H.R. 4026 (108th): Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2004

Introduced:
Mar 24, 2004 (108th Congress, 2003–2004)
Sponsor:
Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering Jr. [R-MS3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 998 (109th) on Mar 01, 2005.

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 24, 2004, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 24, 2004
Cosponsors
64 cosponsors (33R, 31D) (show)
Committees

House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose.

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Last updated Mar 24, 2004.
6 pages

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3/24/2004--Introduced.
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers. Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether DARSS licensees should be permitted to provide locally oriented services on nationally distributed channels, taking into account, among other things, the ability of such licensees to afford listeners the same emergency and other information as is afforded listeners of local broadcast stations.

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