Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5036
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2014-07-09
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Intellectual property

Licensing and registrations

Television and film
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)</p>

action_date: 2014-07-22
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p> Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5036 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2014 Mr. Coble (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 . 2. Reauthorization Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 111(d)(3)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking clause and inserting paragraph ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause and inserting paragraph ; and (2) in section 119— (A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 ; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 . 3. Termination of license (a) In general Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, as amended in section 2, is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Termination of license This section shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2019. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 107(a) of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 ( 17 U.S.C. 119 note) is repealed.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 410 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5036 [Report No. 113–544] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2014 Mr. Coble (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary July 22, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 . 2. Reauthorization Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 111(d)(3)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking clause and inserting paragraph ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause and inserting paragraph ; and (2) in section 119— (A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 ; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking 2014 and inserting 2019 . 3. Termination of license (a) In general Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, as amended in section 2, is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Termination of license This section shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2019. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 107(a) of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 ( 17 U.S.C. 119 note) is repealed.

July 22, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed