Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Congress


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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 306 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 306

      Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
  Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to 
 increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of 
the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite 
                  television, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2023

Ms. Brownley submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
  Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to 
 increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of 
the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite 
                  television, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. STUDY TO IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR ACCESSIBLE STREAMING OF FLOOR 
              PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Study.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives shall conduct a study on how to increase the 
accessibility of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of 
Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television 
service, that--
            (1) identifies ways an individual without cable or 
        satellite television service can watch or stream a live 
        broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives, 
        including--
                    (A) a list of covered providers and which streaming 
                platforms (if any) that the live broadcast of floor 
                proceedings of the House of Representatives offered by 
                each covered provider is available through; and
                    (B) a list of covered providers with a software 
                application and which smart television platforms (if 
                any) the software application is compatible with; and
            (2) identifies and assesses ways that a private sector 
        entity, a public sector broadcasting service, or a partnership 
        between public and private sector entities could create or 
        expand broadcast services to allow more individuals to watch 
        live floor proceedings of the House of Representatives, 
        especially individuals who do not have cable or satellite 
        television service and individuals who use a smart television.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution, the Chief Administrative Officer shall submit to 
the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, 
and make available to the public, a report that details the findings of 
the study described in subsection (a).
    (c) Covered Provider Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
provider'' means an entity that provides a live broadcast of floor 
proceedings of the House of Representatives to viewers.
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