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S. 1881

Local Signal Carriage Act of 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.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA](R-VA)Sponsor
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Local Signal Carriage Act of 1985 — Informed