HR 4221
110th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Broadband
Commerce
Direct broadcast satellites
Education
Educational television
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Subscription television
Telecommunication industry
Television relay systems
Television stations
Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2007
Introduced: November 15, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 15, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a satellite carrier that offers multichannel video programming distribution service to over five million subscribers to retransmit the digital signals of each noncommercial educational television station that is located in any local U.S. market.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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