[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3032

    To require manufacturers and retailers to provide disclosure to 
  consumers that analog televisions will no longer receive broadcast 
 transmissions after the public broadcast spectrum changes to digital 
                        after December 31, 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2005

 Mr. Gene Green of Texas (for himself and Mr. Gonzalez) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require manufacturers and retailers to provide disclosure to 
  consumers that analog televisions will no longer receive broadcast 
 transmissions after the public broadcast spectrum changes to digital 
                        after December 31, 2006.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TV Truth Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS REGARDING ANALOG TELEVISIONS.

    (a) Manufacturer Labeling Requirement.--It is unlawful for any 
manufacturer of an analog television to ship such a television in 
interstate commerce unless the disclosure required in subsection (d) is 
displayed--
            (1) on a removable label placed on the screen of such 
        television; and
            (2) in a clear and conspicuous manner, on the outside of 
        the retail packaging of such television.
    (b) Retail Notice Requirement.--It is unlawful for any retail 
distributor to sell at retail or rent any analog television unless such 
distributor places adjacent to such television, a sign containing the 
disclosure required by subsection (d).
    (c) Internet Sales Notice Requirement.--It is unlawful to sell, by 
means of an Internet transaction, any analog television unless, prior 
to the conclusion of such sale and as part of such Internet 
transaction, the seller provides the buyer with a clear and conspicuous 
notice containing the disclosure required by subsection (d).
    (d) Content of Disclosure.--The disclosure required by this section 
shall state, in both English and Spanish languages, the following: 
``THIS ANALOG TELEVISION WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE A BROADCAST TELEVISION 
SIGNAL WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AS EARLY AS DECEMBER 31, 2006, WHEN 
U.S. FEDERAL LAW WILL REQUIRE BROADCAST TELEVISION TRANSMISSION TO 
CHANGE FROM ANALOG SERVICE TO DIGITAL SERVICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, 
CALL THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AT 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-
888-835-5322) OR VISIT THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITES AT: www.dtv.gov or 
www.fcc.gov.''

SEC. 3. ANALOG TELEVISION DEFINED.

    As used in this Act, the term ``analog television'' means an 
apparatus designed to receive television signals that is not capable of 
receiving and displaying signals in the digital television service on 
the channels allocated to such broadcasts.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FTC.

    A violation of this Act shall be treated as a violation of a rule 
defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under 
section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in 
the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as 
though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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