3.0.0 2669 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z Senate S S 2004-07-15 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-15T20:47:10Z 2004-07-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. N G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2004-07-15 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-07-15 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-07-15 True Science, Technology, Communications Direct broadcast satellites Law Licenses Television broadcasting Television relay systems Television stations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2004-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-04T18:45:04Z Direct Broadcast Satellite North Country Access Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize satellite carriers to carry the signal of a commercial television broadcast station that was the only network station in that State on January 1, 1995, for secondary transmission to subscribers in communities in the State that are not within one of the first 50 television markets listed in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.

Authorizes satellite carriers to carry the signals of any network station in a State in which all network stations and superstations licensed by the FCC as of January 1, 1995, were assigned to the same local market and the local market does not encompass all counties of the State, for secondary transmission to subscribers in the State who reside in one of the first 50 major television markets listed in FCC regulations.

]]> Direct Broadcast Satellite North Country Access Act Display Title Direct Broadcast Satellite North Country Access Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to enhance the ability of direct broadcast satellite providers to offer additional local broadcast services to consumers under limited circumstances, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Direct Broadcast Satellite North Country Access Act Introduced in Senate 2004-07-15T04:00:00Z 2004-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.