TELEVISION related term(s) News Media; Public Broadcasting; Telecommunications

Amendments

FCC: improve oversight of wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems (S. 3238), S7726, S7735 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: allow combat support agency personnel to terminate residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts while deployed (see H.R. 5851), H4138 [16MY]

Drugs: require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug (see H. Con. Res. 146), H10511 [20DE]

——— strengthen penalties on drug companies that fail to monitor and report suspicious opioid distribution practices and increase transparency of Federal oversight of opioid manufacturing and advertising (see S. 2440), S1164 [15FE]

FCC: improve oversight of wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems (see S. 3238), S5066 [18JY] (see H.R. 6427), H6557 [18JY]

——— move Berkshire County, MA, from the Albany, NY, television market into the Springfield, MA, market in order to provide carriage of television stations covering Massachusetts news (see S. 3524), S6356 [27SE]

——— provide a consistent local broadcast channel to provide emergency news and information in underserved States and ensure such channel can disseminate emergency warnings to broadcast stations around the State (see H.R. 6416), H6557 [18JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for broadcasters that air or transmit content from registered foreign agents (see H.R. 5331), H1698 [19MR]

——— provide for carriage of certain television broadcast stations (see H.R. 6954), H9150 [27SE]

——— provide for greater access to in-State television broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties (see S. 3232), S5066 [18JY]

——— reauthorize and provide certain procedural changes to rules to maximize opportunities for public participation and efficient decisionmaking (see H.R. 4986), H1074 [8FE]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 6465), H6648 [23JY]

——— repeal requirement to reallocate and auction the T-Band spectrum (see S. 3347), S5582 [1AU] (see H.R. 5085), H1265 [26FE]

——— require continued application of certain local broadcasting requirements to licensees even if such licensees change from a very high frequency station to an ultra high frequency station (see S. 3632), S7050 [15NO]

——— require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (see H.R. 6248), H5815 [27JN]

——— require U.S.-based foreign media outlets to submit semiannual reports (see H.R. 5354), H1728 [20MR]

Foreign Service: allow officers to terminate residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts while deployed (see H.R. 5167), H1372 [5MR]

NIH: study health and developmental effects of technology and media on infants, children, and adolescents (see S. 3286), S5423 [26JY] (see H.R. 6590), H7722 [26JY]

Russia: combat subversive activities (see H.R. 6437), H6587 [19JY]

Taxation: apply rules relative to treatment of certain qualified film and television and live theatrical productions to Puerto Rico (see H.R. 5183), H1441 [6MR]

Telecommunications: require phone, cable, and Internet providers to include all charges in the prices they advertise for service and provide remedies for consumers that have been wrongfully charged (see H.R. 6987), H9405 [28SE]

U.S. Agency for Global Media: avoid duplication of public diplomacy programs and efforts and improve research and evaluation of public diplomacy (see S. 3654), S7051 [15NO]

Veterans: encourage, enhance, and integrate Green Alert plans throughout the U.S. to help locate missing at-risk veterans (see H.R. 5945), H4693 [23MY]

Letters

Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services (RAY BAUM’S) Act: Representative Gowdy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H1409 [6MR]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1409 [6MR]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1409 [6MR]

Remarks in House

Alton, IL: tribute to feature on ‘‘Small Business Revolution-Main Street’’ television program, H1377 [6MR]

Armed Forces: allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed (H.R. 2409), H7130, H7131 [24JY]

C–SPAN: importance, H5139 [13JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish additional fund to reimburse costs incurred by terrestrial radio stations as a result of reorganization of broadcast television spectrum, E272 [7MR]

FCC: improve oversight of wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems (H.R. 6427), H7692 [26JY]

——— reauthorize and provide certain procedural changes to rules to maximize opportunities for public participation and efficient decisionmaking (H.R. 4986), H1398–H1414 [6MR], E271, E272 [7MR]

——— require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (H.R. 6248), E935 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for State or local governments to buy from or contract with certain Chinese telecommunications companies, H4655 [23MY]

Impact Network (company): tribute to inclusion in Altice USA, Inc., Optimum TV programming, H1530 [13MR]

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) (organization): anniversary, E1263 [17SE]

News media: allegations of media bias, H3320 [16AP], H6052 [11JY], E1337 [28SE]

——— broadcasting of vulgarity associated with President Trump’s characterization of countries of origin of certain immigrants, H177 [16JA]

Phaneuf, Wayne: New England Academy of Journalists Yankee Quill award recipient, E1092 [26JY]

Phoenix, AZ: tribute to Arizona PBS, E247 [1MR]

Russia: combat subversive activities (H.R. 6437), H7846 [5SE]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings, H8746 [25SE]

WTTW–TV (Chicago, IL): anniversary of ‘‘Chicago Tonight—The Week in Review’’ television series, E35 [11JA]

Remarks in Senate

Drugs: require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug, S7221 [29NO]

——— strengthen penalties on drug companies that fail to monitor and report suspicious opioid distribution practices and increase transparency of Federal oversight of opioid manufacturing and advertising, S3596 [11JN], S6173 [17SE]

FCC: improve oversight of wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems (S. 3238), S7734 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for State or local governments to buy from or contract with certain Chinese telecommunications companies, S5541 [1AU]

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) (organization): anniversary, S6135 [12SE]

KRTV–TV (Great Falls, MT): anniversary, S5756 [21AU]

News media: tribute, S2752 [17MY]

——— use of propaganda and misinformation to create polarization, S6375–S6378 [28SE]

Reports filed

Allow Servicemembers To Terminate Their Cable, Satellite Television, and Internet Access Service Contracts While Deployed: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2409) (H. Rept. 115–866), H7153 [24JY]

Public Lands Telecommunications Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2425) (H. Rept. 115–1086), H10509 [20DE]

Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services (RAY BAUM’S) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 115–587), H1440 [6MR]

U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3654), S7189 [28NO]

Texts of

H.R. 2409, allow Armed Forces servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed, H7130 [24JY]

H.R. 4986, Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services (RAY BAUM’S) Act, H1399–H1408 [6MR]