HR 979 · 119th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025

Introduced February 05, 2025 Latest action November 12, 2025 317 cosponsors

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.

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Nov 12, 2025

committee Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-379, Part I.

Energy and Commerce Committee

Nov 12, 2025

committee Committee on Homeland Security discharged.

Homeland Security Committee

Nov 12, 2025

committee Committee on Transportation discharged.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Nov 12, 2025

other Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.

Sep 17, 2025

committee Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Energy and Commerce Committee

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00 Introduced in House Feb 05, 2025

AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule requiring AM radio capabilities to be standard in all new passenger vehicles. (AM radio is often used to deliver emergency alerts and news and entertainment programming; some newer vehicles do not include AM equipment.) Specifically, this bill applies to passenger vehicles (1) manufactured in the United States for sale in the United States, imported into the United States, or shipped in interstate commerce; and (2) manufactured after the rule's effective date. The rule must require all such vehicles to have devices that can receive signals and play content transmitted by AM stations or digital audio AM stations installed as standard equipment and made easily accessible to drivers. Prior to the rule's effective date, manufacturers that do not include devices that can access AM radio as standard equipment (1) must inform purchasers of this fact through clear and conspicuous labeling, and (2) may not charge an additional or separate fee for AM radio access. DOT may assess civil penalties for any violation of the rule. The Department of Justice may also bring a civil action to enjoin a violation. The rule, including DOT’s authority to enforce it, must expire 10 years after the bill’s enactment. Further, the Government Accountability Office must study and report on the dissemination of emergency alerts to the public, including by conducting an assessment of AM radio relative to other Integrated Public Alert and Warning System communication technologies.

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[H.R. 979 Introduced in House (IH)]

+[H.R. 979 Reported in House (RH)]

<DOC>

+Union Calendar No. 330

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 979

+[Report No. 119-379, Part I]

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring

access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other

@@ -24,6 +27,95 @@

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

+November 12, 2025

+Additional sponsors: Mr. Meuser, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr.

+Alford, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Ross, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms.

+Schakowsky, Mr. Soto, Ms. Perez, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Bacon, Mr.

+Bresnahan, Mr. Costa, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Flood,

+Mr. Bost, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr.

+Pappas, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Keating, Mr. Van Orden, Mr.

+Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Lee of

+Florida, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Crank, Mr. Moran, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Aderholt,

+Mr. Grothman, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Beatty, Ms.

+Barragan, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Balint, Ms. Gillen, Ms. Leger Fernandez,

+Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Cole,

+Mrs. Bice, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Carbajal, Mr.

+Emmer, Mr. McDowell, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Matsui, Ms.

+Velazquez, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Correa, Mr. Case, Mr. Pfluger,

+Ms. Tenney, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Womack, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Rogers

+of Kentucky, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Titus, Mr. Horsford, Ms.

+Tlaib, Mr. Deluzio, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Messmer, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Lynch,

+Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Downing, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr.

+Carter of Georgia, Mr. Neguse, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Roy, Ms. Tokuda, Mr.

+Tiffany, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Estes, Mr. Sessions,

+Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Levin, Ms.

+Sanchez, Ms. Craig, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Mann, Mr. Zinke, Mr.

+Bishop, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins, Mr. Harrigan, Mr.

+Edwards, Mr. Bentz, Ms. Adams, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Kean, Mr.

+Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Salazar, Ms.

+McBride, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Schrier, Mr.

+Connolly, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Timmons, Mr.

+Ezell, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Rose, Mr.

+Owens, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Feenstra, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Ruiz,

+Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Allen, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Nehls, Mr.

+Norcross, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Garbarino, Ms.

+Stefanik, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Cline,

+Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Gimenez, Mr.

+Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Fine, Mr. Taylor, Mr.

+Gottheimer, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Amo, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Cisneros, Ms.

+Scanlon, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr.

+Swalwell, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Mace, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms.

+Meng, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr.

+Norman, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Scott of

+Virginia, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hinson, Mr.

+Cloud, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.

+Moore of North Carolina, Ms. Omar, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Carey, Mr.

+Barrett, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Boyle

+of Pennsylvania, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Murphy, Mr.

+Davis of Illinois, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Pocan, Mr.

+Loudermilk, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Brown, Ms. Norton, Ms. Brownley, Ms.

+Stansbury, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Haridopolos, Ms. Pou, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Kim,

+Mr. Fry, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Johnson

+of Georgia, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Comer, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Harris of North

+Carolina, Mr. Tran, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Patronis,

+Mr. Baird, Mr. Babin, Mr. Bell, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Wittman, Mr.

+Reschenthaler, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Wied, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Chu, Mr.

+Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Ivey, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Watson

+Coleman, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. DeLauro,

+Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr.

+Foster, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Knott, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr.

+Burlison, Mr. Crawford, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Budzinski, Mrs.

+Torres of California, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Lois Frankel of

+Florida, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Friedman, Mrs. McClain

+Delaney, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Crane, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr.

+Kennedy of New York, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Miller

+of Ohio, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of

+Texas, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Baumgartner, Ms. Greene of Georgia,

+Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Begich, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Figures, Mr.

+Shreve, Mr. Onder, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fulcher,

+Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Moore of Alabama,

+Mr. Conaway, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Griffith, Mr.

+Crow, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Palmer, Ms. Fedorchak,

+Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Hageman, Ms. Goodlander, Mr.

+LaHood, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Larsen of Washington,

+Mr. Bera, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Gill of Texas, Ms. Simon, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr.

+Joyce of Ohio, and Mr. Hernandez

+November 12, 2025

+Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment

+[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed

+in italic]

+November 12, 2025

+Committees on Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure

+discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

+of the Union and ordered to be printed

+[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on

+February 5, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

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In this Act:

(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

-(2) AM broadcast band.--The term ``AM broadcast band''

+(2) Am broadcast band.--The term ``AM broadcast band''

means the band of frequencies between 535 kilohertz and 1705

kilohertz, inclusive.

-(3) AM broadcast station.--The term ``AM broadcast

+(3) Am broadcast station.--The term ``AM broadcast

station'' means a radio broadcast station--

(A) licensed by the Federal Communications

Commission for the dissemination of radio

@@ -67,15 +159,21 @@

of Representatives; and

(E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the

House of Representatives.

-(5) Comptroller general.--The term ``Comptroller General''

+(5) Automated driving system.--The term ``automated driving

+system'' means a system that meets the definition of Level 3,

+Level 4, or Level 5 automation as those terms are defined in

+the April 2021 edition of the J3016 recommended practice of SAE

+International, ``Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to

+Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles''.

+(6) Comptroller general.--The term ``Comptroller General''

means the Comptroller General of the United States.

-(6) Device.--The term ``device'' means a piece of equipment

+(7) Device.--The term ``device'' means a piece of equipment

or an apparatus that is designed--

(A) to receive signals transmitted by a radio

broadcast station; and

(B) to play back content or programming derived

from those signals.

-(7) Digital audio am broadcast station.--

+(8) Digital audio am broadcast station.--

(A) In general.--The term ``digital audio AM

broadcast station'' means an AM broadcast station that

uses an In Band On Channel DAB System (as defined in

@@ -85,30 +183,30 @@

broadcast station'' does not include an All-digital AM

station (as defined in section 73.402 of title 47, Code

of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)).

-(8) IPAWS.--The term ``IPAWS'' means the public alert and

+(9) Ipaws.--The term ``IPAWS'' means the public alert and

warning system of the United States described in section 526 of

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321o).

-(9) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' has the

+(10) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' has the

meaning given the term in section 30102(a) of title 49, United

States Code.

-(10) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term ``passenger motor

+(11) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term ``passenger motor

vehicle'' has the meaning given the term in section 32101 of

title 49, United States Code.

-(11) Radio broadcast station.--The term ``radio broadcast

+(12) Radio broadcast station.--The term ``radio broadcast

station'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

-(12) Radio station license.--The term ``radio station

+(13) Radio station license.--The term ``radio station

license'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

-(13) Receive.--The term ``receive'' means to receive a

+(14) Receive.--The term ``receive'' means to receive a

broadcast signal via over-the-air transmission.

-(14) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary

+(15) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary

of Transportation.

-(15) Signal.--The term ``signal'' means radio frequency

+(16) Signal.--The term ``signal'' means radio frequency

energy that a holder of a radio station license intentionally

emits or causes to be emitted at a specified frequency for the

purpose of transmitting content or programming to the public.

-(16) Standard equipment.--The term ``standard equipment''

+(17) Standard equipment.--The term ``standard equipment''

means motor vehicle equipment (as defined in section 30102(a)

of title 49, United States Code) that--

(A) is installed as a system, part, or component of

@@ -119,7 +217,7 @@

passenger motor vehicle for no additional or separate

monetary fee, payment, or surcharge, beyond the base

price of the passenger motor vehicle.

-(17) State.--The term ``State'' means each State of the

+(18) State.--The term ``State'' means each State of the

United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth,

territory, or possession of the United States, and each

federally recognized Indian Tribe.

@@ -145,19 +243,32 @@

installing devices as described in paragraph (1) that can

receive signals and play content transmitted by digital audio

AM broadcast stations.

-(b) Compliance.--

+(b) Report Required.--Before issuing the rule required under

+subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy

+and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

+Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate and make publicly

+available on the website of the Department of Transportation, a report

+that evaluates the following:

+(1) Any potential adverse impacts related to automotive

+innovation and the motor vehicle safety of passenger motor

+vehicles equipped with automated driving systems from the

+reception of AM radio signals by such vehicles as required by

+subsection (a) of this Act.

+(2) The range of solutions that manufacturers could adopt

+or have adopted to mitigate any potential impacts identified in

+paragraph (1).

+(c) Compliance.--

(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), in

issuing the rule required under subsection (a), the Secretary

-shall establish an effective date for the rule that is not less

-than 2 years, but not more than 3 years, after the date on

-which the rule is issued.

+shall establish an effective date for the rule that is not more

+than 2 years after the date on which the rule is issued.

(2) Certain manufacturers.--In issuing the rule required

under subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish an

effective date for the rule that is at least 4 years after the

-date on which the rule is issued with respect to manufacturers

+date on which the rule is issued with respect to a manufacturer

that manufactured not more than 40,000 passenger motor vehicles

for sale in the United States in 2022.

-(c) Interim Requirement.--For passenger motor vehicles manufactured

+(d) Interim Requirement.--For passenger motor vehicles manufactured

after the date of enactment of this Act and manufactured in the United

States for sale in the United States, imported into the United States,

or shipped in interstate commerce during the period beginning on the

@@ -174,12 +285,12 @@

payment, or surcharge, beyond the base price of the passenger

motor vehicles, for access to AM broadcast stations for the

period described in this subsection.

-(d) Relationship to Other Laws.--After the date of enactment of

+(e) Relationship to Other Laws.--After the date of enactment of

this Act, a State or a political subdivision of a State may not

prescribe or continue in effect a law, regulation, or other requirement

applicable to access to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor

vehicles.

-(e) Enforcement.--

+(f) Enforcement.--

(1) Civil penalty.--Any person who violates the rule issued

under subsection (a) shall be liable to the United States

Government for a civil penalty under section 30165(a)(1) of

@@ -191,7 +302,7 @@

violation of the rule issued under subsection (a) of this

section, as if that rule were a regulation described in

subsection (a)(1) of that section 30163.

-(f) GAO Study.--

+(g) GAO Study.--

(1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a

comprehensive study on disseminating emergency alerts and

warnings to the public.

@@ -252,7 +363,7 @@

required under paragraph (1), including recommendations

for legislation and administrative action as the

Comptroller General determines appropriate.

-(g) Review.--Not less frequently than once every 5 years after the

+(h) Review.--Not less frequently than once every 5 years after the

date on which the Secretary issues the rule required by subsection (a),

the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator and the Federal

Communications Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees

@@ -262,8 +373,36 @@

(2) possible changes to IPAWS communication technologies

that would enable resilient and accessible alerts to drivers

and passengers of passenger motor vehicles.

-(h) Sunset.--The rule issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall

-sunset and no longer be in effect on the date that is 10 years after

-the date of enactment of this Act, including the authority of the

-Secretary to carry out or enforce that rule.

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+(i) Sunset.--This Act shall sunset and no longer be in effect on

+the date that is 8 years after the date of enactment of this Act,

+including the authority of the Secretary to carry out or enforce that

+rule.

+Union Calendar No. 330

+119th CONGRESS

+1st Session

+H. R. 979

+[Report No. 119-379, Part I]

+_______________________________________________________________________

+A BILL

+To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring

+access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other

+purposes.

+_______________________________________________________________________

+November 12, 2025

+Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment

+November 12, 2025

+Committees on Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure

+discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

+of the Union and ordered to be printed

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