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HR 5393 117th Congress House

Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for mandatory cable carriage of low power television stations sharing facilities of certain full power comme… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for mandatory cable carriage of low power television stations sharing facilities of certain full power commercial VHF stations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2021 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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Became law
Sep 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Sep 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5393: Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5393/
MLA
"H.R. 5393: Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5393/.
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H.R. 5393, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5393/.
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[H.R. 5393: Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5393/)
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