3.0.0 1789 2022-11-01T18:02:34Z 2022-11-01T18:02:34Z House HR 2019-03-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUFFMAN:H.R. 1789.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H2747]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-15T18:27:56Z Referred to 2019-03-14T13:04:20Z 2019-03-15 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2019-03-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-03-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 N P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2019-03-14 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2019-04-09 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2019-04-09 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-04-09 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2019-04-09 False S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 2019-04-29 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2019-04-29 False O000173 Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] Ilhan Omar D MN 5 2019-05-01 False L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2019-05-14 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2019-05-24 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2019-06-11 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Competition and antitrust Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Licensing and registrations Television and film Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-03-14 Introduced in House 2022-04-12T15:54:28Z Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to eliminate the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) discount, which applies to entities that own commercial television stations.

Currently, the FCC's National Television Multiple Ownership Rule prohibits an entity from owning television stations that reach more than 39% of U.S. households. However, the UHF discount enables an entity to discount the number of households reached by its UHF stations by half. The bill eliminates this discount, increasing from 50% to 100% the number of attributed television households in a television station's market area.

This change does not apply to certain television stations that were owned prior to September 26, 2013.

]]> Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To eliminate the discount for UHF television stations for purposes of the limitation on the aggregate national audience reach of television broadcast stations in which a party may have a cognizable interest. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Local and Independent Television Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1789ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1789ih.xml 2019-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.