CABLE Competition Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit franchising authorities from requiring approval for the sale of cable systems, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Consumer Access to Broadband for Local Economies and Competition Act or the CABLE Competition Act
This bill modifies the process for transferring a cable franchise to a person to whom such franchise was not initially granted.
Specifically, the bill prohibits a cable franchising authority from (1) precluding the transfer of a cable franchise from a cable operator to a person to whom such franchise was not initially granted, or (2) requiring a cable operator that was initially granted a franchise to receive approval from the franchising authority for such a transfer. However, a franchising authority is authorized to require a cable operator to notify the authority of such a transfer.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7336: CABLE Competition Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7336/
"H.R. 7336: CABLE Competition Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7336/.
H.R. 7336, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7336/.
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