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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-624
REAFFIRMING THE COMMITMENT TO MEDIA DIVERSITY AND PLEDGING
TO WORK WITH MEDIA ENTITIES AND DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO DE-
VELOP COMMON GROUND SOLUTIONS TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO
MEDIA DIVERSITY
DECEMBER 8, 2020.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 549]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the resolution (H. Res. 549) reaffirming the commitment to media
diversity and pledging to work with media entities and diverse
stakeholders to develop common ground solutions to eliminate bar-
riers to media diversity, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the resolu-
tion be agreed to.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 1
II. Background and Need for Legislation .......................................................... 2
III. Committee Hearings ...................................................................................... 2
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 2
V . C om m ittee V otes .......................................................................................... 3
VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 3
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 3
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 3
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ........................ 3
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 4
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ........................................................................... 4
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 4
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 4
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 4
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 4
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Resolution, as Reported ............... 4
I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H. Res. 549, a resolution on media diversity, was introduced by
Representative Val Demings (D-FL) and referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce. H. Res. 549 reaffirms the commitment
by the House of Representatives to media diversity and pledges to
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