Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025

Chamber: United States House of Representatives (The United States of America)
Session: 119th Congress Current
**Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025** This bill requires cable and satellite broadcast providers to issue rebates to customers who are denied access to video programming included in their subscription because of programming negotiations.  Specifically, where a provider’s negotiations related to the retransmission or carriage of video programming result in the provider failing to offer access to programming included in a customer’s subscription, the customer must be issued a rebate for the affected period. The Federal Communications Commission is directed to issue rules to this effect, including to establish the appropriate amount for such a rebate.

Sponsors

(6)
PR
Patrick Ryan
Democrat · Primary
LM
LaMonica McIver
Democrat · Primary
AC
André Carson
Democrat · Primary
EHN
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democrat · Primary
VH
Val Hoyle
Democrat · Cosponsor
SM
Seth Magaziner
Democrat · Cosponsor

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