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Committee Votes

Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2994, A Bill to Reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

June 25, 2009

On Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will met in open markup session to consider H.R. 2994, a bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004.

Summary of Amendments to H.R. 2994

An amendment offered by Rep. Blackburn, R-TN., would allow satellite operators to provide signal bleed subscribers in short markets with signals from network affiliates in adjacent market, thus helping ensure all Americans have access to their local television stations. This amendment was offered and withdrawn.

For text of this amendment, click here.

H.R. 2994 Passed by Voice Vote

 

 
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U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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