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Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2004

Introduced: March 24, 2004 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Mar 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Mar 24, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 24, 2004

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers.

Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether DARSS licensees should be permitted to provide locally oriented services on nationally distributed channels, taking into account, among other things, the ability of such licensees to afford listeners the same emergency and other information as is afforded listeners of local broadcast stations.

What's happening now March 30, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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