Share Your Comments on The DTV Delay Act of 2009

Be the first on your block to comment on legislation before President Obama signs it into law. First up: the DTV Delay Act of 2009 approved by the House on February 4, 2009. The bill delays the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009 while extending -- to July 31, 2009 -- the deadline for requesting digital-to-analog converter box coupons. If you have coupons that have expired, the bill allows the NTIA to issue replacement coupons. The Act does NOT prevent: 1) a station from ending analog broadcasting (and continuing to broadcast exclusively digitally) before June 13, 2009; or 2) a public safety service from beginning operations on spectrum recovered as a result of such voluntary cessation of analog or digital broadcasting. During the campaign, then-candidate Obama promised not to sign a bill before giving the public five days to comment on it -- here's your chance.