S 2454
113th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Television and film
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014
Introduced: June 10, 2014
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6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2014
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
Jun 26, 2014
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 26, 2014
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 10, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3546)
Jun 10, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3546)
Jun 10, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)
Expands the local service area for cable retransmissions of low power television stations.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1