A resolution to direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. and consolidated cases.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1145-1146)
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 3, 1993
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., and consolidated cases in support of the constitutionality of specified sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 which require cable operators to carry the signals of certain local commercial and noncommercial educational television stations.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1145-1146)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1145-1146)
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