I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5165 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States 
Code, to provide greater access to in-State television broadcast program-
ming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. WIED introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, 
United States Code, to provide greater access to in- 
State television broadcast programming for cable and 
satellite subscribers in certain counties. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Go Pack Go Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. CARRIAGE OF NETWORK STATION SIGNALS IN CER-
TAIN COUNTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title III of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 346. CARRIAGE OF NETWORK STATION SIGNALS IN 
CERTAIN COUNTIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘cable operator’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 602; 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘covered county’ and ‘in-State, 
adjacent-market network station retransmission’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
119(d) of title 17, United States Code, except that, 
in the case of a cable operator, any reference to a 
satellite carrier or a subscriber of a satellite carrier 
shall be considered to be a reference to a cable oper-
ator or a subscriber of a cable operator, respectively; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘local market’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 122(j) of title 17, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘local network station’ means, 
with respect to a subscriber and a television net-
work, the network station— 
‘‘(A) that is affiliated with the television 
network; and 
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‘‘(B) within the local market in which the 
subscriber is located; and 
‘‘(5) the terms ‘network station’ and ‘satellite 
carrier’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 119(d) of title 17, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) SUBSCRIBER ELECTION.—A cable operator or 
satellite carrier shall, at the election of a subscriber in a 
covered county with respect to a television network, pro-
vide to the subscriber— 
‘‘(1) retransmission of the signal of any local 
network station that the operator or carrier is re-
quired to retransmit to the subscriber without re-
gard to this section; 
‘‘(2) an in-State, adjacent-market network sta-
tion retransmission; or 
‘‘(3) both retransmissions described in para-
graphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL SIGNAL CARRIAGE 
REQUIREMENTS.—If a subscriber elects to receive only an 
in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission 
under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) the provision of that retransmission to the 
subscriber shall be deemed to fulfill any obligation of 
the cable operator or satellite carrier to provide to 
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the subscriber the signal of a local network station 
under section 338, 614, or 615; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a satellite carrier that has 
been recognized as a qualified carrier under section 
119(f) of title 17, United States Code, the provision 
of that retransmission instead of the signal of a local 
network station shall not affect the status of the sat-
ellite carrier as a qualified carrier for purposes of 
that section and section 342 of this Act. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT SUBJECT TO TECHNICAL FEASI-
BILITY FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS.—A satellite carrier 
shall be required to provide a retransmission under sub-
section (b) only to the extent that such provision is tech-
nically feasible, as determined by the Commission. 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET 
NETWORK STATION RETRANSMISSIONS BY CABLE OPER-
ATORS.— 
‘‘(1) RETRANSMISSION CONSENT EXCEPTION.— 
Section 325(b) shall not apply to an in-State, adja-
cent-market network station retransmission by a 
cable operator to a subscriber residing in a covered 
county. 
‘‘(2) DEEMED SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED.—In the 
case of an in-State, adjacent-market network station 
retransmission by a cable operator to a subscriber 
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