Pallone Touts Filing of Senate's Viewer and Listener Protection Act

July 28, 2017 |Capitol Hill

House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J. , lauded Wednesday's filing of the Viewer and Listener Protection Act (S-1632). That bill and Pallone's Viewer Protection Act (HR-3347) would establish funds within the Treasury Department to supplement the $1.75 billion allocated in the existing reimbursement fund for post-incentive auction repacking (see 1707200051 and 1707260059). The FCC estimated repacking expenses will total $2.12 billion, $365 million above the allocated funding (see 1707140070). “Congress needs to work quickly to ensure that no viewers lose their signal” post-repacking, Pallone said in a statement.