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S 2643 113th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Government studies and investigations Rural conditions and development Television and film

A bill to require a report by the Federal Communications Commission on designated market areas.

Introduced: July 22, 2014 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Jul 22, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 22, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4713-4714)
Jul 22, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit to Congress a report containing an analysis of: (1) the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market; (2) whether there are alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more local programming options; and (3) the potential impact that such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally.

Requires such report to include recommendations on how to foster increased localism in states served by out-of-state designated market areas.

What's happening now July 22, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1