HR 5470 · 110th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.

Introduced 2008-02-14· Sponsored by Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.(2008-02-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (currently, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats