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S.1789: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels, to preserve support of such channels, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
- This bill is primarily about science, technology, communications
- Introduced Dec. 10, 2013
- Latest Major Action Dec. 10, 2013
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require certain cable system operators, with channel capacity for public, educational, or governmental (PEG) use that is designated by a franchising authority under existing code provisions or required to be provided under this Act, to: (1) carry PEG-use signals to subscribers without material degradation and without altering or removing content or data; (2) provide viewable signals to every cable...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 10, 2013 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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| Dec. 10, 2013 |
Introduced in the Senate by Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) |