Satellite Television Programming Access Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Satellite Television Programming Access Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to prohibit scrambling of any satellite cable programming not readily available for private viewing at competitive prices. Authorizes the Commission, in lieu of such prohibition, to require activation of home satellite receiver decoding equipment for private viewing of such programming without charge in areas where such programming is not readily available but where surveys indicate a substantial number of home satellite receivers use such decoding equipment. Directs the Commission to monitor, evaluate, and report to the Congress on the availability at competitive prices of satellite cable programming for private viewing in a geographically diverse sample of urban and rural areas. Requires the Commission to expedite the processing of any application for a license for a television translator station filed by an affiliate of a commercial television network prior to nine months after enactment of this Act, if the proposed station will: (1) serve an area not receiving national commercial network television programming from a network affiliate; and (2) alle…