House Subcommittee to Vote on Legislation to Reauthorize Nation’s Satellite Television Law

The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep Greg Walden (R-OR) has scheduled a markup to consider draft legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act.

The subcommittee will convene for opening statements only on March 24, 2014, at 5:30 p.m.

“This vote will be another step toward ensuring that the 1.5 million Americans who rely on satellite television services don’t lose access to major programming at the end of the year,” said Chairman Walden. “The draft legislation, which addresses a number of discrete issues raised over the course of the subcommittee’s year-long review, strikes the appropriate balance to improve the law without offering any fundamental changes to the marketplace, which are best left to our work toward a Communications Act update. I look forward to working with the rest of the subcommittee to advance this must-pass legislation next week.”