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47 U.S.C. 338: Carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers

Created in 1999 by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113). Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 17 U.S.C. 122, 47 U.S.C. 325, 47 U.S.C. 339, 47 U.S.C. 340.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–200 added subsec. (l). Law text · (l)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–175, §204(a)(1), struck out par. (3) relating to effective date. Text read as follows: "No satellite carrier shall be required to carry local television broadcast stations under paragraph (1) until January 1, 2002." (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(a), added par. (5). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §204(a)(2), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) related to carriage of local stations on a single dish. (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(1), (2), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (4) as (3) to (5), respectively. Former par. (5) redesignated (6). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(4), added par. (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (7). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(1), redesignated par. (5) as (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (7). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(3), redesignated pars. (6) to (8) as (7) to (9), respectively. Former par. (9) redesignated (10). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(1), redesignated pars. (6) to (8) as (7) to (9), respectively. (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–175, §207(b)(3), redesignated par. (9) as (10). (Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010) Law text · (k)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–447, §203(b)(1), added pars. (1) and (2) and the par. (3) relating to low power station carriage and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which required each satellite carrier providing secondary transmissions within the local market of a television broadcast stati… (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §210, added par. (4). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §203(b)(2), substituted "subsection (a)(1)" for "subsection (a)". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §§203(a)(2), 205, added subsecs. (g) and (h). Former subsecs. (g) and (h) redesignated (j) and (k), respectively. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (g), (h)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §206(a), added subsec. (i). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §203(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (g) as (j). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §203(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (h) as (k). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 108–447, §203(b)(3), added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) to (7) as (5) to (8), respectively. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (k)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.