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Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000

Introduced: February 24, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2000
Held at the desk.
Apr 3, 2000
Received in the House.
Apr 3, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 30, 2000
Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 50.
Mar 30, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 50.
Mar 30, 2000
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
Mar 30, 2000
Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S1926-1941, S1946-1958, S1961-1968; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1927-1929)
Mar 15, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 461.
Mar 15, 2000
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Gramm under the authority of the order of 03/09/2000 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-243. Additional views filed.
Mar 8, 2000
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 24, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 24, 2000
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 12

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

3 agreed to 9 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,903 — To address certain lending practices. Agreed to Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,902 — To strike provisions relating to retransmission of local television broadcast stations. Agreed to Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,901 — Providing for the approval and administration of loan guarantees relating to space launch vehicles. Ruled out of order Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,900 — To improve the loan guarantee program. Agreed to Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,898 — To improve the loan guarantee program. Withdrawn Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,897 — To address certain lending practices. Withdrawn Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,896 — To require that the entity, if any, that receives the entire amount of the available loan guarantee shall pro… Withdrawn Mar 30, 2000
SAMDT 2,895 — — Pending —
SAMDT 2,894 — — Pending —
SAMDT 2,893 — — Pending —
SAMDT 2,892 — — Pending —
SAMDT 2,891 — — Pending —
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 - Establishes the Local Television Loan Guarantee Board to approve or disapprove loan guarantees under this Act. Allows loan guarantees to be approved only to the extent provided for in advance in appropriations Acts.

Requires such loans to be used to finance the means by which local television broadcast signals will be delivered to an unserved or underserved area, with a loan priority for unserved areas. Prohibits the Board from approving a loan which will serve one of the 40 most populated designated market areas.

Limits: (1) each loan guarantee to 70 percent of the total cost of a project; and (2) the aggregate value of all loan guarantees to$1.25 billion.

Requires the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service to administer all loan guarantees approved under this Act. Requires loan applicants to enter into stipulated performance schedules with respect to the local television signals to be provided through the project.

Outlines procedures governing loan application and credit requirements, default procedures, and recovery of payments for breach of conditions.

Authorizes the Board to charge and collect a loan guarantee fee and use such fee to cover administrative costs.

Requires an annual audit and report concerning the loan guarantee program.

Prohibits any loan guarantee from being approved after December 31, 2006.

Subjects all loan applicants to Federal copyright provisions relating to the required retransmission of local television stations.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2006.

What's happening now April 3, 2000

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3615 Related bill Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 24, 2000
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Feb 24, 2000
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 24, 2000
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