H.R. 1084 · 111th Congress
CALM Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Anna Eshoo
- Introduced
- 2009-02-13
- Latest action
- 2009-12-16 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summary
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation that is limited to incorporating by reference, and making mandatory, the Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television approved by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, so far as the recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.
Allows the FCC to waive the regulation if obtaining the equipment to comply would result in financial hardship.