118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2857 — Go Pack Go Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to provide greater access to in-State television broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties.”

Science, technology, communications

Introduced Sep 20, 2023

Last action Sep 20, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Sep 20, 2023

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Referred

Sep 20, 2023

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide their subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties (i.e., Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, or Washburn) the choice of retransmission of (1) the signal of any local network station that the operator or carrier is required to retransmit to the subscriber; (2) an in-state, adjacent-market network station; or (3) both. This will allow residents of such Wisconsin counties currently assigned to an out-of-state Minnesota television market to access programming in Wisconsin.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Sep 20, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Sep 20, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.