United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 426 (108th)
TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003
Introduced
28 January 2003
Last action
3 February 2003 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sponsors
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4], Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33], Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5], Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5], Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large], Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
18 August 2025
Summary
TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003 - Prohibits specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 from being construed to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require, or prescribe any schedule for the implementation of, digital television reception capability in television broadcast reception equipment. States that the requirements and schedule established by FCC regulation for the implementation of such capability in such equipment shall not be effective except as expressly hereafter provided by Act of Congress.
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Timeline
28 January 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 28 January 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/426
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/426
- us · 108-hr-426 · source updated 18 August 2025