[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2789 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2789

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States 
 Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of 
   signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2019

  Mr. Wicker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States 
 Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of 
   signals of television broadcast stations, 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 Television Access 
Reauthorization Act of 2019'' or the ``STAR Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.

    Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``December 31, 2019'' 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2024''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ``January 1, 2020'' 
        each place that term appears and inserting ``January 1, 2025''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking ``2019'' and 
        inserting ``2024''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``2019'' and inserting 
        ``2024''.
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