House panel oks FCC user-fee proposal. (telecommunications subcommittee approves "user-fee" bill, which largely resembles Federal Communications Commisions' proposal that would require cable operators to pay for each community in system's franchise area)
Multichannel News, July, 1991 by Aversa, Jeannine
House Panel OKs FCC User-Fee Proposal WASHINGTON -- The House telecommunications subcommittee last week approved a "user-fee" bill that would require cable operators to pay $300 a year for each community located in a system's franchise area. Telecommunications subcommittee chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) wrote the bill, which largely resembles a user-fee proposal prepared by the FCC.
That proposal was floated around Capitol Hill earlier this year and was met with a lukewarm reception. Markey and Dingell's decision to offer a user-fee bill marks the first legislative interest in the FCC's plan so far this year. The bill must be approved by the full Commerce Committee before it...
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