S. 2454 · 113th Congress
Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Patrick Leahy
- Introduced
- 2014-06-10
- Latest action
- 2014-06-26 · Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Summary
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.