A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to eliminate the requirement for carrying of certain out-of-State broadcast signals by any cable system under the must-carry rules of the Commission.

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Introduced

28 March 1985

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.

Summary

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from requiring any cable system serving an area not within any major television market to carry the signal of any television station if: (1) the community of license of the station is neither in the State served by the system nor in a major television market; and (2) the programming of such station is substantially duplicated by another station carried by the system.

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summary · EN · 28 March 1985
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/1837
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