H.R.3602: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to retransmission consent and must-carry for cable operators and satellite carriers.

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To amend the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to retransmission consent and must-carry for cable operators and satellite carriers. 9/19/2007--Introduced. TV Consumer Freedom Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow any cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor to retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or any part thereof, only with the express authority of that station (thereby removing authority under current law for such retransmission in the case of the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers and cable operators). Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a rulemaking proceeding to revise regulations governing the exercise by broadcast stations of the right to grant such consent. Repeals federal provisions requiring cable operators to carry the signals of local commercial television stations and qualified noncommercial educational television stations. Terminates upon [...]

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10/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
09/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922)
09/19/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
09/19/2007 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce

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