HR 426
108th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative procedure
Equipment and supplies
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Standards
Television
Television broadcasting
Television relay systems
TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003
Introduced: January 28, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jan 28, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 28, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003 - Prohibits specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 from being construed to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require, or prescribe any schedule for the implementation of, digital television reception capability in television broadcast reception equipment.
States that the requirements and schedule established by FCC regulation for the implementation of such capability in such equipment shall not be effective except as expressly hereafter provided by Act of Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1