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A bill to make a technical correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 7/30/2008--Public Law.    (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 19, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) DTV Transition Assistance Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (title III of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) with respect to the low-power television and translator digital-to-analog conversion program. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to determine whether the full amounts provided from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund will be needed for payments to eligible low-power TV stations toward purchase of a digital-to-analog conversion device to convert the incoming digital signal of their corresponding full-power TV station to analog [...]

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  • 07/30/2008 - Signed by President.
  • 07/30/2008 - Became Public Law No: 110-295.
  • 07/22/2008 - Presented to President.
  • 07/09/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6306-6309)
  • 07/09/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6306)

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.2607 Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate07/11/2008
S.2607 Referred to House Committee after being Received from Senate06/21/2008
S.2607 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate06/20/2008
S.2607 Introduced in Senate06/20/2008
S.2607 Reported in Senate06/12/2008