HR 927
111th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Spacecraft and satellites
Television and film
Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act
Introduced: February 9, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 9, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act - 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 (under current law, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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