HR 3570 · 111th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2009-12-03)
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Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Requires a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing to deposit a filing fee semiannually with the Register of Copyrights. Declares that a secondary transmission is not an infringement in certain circumstances (such as being made to a federal governmental body designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security) related to preparing for, responding to, or recovering from a major disaster, a catastrophe, an act of terrorism, or a transportation security incident. Applies statutory licensing provisions to systems of three or more noncommercial educational broadcast stations licensed by a single state, public agency, or political, educational, or special purpose subdivision of a state only if the subscriber is located in a designated market area that is not otherwise eligible to receive the secondary transmission of the primary transmission of such system. Applies various existing provisions to digital transmissions by removing the word "analog." Requires a separate royalty fee for each stream of a multicast transmission. Applies statutory licensing provisions to local-into-l…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3570, Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009
Oct 16, 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 16, 2009</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 3570, Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009
Oct 16, 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 16, 2009
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
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3 Democrats