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HR 1155 111th Congress House

Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009

Official title: To mandate satellite carriage of qualified noncommercial educational television stations.

Introduced: February 24, 2009 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesEducational technology and distance educationSpacecraft and satellitesTelevision and film
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Feb 25, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Feb 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 25, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009 - 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1155: Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1155/
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"H.R. 1155: Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1155/.
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H.R. 1155, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1155/.
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