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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>DTV Transition Assistance Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to require the Assistant Secretary for Communication of the Department of Commerce, subject to limitations, to implement and administer a program through which U.S. households may obtain coupons toward the purchase of a television antenna.</p>]]></text>
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