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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> Digital Television Coupon Improvement Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to require that coupons that can be applied toward the purchase of digital-to-analog converter boxes expire at the close of March 31, 2009. Applies the change to coupons issued after enactment of this Act.</p>]]></text>
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