102nd Congress / Bills / S 12

Title

A bill to amend title VI of the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure carriage on cable television of local news and other programming and to restore the right of local regulatory authorities to regulate cable television rates, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Actions and defenses | Administrative procedure | Aged | Antitrust law | Baseball | Basketball | Cable television -- Standards | Claims | College sports | Communications | Competition | Congressional reporting requirements | Consumer complaints | Consumer education | Consumer protection | Contracts | Copyright | Deaf | Direct broadcast satellites | Discrimination in employment | District courts | Economic impact statements | Educational television | Emergency communication systems | Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers | Federal advisory bodies | Fines (Penalties) | Football | Franchises (Retail trade) -- Fees | Freedom of speech | Government regulation | Hearing disorders | Independent regulatory commissions | Injunctions | Judicial review | Legal fees | Liability (Law) | Licenses | Mass media | Minorities | Minorities in the mass media industry | Pornography | Professional sports | Public interest | Public television | Restrictive trade practices | Right of privacy | Rural affairs legislation | Sales promotion | Sex oriented businesses | Small business | State laws | Statistics | Stealing | Subscription television | Telephone | Television advertising | Television and children | Television broadcasting | Television broadcasting of sports | Television industry | Television programs | Television relay systems | Television stations | User charges | Violence in television | Women in mass media

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
10/5/92	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 477: Passage, Objections Ofthe President Notwithstanding Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
10/5/92	Senate	Overridden	Session 2, roll call 264: On Overriding the Veto passage of s.12 over veto; Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
9/22/92	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 225: On the Conference Report S. 12 - Conference Report; Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
9/17/92	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 398: On Agreeing to the Conference Report Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
1/31/92	Senate	Passed	Session 2, roll call 14: On Passage of the Bill S. 12, As Amended; Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
1/31/92	Senate	Rejected	Session 2, roll call 13: On the Amendment Packwood Amendment No. 1522; In the nature of a substitute; The Cable Television Competition Act of 1992.
1/30/92	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 12: On the Amendment Helms Amendment No. 1514; To protect children from indecent cable programming on leased access channels.
1/29/92	Senate	Failed	Session 2, roll call 10: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Amendment No. 1503; To require an inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission concerning broadcast television stations whose programming consists predominantly of sales presentations.