Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act
Latest action · Feb 10, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, 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 9, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions in the local market of a television broadcast station to carry, on request, the signals of all television broadcast stations located within any local market (under current law, located within that local market), subject to existing broadcast signal retransmission consent provisions.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2009 to Mar 24, 2010, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Feb 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 10, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Feb 23, 2009 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Frank Kratovil, Jr. | Apr 29, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | May 11, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
- Feb 9, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
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- Feb 9, 2009Introduced in House
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