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Troy Carter (D-LA)

Protecting Community Television Act

H.R. 3805 · House bill Science, Technology, Communications

A Democratic bill with 7 Democratic cosponsors · See all 7 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Protecting Community Television Act," seeks to amend the Communications Act of 1934. It focuses on modifying the specific definition of a "franchise fee." The legislation aims to change how this term is defined within the law. Specifically, it replaces the word "includes" with the word "means" regarding the definition. It also adds the phrase "other monetary" before the word "assessment."