3.0.0 4572 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z House H HR 2014-05-06 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALDEN:H.R. 4572.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3447]]]> sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-29T14:48:57Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Reported by 2014-07-11T15:08:25Z Markup by 2014-05-08T19:06:53Z Referred to 2014-05-06T16:03:05Z H. Rept. 113-518 Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 113 5036 HR 2014-07-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410. Related bill CRS STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 113 5728 HR 2014-12-04 Became Public Law No: 113-200. Related bill CRS Related bill House Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 113 2454 S 2014-06-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445. Related bill CRS Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act 113 2799 S 2014-12-12 By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 113-322. Related bill CRS 2014-07-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-07-23 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2014-07-22 15:29:43 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2014-07-22 15:29:37 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2014-07-22 15:29:36 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6588-6589) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2014-07-22 15:29:36 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6588-6589) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-22 15:06:37 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4572. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2014-07-22 15:06:34 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6588-6592) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2014-07-22 15:05:59 Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2014-07-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00389 2014-07-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-518. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-07-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-518. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-05-08 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2014-05-08 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-05-07 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2014-05-06 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-05-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 N U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2014-05-06 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 33 2014-05-06 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2014-05-06 True H.R.5728 https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5728 Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Business records Competition and antitrust Congressional oversight Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intellectual property Licensing and registrations Television and film Science, Technology, Communications 00 2014-05-06 Introduced in House 2014-05-21T15:50:22Z STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith.

Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prohibit television broadcast stations from coordinating their negotiations or negotiating jointly in the same local market to grant retransmission consent to an MVPD, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under FCC regulations.

Establishes a process to delay application of the FCC's amendments to joint sales agreement (JSA) rules under which a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitation rules. Prohibits a JSA party that submits a petition to the FCC for a waiver of such attribution rules from being considered in violation of ownership limits until the later of: (1) 18 months after the FCC denies such petition, or (2) December 31, 2016. (Currently, the FCC requires compliance with ownership limits within two years of the FCC's order adopting such amended attribution rules.)

Removes a prohibition against deletion or reposition of a local commercial television station during periods in which major television ratings services measure the size of local television station audiences (commonly referred to as "sweeps" weeks).

Repeals an integration ban that prohibits certain MVPDs from placing in service new navigation devices (set-top boxes) for sale, lease, or use that perform both conditional access (mechanisms that provide for selective access and denial of specific services and can prevent a signal from being received by unauthorized users) and other functions in a single integrated device.

Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report concerning changes to carriage requirements currently imposed on MVPDs that would be required, or beneficial to consumers, if Congress implemented a phase-out of statutory compulsory licensing procedures (a licensing and royalty distribution system administered by the U.S. Copyright Office under which cable and satellite operators may retransmit programming, without negotiating with every copyright holder, by paying licensing royalties at statutorily-defined rates determined by Copyright Royalty Judges or by using a royalty-free license for the retransmission of local broadcasts) under federal copyright law.

Directs satellite carriers to submit annual reports to the FCC regarding: (1) the local markets in which television broadcast station signals are retransmitted with a community of license, and (2) the use and potential use of satellite capacity for the retransmission of local signals in each local market. Terminates such reporting requirements after each satellite carrier has submitted five reports.

]]> 17 2014-07-11 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2014-07-23T13:59:41Z STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prohibit television broadcast stations from coordinating their negotiations or negotiating jointly in the same local market to grant retransmission consent to an MVPD, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under FCC regulations.

(Sec. 4) Establishes a process to delay application of the FCC's amendments to joint sales agreement (JSA) rules under which a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitation rules. Prohibits a JSA party that submits a petition to the FCC for a waiver of such attribution rules from being considered in violation of ownership limits until the later of: (1) 18 months after the FCC denies such petition, or (2) December 31, 2016. (Currently, the FCC requires compliance with ownership limits within two years of the FCC's order adopting such amended attribution rules.)

(Sec. 5) Removes a prohibition against deletion or reposition of a local commercial television station during periods in which major television ratings services measure the size of local television station audiences (commonly referred to as "sweeps" weeks).

(Sec. 6) Repeals an integration ban that prohibits certain MVPDs from placing in service new navigation devices (set-top boxes) for sale, lease, or use that perform both conditional access (mechanisms that provide for selective access and denial of specific services and can prevent a signal from being received by unauthorized users) and other functions in a single integrated device.

(Sec. 7) Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report concerning changes to carriage requirements currently imposed on MVPDs that would be required, or beneficial to consumers, if Congress implemented a phase-out of statutory compulsory licensing procedures (a licensing and royalty distribution system administered by the U.S. Copyright Office under which cable and satellite operators may retransmit programming, without negotiating with every copyright holder, by paying licensing royalties at statutorily-defined rates determined by Copyright Royalty Judges or by using a royalty-free license for the retransmission of local broadcasts) under federal copyright law.

(Sec. 8) Directs satellite carriers to submit annual reports to the FCC regarding: (1) the local markets in which television broadcast station signals are retransmitted with a community of license, and (2) the use and potential use of satellite capacity for the retransmission of local signals in each local market. Terminates such reporting requirements after each satellite carrier has submitted five reports.

(Sec. 9) Requires the FCC to report to Congress regarding: (1) the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed; and (2) whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally.

]]> 36 2014-07-22 Passed House amended 2014-08-04T15:45:10Z STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Communications Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prohibit television broadcast stations from coordinating their negotiations or negotiating jointly in the same local market to grant retransmission consent to an MVPD, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under FCC regulations.

(Sec. 103) Establishes a process to delay application of the FCC's amendments to joint sales agreement (JSA) rules under which a television station that sells more than 15% of the weekly advertising time of another station in the same market is attributed an ownership interest subject to ownership limitation rules. Prohibits a JSA party that submits a petition to the FCC for a waiver of such attribution rules from being considered in violation of ownership limits until the later of: (1) 18 months after the FCC denies such petition, or (2) December 31, 2016. (Currently, the FCC requires compliance with ownership limits within two years of the FCC's order adopting such amended attribution rules.)

(Sec. 104) Removes a prohibition against deletion or reposition of a local commercial television station during periods in which major television ratings services measure the size of local television station audiences (commonly referred to as "sweeps" weeks).

(Sec. 105) Repeals an integration ban that prohibits certain MVPDs from placing in service new navigation devices (set-top boxes) for sale, lease, or use that perform both conditional access (mechanisms that provide for selective access and denial of specific services and can prevent a signal from being received by unauthorized users) and other functions in a single integrated device.

(Sec. 106) Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report concerning changes to carriage requirements currently imposed on MVPDs that would be required, or beneficial to consumers, if Congress implemented a phase-out of statutory compulsory licensing procedures (a licensing and royalty distribution system administered by the U.S. Copyright Office under which cable and satellite operators may retransmit programming, without negotiating with every copyright holder, by paying licensing royalties at statutorily-defined rates determined by Copyright Royalty Judges or by using a royalty-free license for the retransmission of local broadcasts) under federal copyright law.

(Sec. 107) Directs satellite carriers to submit annual reports to the FCC regarding: (1) the local markets in which television broadcast station signals are retransmitted with a community of license, and (2) the use and potential use of satellite capacity for the retransmission of local signals in each local market. Terminates such reporting requirements after each satellite carrier has submitted five reports.

(Sec. 108) Requires the FCC to report to Congress regarding: (1) the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed; and (2) whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally.

Title II: Copyright Provisions - Amends federal copyright law to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)

]]> STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 Display Title STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 Short Titles as Reported to House STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 H House Short Titles as Passed House STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 H House Official Titles as Amended by House To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes. H House Referred in Senate 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4572rfs/xml/BILLS-113hr4572rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4572eh/xml/BILLS-113hr4572eh.xml Reported in House 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4572rh/xml/BILLS-113hr4572rh.xml Introduced in House 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4572ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4572ih.xml 2014-07-29 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.