build America 250 Act. They said it has bipartisan support.
According to its backers, the package “emphasizes moving people, goods, and freight safely and efficiently across the country.”
If the AM radio mandate remains part of the package, it could mean an end in sight for the AM mandate, because the sponsors of the transportation package hope to have it passed and sent to the White House by the end of September when the current surface transportation authorization expires.
The AM bill would require AM radio capabilities to be standard in new passenger vehicles in the United States.
