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HR 5435 110th Congress House

DTV Border Fix Act

Official title: To address the digital television transition in border states.

Introduced: July 8, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Feb 13, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 13, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 13, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DTV Border Fix Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the renewal of a full-power analog television broadcasting license through February 17, 2014, for stations located within 50 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, provided certain requirements are met, including that the renewal does not prevent the auction of recovered spectrum or encumber or interfere with any channel reserved for public safety use.

Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if mutually exclusive applications are submitted to use a channel under the amendments made by this Act, to award the authority to use the channel through competitive bidding under existing procedures.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2507 Related bill DTV Border Fix Act of 2008
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 8, 2008
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 5, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5435: DTV Border Fix Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5435/
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"H.R. 5435: DTV Border Fix Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5435/.
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