The countdown continues in the U.S. Congress lame-duck session and yet support continues to build for a bill that would require AM receivers to be included in vehicle dashboards.
Three more House members have signed on as co-sponsors for the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, bringing the total number of supporters in the House to 271.
If passed, the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (H.R. 8449) will require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles.
If they don’t, carmakers could be fined. Before the effective date of the rule, manufacturers who do not include AM would be required to put a warning label on vehicles. And carmakers would be prohibited from charging extra for AM.
Under the latest version of the bill, automakers would have at least two years to comply with the rule, although some manufacturers that produce fewer than 40,000 passenger cars for sale in the U.S. would have at least four years to meet the requirement.
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