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Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-5140| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2019
Jerrold Nadler

Jerrold Nadler

Democratic Representative

New York

Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 This bill 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.

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


  • November 18, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 19, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.


  • November 19, 2019
    Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.


  • November 21, 2019
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • November 21, 2019
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).


  • December 17, 2019
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.


  • December 17, 2019
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354.

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesIntellectual propertyLicensing and registrationsTelevision and film

Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-5140| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2019
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 This bill 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.

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


  • November 18, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 19, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.


  • November 19, 2019
    Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.


  • November 21, 2019
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • November 21, 2019
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).


  • December 17, 2019
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.


  • December 17, 2019
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354.
Jerrold Nadler

Jerrold Nadler

Democratic Representative

New York

Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesIntellectual propertyLicensing and registrationsTelevision and film