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H.R. 7013: Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act

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H.R. 7013: Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-23 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act

Plain summary

Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 and the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, to develop and implement a program to provide for the continued broadcasting in the analog television service of specified public safety information and digital television transition information from February 18, 2009, through March 3, 2009.

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Official text

Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] · 8 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr7013 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110