Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992

Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992

Long title	An act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide increased consumer protection and to promote increased competition in the cable television and related markets, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	1992 Cable Act; Cable Television Protection and Competition Act
Enacted by	the 102nd United States Congress
Effective	October 8, 1992
Citations
Public law	102-385
Statutes at Large	106 Stat. 1460
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.12 by John Danforth (R-MO) on January 14, 1991 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications Passed the Senate on January 31, 1992 (73-18) Passed the House on July 23, 1992 (voice vote) Reported by the joint conference committee on September 14, 1992; agreed to by the House on September 17, 1992 (280-128) and by the Senate on September 22, 1992 (74-25) Vetoed by President George H. W. Bush on October 3, 1992 Overridden by the House on October 5, 1992 (308-114) Overridden by the Senate and became law on October 5, 1992 (74-25)

The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (also known as the 1992 Cable Act) is a United States federal law which required cable television systems to carry most local broadcast television channels and prohibited cable operators from charging local broadcasters to carry their signal.

In adopting the 1992 Cable Act, Congress stated that it wanted to promote the availability of diverse views and information, to rely on the marketplace to the maximum extent possible to achieve that availability, to ensure cable operators continue to expand their capacity and program offerings, to ensure cable operators do not have undue market power, and to ensure consumer interests are protected in the receipt of cable service. The Federal Communications Commission adopted regulations to implement the Act and its goals.