Broadcast VOICES Act – Socially Disadvantaged Broadcast Ownership (Civil Rights)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-06-18 — Broadcast VOICES Act: cross-connection with sba-8a-social-disadvantage-presumption-reform: Both turn on the federal ‘socially disadvantaged individual’ designation — the Broadcast VOICES Act uses it to allocate tax incentives for radio ownership, while SBA 8(a) reform reconsiders the presumption of social disadvantage in federal contracting. Changes to how that category is defined or presumed would affect eligibility under both regimes. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-06-10 — Broadcast VOICES Act: HR3879 (119th Congress) introduced to establish tax incentives for sales and contributions of radio stations that expand ownership and management by socially disadvantaged individuals, reviving a mechanism analogous to the FCC Minority Tax Certificate Program (1978–1995) and adding FCC reporting requirements on minority broadcast ownership. (novelty: 3)