US HB927 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (under current law, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.
Title
Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA] | Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR] | Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] | Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA] |
| Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX] | Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] | Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA] | Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY] |
| Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI] | Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD] | Rep. John McHugh [R-NY] | Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC] |
| Rep. William Owens [D-NY] | Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY] | Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL] | Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI] |
| Rep. John Tanner [D-TN] | Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS] | Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-02-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. | |
| 2009-02-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
Subjects
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Science, technology, communications
Spacecraft and satellites
Television and film
Science, technology, communications
Spacecraft and satellites
Television and film
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/927/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr927/BILLS-111hr927ih.pdf |
