HR 7562 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that an opportunity to reply to certain partisan broadcasts by the President be given to the other major political party.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1973-05-07)
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Provides that whenever a broadcasting station licensee permits the President of the United States to use a broadcasting station for purposes of taking a partisan position on a controversial issue of public importance, the licensee shall afford equal opportunities in the use of such broadcasting station to a spokesman of the other major political party. (Adds 47 U.S.C. 315(g))…
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