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HR 3148 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Marketing and advertising

To exempt application of JSA attribution rule in case of existing agreements.

Introduced: July 21, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jul 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 21, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill exempts broadcast television stations from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) amended joint sales agreement (JSA) rules if the stations were parties to a JSA that was in effect on the effective date of the amendment adopted by the FCC on March 31, 2014.

Under the FCC's amended rule, a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitations. The bill exempts stations from being considered in violation of such ownership limitations by reason of the amended rule if they were a party to an existing JSA that was in effect on the effective date of the amendment.

What's happening now July 24, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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