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HR 5470 110th Congress House

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.

Introduced: March 13, 2008 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications CommerceCommunication satellitesSubscription televisionTelecommunication industry
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Television broadcastingTelevision relay systemsTelevision stations
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Feb 14, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 14, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 14, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (currently, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 13, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5470: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5470/
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"H.R. 5470: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5470/.
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H.R. 5470, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5470/.
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