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HR 6416 115th Congress House

Local Television Service and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, upon the request of a very high frequency commercial television broadc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, upon the request of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station that has relocated to an underserved State, to provide that the virtual major channel number of such station shall be considered to be the same as the radio frequency channel number of such station.

Introduced: August 14, 2018 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesEmergency communications systems
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Local Television Service and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2018

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, upon the request of a very high frequency commercial television broadcast station that has relocated to an underserved state, to issue an order providing that the virtual major channel number of such station shall be considered to be the same as the radio frequency channel number of that station.

The order shall apply to a station only if the licensee includes in the request a certification that such station will provide at least one hour daily of news, information, or public affairs programming focused on, or of general interest to, local audiences in the state to which the channel of such station has been reallocated. The order shall cease to apply if the licensee fails to initiate the programming within a 90-day period or fails to make the programming available to other television broadcast stations or through Internet streaming.

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     Committees of jurisdiction 1
     Cosponsors 6
    All 6 Democratic 3
    D
    Norcross, Donald
    New Jersey · Sep 13, 2018
    Lance, Leonard
    · Aug 28, 2018
    LOBIONDO, FRANK
    · Aug 28, 2018
         D
    Gottheimer, Josh
    New Jersey · Aug 14, 2018
    MacArthur, Thomas
    · Jul 26, 2018
         D
    Watson Coleman, Bonnie
    New Jersey · Jul 26, 2018
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    U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6416: Local Television Service and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6416/
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