S. 4080: A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations.
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S. 4080: A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations.
109th Congress · introduced 2006-12-05 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-12-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations.
Plain summary
Allows the court to: (1) approve a settlement agreement executed after December 1, 2006, by plaintiffs or defendants in connection with litigation that resulted in the entry of an injunction against a satellite carrier for a willful or repeated pattern or practice of delivering a primary transmission made by a network station and embodying a performance or display of a work to subscribers who are not eligible to receive the transmission; and (2) modify the injunction accordingly.
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Official text
A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · 3 cosponsors
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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s4080.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s4080 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109