US Congress Senate Bill 1632 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 26 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Viewer and Listener Protection Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Viewer and Listener Protection Fund through FY2022 to reimburse costs incurred by: (1) a multichannel video programming distributor (e.g. cable provider) in order to continue to carry the signal of a broadcast television licensee under specified conditions, and (2) a broadcast television station or broadcast radio station during the ongoing reorganization of the broadcast television spectrum. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is directed to modify the transition periods for broadcast television stations that are changing channels or broadcast frequencies as part of the reorganization to ensure their broadcasting is not stopped for a significant amount of time. The FCC shall also make an effort to preserve the coverage area and population served by a broadcast radio station that is impacted by the ongoing broadcast frequency reorganization.

Viewer and Listener Protection Act of 2017

Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1632/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1632/BILLS-115s1632is.pdf