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HR 7441 95th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Government Operations and Politics Television Television broadcasting Television programs

A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require television broadcast station licensees to preview certain program material provided by national television broadcast networks.

Introduced: May 25, 1977 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 25, 1977
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
May 25, 1977
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each television broadcast station licensee to, by contractual agreement, participate in a program, with the national television broadcast network with which such licensee is affiliated, which permits such licensee to view, not less than 30 days before the scheduled transmission of a program, any entertainment program material provided by such network which is intended for prime time viewing.

What's happening now May 25, 1977

Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7441: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require television broadcast station licensees to preview certain program material provided by national television broadcast networks.. 95th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-7441/
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"H.R. 7441: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require television broadcast station licensees to preview certain program material provided by national television broadcast networks.." 95th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-7441/.
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H.R. 7441, 95th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/95-HR-7441/.
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