I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5264 
To provide American consumers information about the broadcast television 
transition from an analog to a digital format. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2006 
Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide American consumers information about the broad-
cast television transition from an analog to a digital 
format. 
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 ‘‘Digital Television Con-
sumer Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LABELING AND CONSUMER EDUCATION. 
Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 330) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LABELING AND CONSUMER EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.— 
Effective 180 days after the date of enactment of 
the Digital Television Consumer Education Act, any 
manufacturer of any television receiving equipment 
described in section 303(s) that does not include a 
digital tuner shall— 
‘‘(A) place a label on any television screen, 
removable by the purchaser, that displays in 
clear and conspicuous print, the following con-
sumer advisory label: ‘After February 17, 2009, 
this television will receive broadcast television 
signals only by using additional equipment. For 
more information, call the Federal Communica-
tions Commission at 1–888–225–5322 (TTY: 
1–888–835–5322) or visit the Commission’s 
website 
at: 
www.dtv.gov 
or 
www.fcc.gov. 
Despue´s del 17 de Febrero del 2009, este tele-
visor solo podra recibir sen˜ales de emisoras de 
televisio´n unicamente con la ayuda de equipo 
adicional. Si requiere ma´s informacio´n, llame a 
la Comisio´n Federal de Comunicaciones al 1– 
888–225–5322 
(TTY: 
1–888–835–5322) 
o 
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visite el sitio web de la Comisio´n en: 
www.dtv.gov o www.fcc.gov ’; and 
‘‘(B) place such advisory label permanently 
and conspicuously on the outside of the retail 
packaging of such television set. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RETAIL
DISTRIBU-
TORS AND OTHER VENDORS.— 
‘‘(A) RETAIL
DISTRIBUTORS.—Any retail 
distributor of any television receiving equipment 
described in section 303(s) that does not in-
clude a digital tuner shall— 
‘‘(i) effective 180 days after the date 
of enactment of the Digital Television Con-
sumer Education Act, place adjacent to 
each unit of such equipment that such dis-
tributor displays for sale or rent a con-
sumer advisory label as provided by the 
manufacturer pursuant to paragraph (1), 
except that such distributor shall not be 
required to affix such label to the television 
screen on such equipment, as long as the 
label is— 
‘‘(I) in the close vicinity of, and 
associated with, the unit on display; 
and 
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