[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 927 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 927

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand satellite carriage of 
           local television signals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2009

 Mr. Stupak (for himself and Mr. Berry) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand satellite carriage of 
           local television signals, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Satellite Consumers' Right to Local 
Channels Act''.

SEC. 2. SATELLITE CARRIAGE OF ALL LOCAL TELEVISION SIGNALS IN ALL LOCAL 
              MARKETS REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) National local-to-local.--Section 338(a)(1) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(a)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``within that local market'' and inserting ``within 
        any local market''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 338(a) of such Act (47 
        U.S.C. 338(a)) is amended by striking ``(3) Effective date.--'' 
        and all that follows through ``2002.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    (c) Report Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission 
        shall submit to the Committee on Energy & Commerce of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate a report describing the progress 
        of satellite carriers in implementing the requirements of the 
        amendment made by subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Report requirement duration.--The report required under 
        paragraph (1) shall be submitted every 6 months until the 
        Federal Communications Commission has determined that all 
        satellite carriers comply with the provisions made by the 
        amendments in subsection (a).
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