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Originally Posted by Here2Stay
That bill was signed 4 years ago, within 3 weeks after Obama took office, what took so long for it to come into effect. Just wondered  |
Bill was proposed in 2008, finally passed in fall 2010. The House and Senate bill differred and they were reconciled and sent to President Obama who signed the law in Dec 2010 (two years ago not 4). The law required the FCC to establish rules then allow public comment then go into effect one year later to give the industry time to come into compliance and as per the wikipedia page:
On May 27, 2011, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Media Bureau (MB) Docket 11-93, to implement the CALM Act. Comments were due July 8, 2011, and reply will be due on July 21, 2011. Twelve parties filed comments. Those comments are now available in the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), as will be the reply comments, when due. The FCC will then issue a Report and Order (R&O) adopting rules to implement the CALM Act. The FCC had until December 15, 2011, to do so. The Commission's rules become effective one year from when they were adopted.
The FCC adopted the rules on December 13, 2011. They took effect on December 13, 2012. Television viewers are asked to report loud commercials that violate this bill to the FCC