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HR 3498 111th Congress House

Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009

Official title: To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain nonc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain noncommercial, educational broadcast stations outside their local markets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 31, 2009 Introduced by: Lummis, Cynthia M. Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesIntellectual property
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jul 31, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 8, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 - Permits a satellite carrier to retransmit the signals of a state-wide network of noncommercial educational broadcast stations to any subscriber in any county within such state that is: (1) outside that station's local market; and (2) not served by an in-state noncommercial educational television broadcast station.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit a satellite carrier to retransmit the signals of a television broadcast station outside the station's local market directly to its subscribers if: (1) such station is a part of a network of three or more noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are licensed to a single state, political, educational, or special purpose subdivision of a state, or to a single public agency; and (2) the carrier retransmits such signal only to subscribers in a county within that state that is outside the station's local market and is not served by another in-state noncommercial educational broadcast station.


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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 15, 2009
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jul 31, 2009
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 31, 2009
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 31, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3498: Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3498/
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"H.R. 3498: Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3498/.
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