Reps. Suzanne Kosmas (FL) and Tim Murphy (PA) have become the latest House cosponsors of a bipartisan Congressional resolution opposing a performance tax on local radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 49) is now backed by 260 House lawmakers. An identical Senate resolution is supported by a bipartisan group of 27 U.S. Senators. The growing Congressional opposition comes as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continues to lobby in support of legislation that would require local radio stations to pay an additional fee for every song aired free to listeners.

"Local radio broadcasters and our 239 million weekly listeners appreciate the growing Congressional opposition to RIAA's performance tax campaign," said NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton. "We remain cautiously optimistic that Congress will ultimately reject RIAA's effort to enact this job-killing legislation, which would threaten the very future of a musician's greatest promotional vehicle: free, local radio."

For more information about the performance tax, visit www.NoPerformanceTax.org.

To view the full list of Local Radio Freedom Act cosponsors, click here.