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 98 STAT. 2806

PUBLIC LAW 98-549—OCT. 30, 1984 EFFECTIVE DATE

47 USC 521 note.

SEC. 9. (a) Except where otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act and the amendments made thereby shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 47 USC 543 note. (b) Nothing in section 623 or 624 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by this Act, shall be construed to allow a franchising authority, or a State or any political subdivision of a State, to require a cable operator to restore, retier, or reprice any cable service which was lawfully eliminated, retiered, or repriced as of September 26, 1984. Approved October 30, 1984.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 66 (H.R. 4103): HOUSE REPORT No. 98-934 accompanying H.R. 4103 (Comm. on Energy and eommerce). SENATE REPORT No. 98-67 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 129 (1983): June 13, 14, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 130 (1984): Oct 1, H.R. 4103 considered and passed House; S. 66, amended, passed in lieu. Oct. 11, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments; House concurred in Senate amendments.

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