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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3196" measure-id="id113hr3196" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-09-26" update-date="2013-10-17">
<title>To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors, and for other purposes.</title>
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<action-date>2013-09-26</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from adopting any rule or policy prohibiting a multichannel video programming distributor from placing into service navigation devices for sale, lease, or use that perform both conditional access and other functions in a single integrated device. Repeals any such rule or policy adopted by the FCC prior to enactment of this Act.</p>]]></summary-text>
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