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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 7308

Introduced

Turn It Down Act

Sponsor
RStephanie I. Bice· Oklahoma
Introduced
February 2, 2026
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.February 2, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7308 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7308

To amend the CALM Act to establish requirements for video programming 
delivered using internet protocol, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 2, 2026

Mrs. Bice introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the CALM Act to establish requirements for video programming 
delivered using internet protocol, and for other purposes.

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 ``Turn It Down Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF CALM ACT TO VIDEO PROGRAMMING DELIVERED USING 
INTERNET PROTOCOL.

The CALM Act (47 U.S.C. 621) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY TO VIDEO PROGRAMMING DELIVERED USING INTERNET 
PROTOCOL.

``(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
prescribe pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 
seq.) a regulation to ensure that commercial advertisements that 
accompany video programming delivered using internet protocol are 
subject to volume requirements that are substantially equivalent to the 
requirements applicable, pursuant to section 2, to commercial 
advertisements transmitted by a television broadcast station, cable 
operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.
``(b) Video Programming Defined.--In this section, the term `video 
programming'--
``(1) means programming provided by, or generally 
considered comparable to programming provided by, a television 
broadcast station; and
``(2) does not include consumer-generated media.''.
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