TV Consumer Freedom Act

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to retransmission consent and must-carry for cable operators and satellite carriers.

9/19/2007--Introduced.
TV Consumer Freedom Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow any cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor to retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or any part thereof, only with the express authority of that station (thereby removing authority under current law for such retransmission in the case of the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers and cable operators). Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence a rulemaking proceeding to revise regulations governing the exercise by broadcast stations of the right to grant such consent. Repeals federal provisions requiring cable operators to carry the signals of local commercial television stations and qualified noncommercial educational television stations. Terminates upon the enactment of this Act all FCC regulations requiring television receivers sold in the United States to include particular types of features or functions, or specifying the type of technology to be used to provide such features or functions. Grants a satellite carrier, notwithstanding any injunction issued under specified provisions, a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]

Committees

• House Judiciary
• 3 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Judiciary
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3602

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 19, 2007

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• Oct 12, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Sep 19, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922)
• Introduced on Sep 19, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Television stations
• Television relay systems
• Television programs
• Television broadcasting
• 14 more
• Television
• Licenses
• Law
• Independent regulatory commissions
• Higher education
• Federal Communications Commission
• Executive departments
• Elementary and secondary education
• Educational television
• Education
• Direct broadcast satellites
• Cable television
• Administrative procedure
• Telecommunication

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October 08, 2007 Through the Wire

Paul's bill (HR 3602), the Television Consumer Freedom Act, would reinstate some of satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications' court-lost legal ...

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October 19, 2008 Moonshine « Some Carolinian

David Camp, Republican of Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, but H.R. 3602 never made it out of the House Ways and Means Committee. The following year, Stupak resubmitted the bill as H.R. 2349 in the 107th Congress, with no better ...

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October 10, 2008 Stop Voting For And Supporting Candidates That Are Promoting This ...

HR3602 : To amend the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to retransmission consent and must-carry for cable operators and satellite carriers.Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 9/19/2007) Cosponsors (None) Committees: House ...

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In 1992, HR 3602, the truth accountability bill, was passed by the House 401-0. The bill was designed to get whatever records that were available to our government for prisoners of war (MIAs) and those missing in action (MIAs). ...

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