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HR 7369 116th Congress House

Cable Transparency Act

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to amend provisions relating to franchise term and termination and provisions relating to the elimination or modificati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to amend provisions relating to franchise term and termination and provisions relating to the elimination or modification of requirements in franchises, and for other purposes.

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
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cable Transparency Act

This bill modifies the term and termination of cable franchises.

Specifically, the bill provides that a cable franchise shall continue without any requirement for an operator to renew such franchise until the date the franchise is revoked or terminated. Under current law, a cable operator must submit a proposal for renewal of the franchise to the franchising authority.

The bill prohibits generally (1) a franchising authority from revoking a franchise, (2) a cable operator from terminating a franchise, or (3) the revocation or termination of a franchise by operation of law. However, a cable operator may terminate a franchise by submitting a written request to the franchising authority for the revocation of such franchise, and a franchise authority may revoke a franchise if it finds that the cable operator has knowingly and willfully failed to meet a material requirement of the franchise.

Further, during a franchise period, a cable operator may obtain the elimination or modification of a franchise requirement by submitting a request for such elimination or modification to the franchise authority.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7369: Cable Transparency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7369/
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"H.R. 7369: Cable Transparency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7369/.
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H.R. 7369, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7369/.
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[H.R. 7369: Cable Transparency Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7369/)
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