United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5140 (116th)
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
Introduced
18 November 2019
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Status
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
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7 April 2025
Summary
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision. Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates. To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas.
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6 official files
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 17 December 2019
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 17 December 2019
Reported to House
summary · EN · 17 December 2019
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 November 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 November 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 18 November 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5140
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5140