S 1881 · 99th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-11-22· Sponsored by Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.(1985-11-22)

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 every local primary television broadcast station 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 (1)

1 Republican