DTV Border Fix Act

Summary

DTV Border Fix Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the renewal of a full-power analog television broadcasting license through February 17, 2014, for stations located within 50 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, provided certain requirements are met, including that the renewal does not prevent the auction of recovered spectrum or encumber or interfere with any channel reserved for public safety use. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if mutually exclusive applications are submitted to use a channel under the amendments made by this Act, to award the authority to use the channel through competitive bidding under existing procedures.

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Timeline

1. 13 February 2008

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

   Source: Committee

2. 13 February 2008

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 February 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 13 February 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 13 February 2008 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2008

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 February 2008

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 February 2008

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Sponsors

• Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Henry Cuellar · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] · D · Cosponsor
• Grace Napolitano · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] · D · Cosponsor
• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] · D · Cosponsor
• XAVIER BECERRA · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Diana DeGette · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] · D · Cosponsor
• GENE GREEN · D · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← DTV Border Fix Act of 2008