Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision.
Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates.
To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-17 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282. | House floor actions |
| 2019-12-17 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354. | House floor actions |
| 2019-11-21 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House committee actions |
| 2019-11-21 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-11-19 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. | House committee actions |
| 2019-11-19 | Committee | Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2019-11-18 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House floor actions |
| 2019-11-18 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |