Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-192
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Intellectual property

Licensing and registrations

Television and film

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to extend statutory licenses for secondary transmissions, and require satellite carriers to carry the analog and digital signals of licensed local television broadcast stations, in U.S. territories and possessions under the same requirements that apply in states. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 192 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Ms. Plaskett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , 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 title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to include a territory or possession of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017 . 2. Geographic limitations on secondary transmissions (a) Geographic limitations on secondary transmissions Section 122(h) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting , including each territory or possession of the United States after locations in the United States . (b) State defined Section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: (6) State The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States. . (c) Carriage of signals of local stations in certain markets Section 338(a)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 338(a)(4) ) is amended by inserting (including a territory or possession of the United States) after within a State .