On October 8 Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin filed the Community Access Preservation Act (H.R. 3745), which, if enacted, would preserve and protect PEG access channels in four ways. This bill:

1. Removes use restrictions on PEG access fees;
2. Ends operators' discriminatory treatment of PEG channels;
3. Directs the FCC to study and report on the effects recent states' video franchising legislation has had on PEG access; and
4. Defines all video services delivered to the home over wire as "cable" for the purposes of the act, regardless of the transmission protocol used.

The Alliance for Community Media and channelAustin wholeheartedly endorses this bill, and is launching a campaign to gather co-sponsors, get a version filed in the Senate, get the bill passed by Congress, and signed by the President - before the summer recess.