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S. 352: | DTV Delay Act | 111th Congress 2009-2010 |
A bill to postpone the DTV transition date. OverviewSponsor: | | Text: | Summary
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Full Text | Status: |  | Introduced | Jan 29, 2009 | | Passed Senate | Jan 29, 2009 | | Passed House | Feb 4, 2009 | | Signed by President | Feb 11, 2009 |
This bill has become law.
It was signed by Barack Obama.
[Last Updated: Nov 14, 2009 6:48AM] | Last Action: | Feb 11, 2009:
Became Public Law No: 111-4. | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
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Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. | Votes: | Jan 29, 2009:
This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.
A record of each representative's position was not kept.
Feb 4, 2009:
This bill passed in the House of Representatives by roll call vote.
The totals were 264 Ayes, 158 Nays, 10 Present/Not Voting.
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Feb 3, 2009 8:09 AM - Why allow lazy people to delay emergency respoder communication and cost Verizon lost revenue and TV stations' extra cost? -
Answer it!Feb 6, 2009 8:24 PM - Excuse me...this has been delayed since 2006. With this inaction, why should we trust "economy recovery"? -
Read AnswersAnswered by a visitor on Feb 11, 2009 3:01 PM -
The DTV transition has little to do with the current proposals for economic stimulus, so the question implies a false comparison. Having said that, one of the biggest issues with the DTV transition is that it is dependent upon technology that was being developed at roughly the same time as the legislation. While the ATSC has been working on standards for DTV for the past 25 years, equipment to make it actually work has only been available for the past six or seven years. Indeed, workable converter boxes became readily available only a year or so before the 2/17/09 analog shutdown date. To put it differently, the analog shutdown requirements were legislated before the equipment existed to make it practical. Ultimately, the delays are a result of having to reconcile physical reality with political objectives. Answered by a visitor on Feb 11, 2009 3:07 PM -
With respect to the original Japanese HD system: this was a wideband analog system developed by NHK, and each channel required considerably more bandwidth than the standard 6 megahertz channels. A relatively isolated country like Japan could take this approach, since they did not need to fit a large number of stations into a coherent channel plan. In the United States, we are using digital technology for HD; this allows the existing channel spacing to continue, and makes the transition between existing analog and new digital stations practical. |
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(2009).
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Retrieved Nov 21, 2009, from
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-352
"S. 352--111th Congress: DTV Delay Act."
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