HR888-119

In Committee

Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Technology, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HCCE81EFA00AC488D8CB7F7EBF3C79A11: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025.
  • Section H6A32BBB4771643D2B07F56AB76190BDC: 2. Rebates for video programming blackouts Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section H5BC7EE92ACA34DBFBBBBB50C5DB569F0: 723. Rebates for video programming blackouts Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission shall promulgate...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Technology, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Technology Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
transportation operators and travelers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 31, 2025

Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Carson, and Ms. …

Jan 31, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced in House

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Technology Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered negotiation" §H5BC7EE92ACA34DBFBBBBB50C5DB569F0

a negotiation with respect to— retransmission consent of a television broadcast station under section 325(b)

"covered negotiation" §H6A32BBB4771643D2B07F56AB76190BDC

a negotiation with respect to—(A)retransmission consent of a television broadcast station under section 325(b)

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