DTV Border Fix Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
DTV Border Fix Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the renewal of a full-power analog television broadcasting license through February 17, 2014, for stations located within 50 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, provided certain requirements are met, including that the renewal does not prevent the auction of recovered spectrum or encumber or interfere with any channel reserved for public safety use.
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if mutually exclusive applications are submitted to use a channel under the amendments made by this Act, to award the authority to use the channel through competitive bidding under existing procedures.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2008 to Jul 31, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 27, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Feb 27, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jun 19, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jun 20, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jun 24, 2008 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Jun 26, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jun 26, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2008 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 13, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2008Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Feb 13, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6308 | Hilda L. Solis D-CA | Jul 9, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-148 | STATUS OF THE DTV TRANSITION: 154 DAYS AND COUNTING244 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 16, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2507 | DTV Border Fix Act of 2008 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address the digital television transition in border states.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DTV Border Fix Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
