[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 525 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 525

 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

                            January 17, 1995

 Mr. Baker of California (for himself, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Parker) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on 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repealed.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 
        inserting 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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