US Congress House Bill 5140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-12-17 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision. Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates. To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider generally must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas (DMAs). However, a provider that does not provide such retransmissions of local stations to all DMAs may obtain a temporary statutory license by (1) demonstrating that the provider has made reasonable and good faith efforts to do so, and (2) filing a notice with the Copyright Office.

Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-17	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
2019-12-17	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354.
2019-11-21	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
2019-11-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-11-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2019-11-19	House	Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
2019-11-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-11-18	House	Introduced in House

HB1865 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-94. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5140/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5140/BILLS-116hr5140ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5140/BILLS-116hr5140rh.pdf