HR 3807 · 99th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-11-21· Sponsored by Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5]· House

Bill Progress

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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 Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.(1985-12-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that a cable system with 13 or more signals which fails to carry the local primary television broadcast stations on a nondiscriminatory basis shall not be entitled to any compulsory license with respect to secondary transmissions of primary transmissions by licensed broadcast stations.…

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Cosponsors (12)

10 Democrats2 Republicans
Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]WA
Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]OH
Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]MN
Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22]PA
Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8]GA
Rep. O'Brien, George M. [R-IL-4]IL
Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-34]NY
Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]NC
Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2]TX
Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-25]NY
Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30]CA
Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5]LA