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Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2005

Introduced: March 1, 2005 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Mar 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Mar 1, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 1, 2005

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2005 - 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 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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