[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2827 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2827

  To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 
     2005 to provide for a coupon program for television antennas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 
     2005 to provide for a coupon program for television antennas.

    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 ``DTV Transition Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX PROGRAM.

    Section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety 
Act of 2005 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3);
                    (B) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in 
                paragraph (1); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) implement and administer a program through which 
        households in the United States may obtain coupons that can be 
        applied toward the purchase of a television antenna; and'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the heading for paragraph (1), by striking 
                ``Limitations'' and inserting ``Limitations on 
                converter box coupon program''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Limitations on television antenna coupon program.--
                    ``(A) One-Per-Household maximum.--A household may 
                obtain a coupon by making a request as required by the 
                Assistant Secretary under this section between June 13, 
                2009, and September 15, 2009, inclusive. The Assistant 
                Secretary shall ensure that each requesting household 
                receives, by first class mail via the United States 
                Postal Service, no more than one coupon.
                    ``(B) Duration.--All coupons shall expire on 
                September 30, 2009.
                    ``(C) Funding.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
                expend only funds made available from expired digital-
                to-analog converter box coupons.''.
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