Senate bill 2644

Does anyone know what happened in the Commerce Committee concerning this
bill?

(Andrew Thall) wrote in
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Does anyone know what happened in the Commerce Committee concerning
this bill?

Latest Major Action: 7/22/2004 Senate committee/subcommittee actions.
Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered
to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
favorably

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

(Bert Hyman) wrote in
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(Andrew Thall) wrote in
:

Does anyone know what happened in the Commerce Committee
concerning this bill?

Latest Major Action: 7/22/2004 Senate committee/subcommittee
actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute favorably

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Mo

Washington, DC – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee today approved by voice vote, S. 2644, the Satellite Home
Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act
of 2004. Senators Ensign (R-NV) and McCain (R-AZ) introduced the
legislation on July 13, 2004.

The legislation is designed to allow satellite providers to provide
customers that cannot receive an over-the-air digital signal from
networks with a distant network signal by satellite.

The bill does the following:

· Requires the phase out of a two-dish system used by satellite
providers to supply consumers all local broadcast stations in a
market.

· Direct the FCC to develop a method for identifying unserved digital
households within two years.

· Extend and expand good faith bargaining obligations from January
2006 to January 2010.

The Committee also adopted the following amendments to S. 2644:

· A substitute amendment by Senator McCain (R-AZ) and Ensign (R-NV)
to shorten the phase-in period for existing two-dish markets and
establishing a satellite provider's ability to import distant
signals.

The Committee held a full committee hearing on this issue on May 4,
2004.



--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

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Does anyone know what happened in the Commerce Committee concerning this
bill?