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STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4572; 113th Congress)

STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014
Great Seal of the United States
Full title To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes.
Introduced in 113th United States Congress
Introduced on May 6, 2014
Sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden (R, OR-2)
Number of co-sponsors 3
Effects and codifications
U.S.C. section(s) affected 47 U.S.C. § 325, 17 U.S.C. § 122, 17 U.S.C. § 111, 17 U.S.C. § 119, 47 U.S.C. § 339, and others.
Agencies affected Government Accountability Office, United States Congress, Federal Communications Commission
Legislative history

The STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4572) is a bill related to the regulation of satellite broadcasting in the United States.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

According to a report written by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), there are "three primary ways for a household to receive broadcast television signals: by using an individual antenna that receives broadcast signals directly over-the-air from a television station; by subscribing to a cable television service that brings a wire into the house that carries the retransmitted signals of broadcast stations; or by subscribing to a satellite television service that puts a dish on the roof that receives the retransmitted signals of broadcast stations." The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) was the latest in a series of laws regulating satellite television services. If STELA were to expire, the CRS projects that "approximately 1.5 million satellite television households would likely lose distant network broadcast signals."

This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 would amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals to subscribers located outside of a station's local market who reside in unserved households (commonly referred to as "distant signals"). Extends until January 1, 2020: (1) the prohibition on exclusive retransmission consent contracts, and (2) the requirement that television broadcast stations and MVPDs negotiate in good faith.


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