S.2454 - Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014113th Congress (2013-2014)
Sponsor: | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] (Introduced 06/10/2014) |
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Committees: | Senate - Judiciary |
Latest Action: | 06/26/2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445. (All Actions) |
Notes: | For further action, see H.R.5728, which became Public Law 113-200 on 12/4/2014. |
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Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends federal copyright law, as amended by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), to extend until December 31, 2019, the statutory license under which satellite carriers retransmit distant television broadcast stations to viewers who are unable to receive signals for such stations in their local market. (Currently, the statutory licensing authority for such satellite retransmissions is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2014.)
Expands the local service area for cable retransmissions of low power television stations.