3.0.0 2829 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z Senate S 2019-11-07 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-07T22:04:05Z WEST Access Act 116 5025 HR 2019-11-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2019-11-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative remedies Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Intellectual property Licensing and registrations Television and film Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-17T17:56:44Z Western Expanded In-State Television Access Act of 2019 or the WEST Access Act

This bill expands the authority of satellite carriers to make secondary transmissions of local television programming to subscribers in certain counties.

]]> WEST Access Act Display Title WEST Access Act Short Title(s) as Introduced WEST Access Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Western Expanded In-State Television Access Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2829is/xml/BILLS-116s2829is.xml 2019-11-07 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.