# 116-hr-5140: Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

116-hr-5140, Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5140
- Congress: 116
- Title: Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
- Introduced: 2019-11-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision. Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates. To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-9065: Federal Bail Reform Act of 2020
- 116-hr-9018: Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8961: Email Privacy Act
- 116-hr-8924: Our Homes, Our Votes Act
- 116-hr-8902: Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8867: CATS Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-5140 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5140)

## Related
- [116-hr-9065: Federal Bail Reform Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9065)
- [116-hr-9018: Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9018)
- [116-hr-8961: Email Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8961)
- [116-hr-8924: Our Homes, Our Votes Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8924)
- [116-hr-8902: Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8902)
- [116-hr-8867: CATS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8867)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5140 (as of 2025-11-18).