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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-329
TELEVISION VIEWER PROTECTION ACT OF 2019
DECEMBER 9, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5035]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5035) 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, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 4
II. Background and Need for Legislation .......................................................... 4
III. Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................................... 5
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
V . C om m ittee V otes ............................................................................................ 7
V I. O versight Findings ........................................................................................ 7
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 7
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 7
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ........................ 7
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 7
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ........................................................................... 8
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 8
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 8
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ............................................................. 8
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 8
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 10
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.
Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended-
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