Protecting Community Television Act
Latest action · Dec 10, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedDec 9, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Community Television Act
This bill revises the definition of a franchise fee that is paid by a cable operator or cable subscriber to encompass only a tax, fee, or other monetary assessment that is imposed by a franchising authority or other governmental entity.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Dec 9, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 10, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jan 19, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 3, 2022 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 8, 2022 |
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 Dec 9, 2021 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Dec 10, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Dec 9, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 9, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 213, December 9, 2021, page H7637.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 907 | Protecting Community Television Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 17, 2023 |
| S 3361 | Protecting Community Television Act | Identical bill | Dec 9, 2021 |
| HR 5659 | Protecting Community Television Act | Reintroduction of | Jan 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Community Television Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2021Introduced 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.
