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On the recordJanuary 8, 2020
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1228) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 1228 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act'' or the ``PIRATE Act''. SEC. 2. PIRATE RADIO ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENTS. Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 511. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING; ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS; REPORTING. ``(a) Increased General Penalty.--Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any pirate radio broadcasting shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000,000.…
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Deb Fischer
Republican · Nebraska

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