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HR 7336 116th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies State and local government operations Television and film

CABLE Competition Act

Introduced: June 25, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 25, 2020
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now June 25, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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