Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television, and for other purposes.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 306 Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 19, 2023 Ms. BROWNLEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television, and for other purposes. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. STUDY TO IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR ACCESSIBLE 2 STREAMING OF FLOOR PROCEEDINGS OF 3 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 4 (a) STUDY.—The Chief Administrative Officer of the 5 House of Representatives shall conduct a study on how 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR306.IH HR306 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 306 IH to increase the accessibility of live broadcasts of floor pro- 1 ceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals 2 without cable or satellite television service, that— 3 (1) identifies ways an individual without cable 4 or satellite television service can watch or stream a 5 live broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of 6 Representatives, including— 7 (A) a list of covered providers and which 8 streaming platforms (if any) that the live 9 broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of 10 Representatives offered by each covered pro- 11 vider is available through; and 12 (B) a list of covered providers with a soft- 13 ware application and which smart television 14 platforms (if any) the software application is 15 compatible with; and 16 (2) identifies and assesses ways that a private 17 sector entity, a public sector broadcasting service, or 18 a partnership between public and private sector enti- 19 ties could create or expand broadcast services to 20 allow more individuals to watch live floor pro- 21 ceedings of the House of Representatives, especially 22 individuals who do not have cable or satellite tele- 23 vision service and individuals who use a smart tele- 24 vision. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Apr 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR306.IH HR306 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 306 IH (b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 1 of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administrative 2 Officer shall submit to the Committee on House Adminis- 3 tration of the House of Representatives, and make avail- 4 able to the public, a report that details the findings of 5 the study described in subsection (a). 6 (c) COVERED PROVIDER DEFINED.—In this section, 7 the term ‘‘covered provider’’ means an entity that provides 8 a live broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of Rep- 9 resentatives to viewers. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Apr 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR306.IH HR306 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB