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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S125-126) Bill TextA bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2007 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network television stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Auditing, Broadband, Business, Cable television, Capital gains tax, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Department of the Treasury, Enterprise zones, Executive departments, Finance, Income tax, Investment tax credit, Law, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Partnerships, Radio stations, Small business, Small business investment companies, Stocks, Tax deferral, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telephone, Television stations, Urban affairs, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale of telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances or a tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of ownership in telecommunications businesses. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to exclude from gross income a portion of the gain from the sale of the assets of a telecommunications business to an eligible purchaser. Defines "eligible purchaser" as: (1) any economically and socially disadvantaged business as designated by the Secretary of the Treasury using specified criteria; or (2) a corporation or partnership which, following the sale of a telecommunications business, owns substantially all of the assets of such business and is at least five percent owned by the Telecommunications Development Fund established under the Communications Act of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Bill TextTo amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Grants a statutory license to a satellite carrier for the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission by a network station located in Oklahoma to subscribers who: (1) reside in Oklahoma but do not receive the secondary transmission of any network station located in that state because of assignment to a local market receiving secondary transmissions of network stations located in another state; and (2) elect to receive the secondary transmissions of network stations located in Oklahoma.
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Four Corners Television Access Act of 2007 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network television stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located. Allows, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station that elects to provide secondary transmission only to subscribers in the state who otherwise would not receive the primary transmission because the subscribers are in a designated market area outside of that state if: (1) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines that it is in the best interest of the public welfare; and (2) the satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station agrees to also provide the secondary transmission [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), consistent with the representations made by digital audio radio satellite service licensees that digital audio radio satellite service would be a national service, to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers. Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Sports, Telecommunication, Television broadcasting, Television broadcasting of sports, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 06/21/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Bill TextTo amend section 122 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers and cable operators to retransmit the signals of local television broadcast stations to their adjacent markets, and for other purposes. 6/21/2007--Introduced. Television Freedom Act of 2007 - Requires statutory licensing for a satellite carrier's secondary transmission into a television broadcast station's adjacent market if the satellite carrier also makes secondary transmissions into that adjacent market of the adjacent market's television broadcast stations. Defines "adjacent market," for both commercial and noncommercial television broadcast stations, as a market area adjacent to, and at least partially in the same state as, the designated market area in which the station is located. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow such secondary transmissions. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise related [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses for satellite carriers. 1/11/2007--Introduced. Grants a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station to a satellite carrier found to have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of delivering such a primary transmission to subscribers who are not eligible to receive it, notwithstanding any injunction that has been issued.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Cable television, Education, Educational television, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Higher education, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Licenses, Telecommunication, Television, Television broadcasting, Television programs, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 10/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Bill TextTo 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 [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services. 9/27/2007--Introduced. State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state from imposing a direct or indirect tax that results in different charges being imposed on substantially equivalent multichannel video programming services based on the means by which those services are delivered, including Internet protocol (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services.
Also tagged in: Broadband, Business, Education, Educational television, Elementary and secondary education, Higher education, Subscription television, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo mandate satellite carriage of qualified noncommercial educational television stations. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a satellite carrier that offers multichannel video programming distribution service to over five million subscribers to retransmit the digital signals of each noncommercial educational television station that is located in any local U.S. market.
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Also tagged in: Broadband, Business, Education, Educational television, Elementary and secondary education, Higher education, Subscription television, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo mandate satellite carriage of qualified noncommercial educational television stations. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a satellite carrier that offers multichannel video programming distribution service to over five million subscribers to retransmit the digital signals of each noncommercial educational television station that is located in any local U.S. market.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services. 9/27/2007--Introduced. State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state from imposing a direct or indirect tax that results in different charges being imposed on substantially equivalent multichannel video programming services based on the means by which those services are delivered, including Internet protocol (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Cable television, Education, Educational television, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Higher education, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Licenses, Telecommunication, Television, Television broadcasting, Television programs, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 10/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Bill TextTo 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 [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Sports, Telecommunication, Television broadcasting, Television broadcasting of sports, Television relay systems, Television stations
Latest Action: 06/21/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Bill TextTo amend section 122 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers and cable operators to retransmit the signals of local television broadcast stations to their adjacent markets, and for other purposes. 6/21/2007--Introduced. Television Freedom Act of 2007 - Requires statutory licensing for a satellite carrier's secondary transmission into a television broadcast station's adjacent market if the satellite carrier also makes secondary transmissions into that adjacent market of the adjacent market's television broadcast stations. Defines "adjacent market," for both commercial and noncommercial television broadcast stations, as a market area adjacent to, and at least partially in the same state as, the designated market area in which the station is located. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow such secondary transmissions. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise related [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Four Corners Television Access Act of 2007 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network television stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located. Allows, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station that elects to provide secondary transmission only to subscribers in the state who otherwise would not receive the primary transmission because the subscribers are in a designated market area outside of that state if: (1) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines that it is in the best interest of the public welfare; and (2) the satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station agrees to also provide the secondary transmission [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Broadband, Broadcast journalism, Business, Competition, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Licenses, Radio broadcasting, Radio programs, Radio stations, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry
Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), consistent with the representations made by digital audio radio satellite service licensees that digital audio radio satellite service would be a national service, to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers. Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Auditing, Broadband, Business, Cable television, Capital gains tax, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Department of the Treasury, Enterprise zones, Executive departments, Finance, Income tax, Investment tax credit, Law, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Partnerships, Radio stations, Small business, Small business investment companies, Stocks, Tax deferral, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telephone, Television stations, Urban affairs, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a deferral of tax on gain from the sale of telecommunications businesses in specific circumstances or a tax credit and other incentives to promote diversity of ownership in telecommunications businesses. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to exclude from gross income a portion of the gain from the sale of the assets of a telecommunications business to an eligible purchaser. Defines "eligible purchaser" as: (1) any economically and socially disadvantaged business as designated by the Secretary of the Treasury using specified criteria; or (2) a corporation or partnership which, following the sale of a telecommunications business, owns substantially all of the assets of such business and is at least five percent owned by the Telecommunications Development Fund established under the Communications Act of [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Bill TextTo amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Grants a statutory license to a satellite carrier for the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission by a network station located in Oklahoma to subscribers who: (1) reside in Oklahoma but do not receive the secondary transmission of any network station located in that state because of assignment to a local market receiving secondary transmissions of network stations located in another state; and (2) elect to receive the secondary transmissions of network stations located in Oklahoma.
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses for satellite carriers. 1/11/2007--Introduced. Grants a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station to a satellite carrier found to have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of delivering such a primary transmission to subscribers who are not eligible to receive it, notwithstanding any injunction that has been issued.
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S125-126) Bill TextA bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2007 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network television stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located.
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