[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3622 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3622

 To repeal the must-carry provisions of title VI of the Communications 
               Act of 1934, relating to cable television.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

   Mr. Baker of California introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the must-carry provisions of title VI of the Communications 
               Act of 1934, relating to cable television.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL.

    Sections 614 and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
534, 535), relating to the carriage obligations of cable systems with 
respect to commercial and noncommercial local television stations, are 
repealed.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Retransmission Consent.--Section 325(b) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``except--'' and all that 
        follows through the period at the end of such paragraph and 
        insert the following: ``except with the express authority of 
        the originating station.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``(3)(A)'' and inserting ``(3)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``and of the right to signal 
                carriage under section 614'';
            (3) by striking paragraphs (3)(B), (4), and (5); and
            (4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4).
    (b) Rate Regulation.--Section 623(b)(7) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
543(b)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (i); and
            (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) 
        and (ii), respectively.
    (c) Judicial Review.--Section 635 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 555) is 
amended by striking subsection (c).

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