AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025 mandates the inclusion of AM radio receivers in all new passenger vehicles, aiming to ensure access to emergency broadcasts. The bill outlines compliance timelines, enforcement mechanisms, and requires a study on emergency communication technologies. It includes a sunset clause, ending the mandate after 10 years.
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⚑ Spends without a pay-for — authorizes new spending with no stated offset or pay-for
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| Date | Time | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-05 | — | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. |
| 2025-02-05 | — | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology. |
| 2025-02-05 | — | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2025-02-05 | — | Introduced in House |
| 2025-02-05 | — | Introduced in House |
| 2025-09-17 | — | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 1. |
| 2025-09-17 | — | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Committee on Transportation discharged. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Committee on Transportation discharged. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Committee on Homeland Security discharged. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Committee on Homeland Security discharged. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-379, Part I. |
| 2025-11-12 | — | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-379, Part I. |
| 2026-09-15 | 18:52:53 | Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2026-09-15 | 18:53:07 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5667-5670) |
| 2026-09-15 | 18:53:08 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 979. |
| 2026-09-15 | 19:06:07 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5668-5669) |
| 2026-09-15 | 19:06:07 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 2026-09-15 | 19:06:12 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2026-09-16 | — | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622. |
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- 2026-09-18 17:00:35.49+00
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- 2026-09-15
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