116 HR 5025 IH: Western Expanded In-State Television Access Act of 2019
U.S. House of Representatives
2019-11-08
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I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5025IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 8, 2019Mr. Smith of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concernedA BILLTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to enhance the ability of
			 direct broadcast satellite providers to offer additional local broadcast
			 services to consumers under limited circumstances, and for other purposes.

 1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Western Expanded In-State Television Access Act of 2019 or the WEST Access Act. 2.Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satelliteSection 122(a)(4) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

 (F)Certain network stationsOn January 1, 2019, if 16 counties in a single State were in a local market comprised principally of counties located in another State and within the top 120 markets for the year 2019 according to Nielsen Media Research, the statutory license provided for in this paragraph shall apply to the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier to subscribers in any of those 16 counties of the primary transmissions of any network station assigned to a local market that includes not more than 4 counties in the State in which such 16 counties are located and all counties encompassed by such local market are located in the same time zone..
 3.Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriersSection 338(l) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(l)) is amended— (1)by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
 (2)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:  (3)Special consideration for requests involving an orphan countyPursuant to a request under paragraph (1), the Commission may modify the local market of a television broadcast station to add an orphan county, as defined by the Commission, solely on the basis of paragraph (2)(B)(iii), if the Commission considers whether the station provides programming specifically related to the State of residence of the orphan county subscribers..


113 HR 3982 IH: Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-02-03
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I113th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 3982IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 3, 2014Mr. Waxman (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Capuano, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo provide that the rules of the Federal Communications Commission relating to preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices shall be restored to effect until the date when the Commission takes final action in the proceedings on such rules that were remanded to the Commission by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014.2.Restoration of open Internet rules during remanded proceedings(a)In generalThe rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in the Report and Order in the matter of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry practices (FCC 10–201; adopted on December 21, 2010) that were vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission (No. 11–1355; decided on January 14, 2014) shall be restored to effect during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date when the Commission takes final action in the proceedings remanded to the Commission in that decision.(b)Adjudication authorityAfter the end of the period described in subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission may continue to adjudicate cases regarding violations of the rules described in such subsection that occurred during such period.


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One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America At the Second SessionBegun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
H. R. 3940

AN ACT
To clarify the availability of existing funds for political status education in the Territory of Guam, and for other purposes.

1.Sense of Congress regarding political status education in GuamIt is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Interior may provide technical assistance to the Government of Guam under section 601(a) of the Act entitled An Act to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes, approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(a)), for public education regarding political status options only if the political status options are consistent with the Constitution of the United States.
2.Minimum wage in American samoa and the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands
(a)Delayed effective dateSection 8103(b) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206 note) (as amended by section 520 of division D of Public Law 111–117) is amended—
(1)in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting (except 2011 when there shall be no increase) after thereafter the second place it appears; and
(2)in paragraph (2)(C), by striking except that, beginning in 2010 and inserting except that there shall be no such increase in 2010 or 2011 and, beginning in 2012.
(b)GAO reportSection 8104 of such Act (as amended) is amended—
(1)by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:

(a)ReportThe Government Accountability Office shall assess the impact of minimum wage increases that have occurred pursuant to section 8103, and not later than September 1, 2011, shall transmit to Congress a report of its findings. The Government Accountability Office shall submit subsequent reports not later than April 1, 2013, and every 2 years thereafter until the minimum wage in the respective territory meets the federal minimum wage.; and
(2)by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
 Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.