United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5470 (110th)
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.
Introduced
14 February 2008
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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2 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (currently, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 14 February 2008
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 14 February 2008
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 14 February 2008
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5470
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5470