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HR 5635 110th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Tariff

Digital Television Transition Consumer Relief Act of 2008

Introduced: March 13, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 19, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 13, 2008
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on digital-to-analog converter boxes.
What's happening now March 19, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 24, 2008
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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 13, 2008
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Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 30, 2008
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 23, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5635: Digital Television Transition Consumer Relief Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5635/
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"H.R. 5635: Digital Television Transition Consumer Relief Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5635/.
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H.R. 5635, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5635/.
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