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H.R. 7364: CABLE Leadership Act

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H.R. 7364: CABLE Leadership Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-25 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

CABLE Leadership Act

Plain summary

Cable Access for Broadband and Local Economic Leadership Act or the CABLE Leadership Act This bill establishes deadlines for a cable franchising authority to act on a complete request for a new franchise and on a complete non-emergency request for authorization to modify or upgrade a cable system or facility. The bill also (1) deems such requests granted on the day after these deadlines expire if the franchising authority has not granted or denied the request by such date, and (2) outlines when such requests shall be considered complete.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

CABLE Leadership Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · 1 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7364 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116