WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starting all over again is gonna be hard, ’cause with the faith of love we gonna make it.
With precious time remaining in the 118th Congress to win passage, the latest incarnation of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is heading for a full House Energy & Commerce Committee vote — officially restarting a process that, ultimately, depends on the Senate Majority Leader to schedule a floor vote once it lands in his hands.
A full Committee markup of some 16 bills including the AM radio legislation are being teed up for a session scheduled for 10am Wednesday (9/18) in 2123 Rayburn HOB.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers will oversee the markup session, and it will be a busy one. The House Members will consider legislation to repeal what the Republican leadership considers “harmful regulations that are jeopardizing America’s economic and energy security,” along with bills designed to extend telehealth services for seniors, and continue to incentivize important innovation for pediatric rare diseases.
This could overshadow the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, as House E&C Members will also consider legislation “to provide the most significant protections and safeguards to date for children online,” Rodgers said. This includes The Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act — “historic pieces of legislation that finally answer the call of parents across the country who are desperately looking for Congress to act to shield our children from the threats they are facing online.”
Democrats could put up a fight on each of these pieces of legislation.
But it is H.R. 8449, the current version of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act originally introduced by New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, that is most likely to win widespread approval from both Democrats and Republicans.
On May 23, Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) essentially took the reins from Gottheimer, in an effort to get the legislation to the finish line.
If passed into law, the Secretary of Transportation would be required to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles. Enforcement involves a civil penalty.
Legislation to be considered:
- H.R. 670, Think Differently Database Act (Reps. Molinaro and Sherrill)
- H.R. 8107, Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act of 2024 (Reps. Ciscomani and Gluesenkamp Perez)
- H.R. 8108, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add a Medicaid State plan requirement with respect to the determination of residency of certain individuals serving in the Armed Forces (Reps. Kiggans and Kaptur)
- H.R. 3433, Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 (Reps. McCaul and Eshoo)
- H.R. 7188, Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act (Reps. Moolenaar and Dingell)
- H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (Reps. Carter, Blunt Rochester, Steube, Sewell, Miller-Meeks, Dingell, Van Drew, and Morelle)
- H.R. 3227, Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act (Reps. Estes and Connolly)
- H.R. 9067, Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act (Rep. Guthrie)
- H.R. 7155, United States-Abraham Accords Cooperation and Security Act of 2024 (Reps. Harshbarger, Vargas, Weber, Peters, Harris, Levin, and Allen)
- H.J. Res. 139, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting” (Reps. Fischbach and Pence)
- H.R. 7890, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (Reps. Walberg, Bucshon, Carter, Dunn, Eshoo, Castor, Moulton, and Auchincloss)
- H.R. 7891, Kids Online Safety Act (Reps. Bilirakis, Bucshon, Castor, Houchin, and Schrier)
- H.R. 8449, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (Reps. Bilirakis and Pallone)
- H.J.Res. 163, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule” (Rep. Balderson)
- H.J.Res. 133, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3” (Rep. Fulcher)
- H.J.Res. 117, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” (Rep. Allen)
