[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 328 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 328

                  To postpone the DTV transition date.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2009

    Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
   Schumer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                               considered

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                                 A BILL


 
                  To postpone the DTV transition date.

    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 Delay Act''.

SEC. 2. POSTPONEMENT OF DTV TRANSITION DATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3002(b) of the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``February 18, 2009;'' in paragraph (1) and 
        inserting ``June 13, 2009;''; and
            (2) by striking ``February 18, 2009,'' in paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``that date''.
    (b) Extension of Coupon Program.--Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of that Act 
(47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by striking ``March 31, 2009,'' and 
inserting ``July 31, 2009,''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 3008(a)(1) of that Act (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is 
        amended by striking ``February 17, 2009.'' and inserting ``June 
        12, 2009.''.
            (2) Section 309(j)(14)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 
        (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)(A)) is amended by striking ``February 17, 
        2009.'' and inserting ``June 12, 2009.''.
            (3) Section 337(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 337(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``February 17, 2009,'' 
        and inserting ``June 12, 2009,''.
    (d) Emergency Designation.--Each amount made available under 
section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act 
of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) as a result of the amendments made by this 
section is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet 
emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th 
Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), 
the concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 
2009.
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