To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for carriage of independent programmers by certain multichannel video programming distributors.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a tax credit, tax deduction, appropriation provision: 2, expands a tax deduction, appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 45BB. Carriage of Independent Programmers Credit, and expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Biennial report by FCC to Congress. It relies on tax deductions, appropriations, compliance mandates, and tax credits. The main policy areas are Finance and Environment.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a tax credit, tax deduction, appropriation provision: 2.
- Expands a tax deduction, appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 45BB. Carriage of Independent Programmers Credit.
- Expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Biennial report by FCC to Congress.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a tax credit, tax deduction, appropriation provision: 2, expands a tax deduction, appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 45BB. Carriage of Independent Programmers Credit, and expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Biennial report by FCC to Congress.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a tax credit, tax deduction, appropriation provision: 2, expands a tax deduction, appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 45BB. Carriage of Independent Programmers Credit, and expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. Biennial report by FCC to Congress.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Clarke …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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