Low Power Protection Act
Latest action · Jan 5, 2023 Became Public Law No: 117-344.
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 15, 2021
- Passed SenateDec 21, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 22, 2022
- To the PresidentDec 28, 2022
- Became lawJan 5, 2023Public Law 117-344
Summary
Low Power Protection Act
This act provides for a one-year period during which eligible low-power television stations may apply to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Class A licenses. To be eligible, a station must serve a media market with a limited number of television households, broadcast a minimum number of hours, and meet other requirements.
A low-power station with a Class A license obtains certain broadcast rights, including primary status with respect to its allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Typically, low-power stations have secondary status and may be displaced from their spectrum in the event the FCC reallocates it to a primary user.)
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 15, 2021 to Sep 29, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Dec 15, 2021 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Sep 29, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Sep 29, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2021Markup Mar 22, 2022Reported Dec 15, 2022 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2023Signed by President.
- Jan 5, 2023Became Public Law No: 117-344.
- Dec 28, 2022Presented to President.
- Dec 22, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 22, 2022Received in the House.
- Dec 22, 2022Held at the desk.
- Dec 22, 2022Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 22, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10028-10029)
- Dec 22, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3405.
- Dec 22, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10028)
- Dec 22, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 21, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9724-9725; text: CR S9725)
- Dec 15, 2022Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment. Without written report.
- Dec 15, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
- Mar 22, 2022Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Dec 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Dec 15, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H10028, H10029Text printed H10028 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Robert E. Latta R-OH | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S9724, S9725Text printed S9725Amendments S9725 | Alex Padilla D-CA | Dec 21, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 21, 2022S. 3405, Low Power Protection ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 22, 2022
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43166 | Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Relations Archived | Report | Mar 25, 2022 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue a rule providing that certain low power television stations may be accorded primary status as Class A television licensees, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Low Power Protection Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Low Power Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Low Power Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Low Power Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Low Power Protection Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Low Power Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 21, 2022Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 15, 2022Reported to Senate
- Dec 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
