Bill99th CongressFiled Nov 22, 1985Government Operations and Politics
S. 1881
Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Nov 22, 1985)
Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that a cable system with 13 or more signals which fails to carry every local primary television broadcast station on a nondiscriminatory basis shall not be entitled to any compulsory license with respect to secondary transmissions of primary transmissions by licensed broadcast stations.
What just happenedNov 22, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA](R-VA)Sponsor
1 cosponsor
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