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H.R. 5470

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To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the carriage of all local television signals by satellite carriers in all local markets.
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Committee
Latest Action · February 14, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
February 14, 2008
Cosponsors (2)
2D 0R
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Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (currently, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.

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