3.0.0 2359 2021-09-29T20:27:23Z 2021-09-29T20:27:23Z House H HR 2005-05-12 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-23T15:37:16Z Referred to 2005-05-12T14:01:15Z 2005-05-23 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Committee 2005-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 N H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2005-05-12 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2005-05-12 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2005-05-12 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2005-05-24 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-05-25 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-05-26 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2005-06-09 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2005-10-20 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2005-11-03 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2005-11-03 False E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2005-12-07 False M000523 Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] CYNTHIA MCKINNEY D GA A. 4 2005-12-07 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Broadband Business records Campaign debates Civics education Commerce Education Educational television Elementary and secondary education Families Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Independent regulatory commissions Law Licenses Public interest Public relations Standards Television and children Television broadcasting Television in politics Television news Television programs Television stations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-05-12 Introduced in House 2005-06-22T21:24:29Z Digital Television Accountability and Governance Enhancement Act of 2005 or the DTV-AGE Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to reduce broadcast station initial license and renewal terms to three years.

Revises public interest standard provisions to require a station licensee using advanced television spectrum to broadcast multiple channels of programming in the digital television service to establish that program services on such spectrum are in the public interest by meeting specified broadcasting requirements for local civic affairs or qualifying local electoral affairs, independently or locally produced programming, and children's educational programming. Requires at least two public hearings annually to ascertain community needs and interests.

Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue specified final decisions and complete a specified rulemaking proceeding within nine months of enactment of this Act.

]]> Digital Television Accountability and Governance Enhancement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Digital Television Accountability and Governance Enhancement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced DTV-AGE Act Display Title Digital Television Accountability and Governance Enhancement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To establish minimum public interest requirements for multi-cast digital television channels. Introduced in House 2005-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2359ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2359ih.xml 2005-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. 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.