STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 Public Law 113–200 STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 200 113–200 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 11330 113 2014-12-04 STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 [(Public Law 113–200)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 113-200. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [47 U.S.C. 609 note] SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014”. (b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Sec. 2. TITLE I— Sec. 101. Sec. 102. Sec. 103. Sec. 104. Sec. 105. Sec. 106. Sec. 107. Sec. 108. Sec. 109. Sec. 110. Sec. 111. Sec. 112. TITLE II— Sec. 201. Sec. 202. Sec. 203. Sec. 204. TITLE III— Sec. 301.
SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED. No additional funds are authorized to carry out this Act, or the amendments made by this Act. This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized or appropriated.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s101" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. </heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s101/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (2)(C), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">December 31, 2014</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">December 31, 2019</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s101/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (3)(C), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">January 1, 2015</quotedText>” each place it appears and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">January 1, 2020</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MODIFICATION OF TELEVISION MARKETS TO FURTHER CONSUMER ACCESS TO RELEVANT TELEVISION PROGRAMMING. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338) is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="l">“(l) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Market determinations.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Following a written request, the Commission may, with respect to a particular commercial television broadcast station, include additional communities within its local market or exclude communities from such station’s local market to better effectuate the purposes of this section.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Considerations.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In considering requests filed under paragraph (1), the Commission—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">may determine that particular communities are part of more than one local market; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">shall afford particular attention to the value of localism by taking into account such factors as—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">“(i) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether the station, or other stations located in the same area—</chapeau> <subclause style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">“(I) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">have been historically carried on the cable system or systems within such community; or</content> </subclause> <subclause style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">“(II) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">have been historically carried on the satellite carrier or carriers serving such community;</content> </subclause> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">“(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether the television station provides coverage or other local service to such community;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">“(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether modifying the local market of the television station would promote consumers’ access to television broadcast station signals that originate in their State of residence;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether any other television station that is eligible to be carried by a satellite carrier in such community in fulfillment of the requirements of this section provides news coverage of issues of concern to such community or provides carriage or coverage of sporting and other events of interest to the community; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">“(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evidence of viewing patterns in households that subscribe and do not subscribe to the services offered by multichannel video programming distributors within the areas served by such multichannel video programming distributors in such community.</content> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Carriage of signals.—</heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Carriage obligation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A market determination under this subsection shall not create additional carriage obligations for a satellite carrier if it is not technically and economically feasible for such carrier to accomplish such carriage by means of its satellites in operation at the time of the determination.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deletion of signals.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A satellite carrier shall not delete from carriage the signal of a commercial television broadcast station during the pendency of any proceeding under this subsection.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">“(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Determinations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 120 days after the date that a written request is filed under paragraph (1), the Commission shall grant or deny the request.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">“(5) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">No effect on eligibility to receive distant signals.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">No modification of a commercial television broadcast station’s local market pursuant to this subsection shall have any effect on the eligibility of households in the community affected by such modification to receive distant signals pursuant to section 339, notwithstanding subsection (h)(1) of this section.”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Conforming Amendments.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 614(h)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(C)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in clause (ii)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subclause (I), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">community</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">community or on the satellite carrier or carriers serving such community</quotedText>”;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subclauses (III) and (IV) as subclauses (IV) and (V), respectively;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/1/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting after subclause (II) the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subclause style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">“(III) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether modifying the market of the television station would promote consumers’ access to television broadcast station signals that originate in their State of residence;”</content> </subclause></quotedContent>; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/1/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by amending subclause (V), as redesignated, to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subclause style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="V">“(V) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evidence of viewing patterns in households that subscribe and do not subscribe to the services offered by multichannel video programming distributors within the areas served by such multichannel video programming distributors in such community.”</content> </subclause></quotedContent>; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by moving the margin of clause (iv) 2 ems to the left.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s338">47 U.S.C. 338 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Market Modification Process.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall make information available to consumers on its website that explains the market modification process, including—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">who may petition to include additional communities within, or exclude communities from, a—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/c/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">local market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code); or</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/c/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">television market (as determined under section 614(h)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(C))); and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the factors that the Commission takes into account when responding to a petition described in paragraph (1).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s338">47 U.S.C. 338 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Implementation.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline for Regulations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement this section and the amendments made by this section.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s102/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Matters for consideration.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">As part of the rulemaking required by paragraph (1), the Commission shall ensure that procedures for the filing and consideration of a written request under sections 338(l) and 614(h)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(l); 534(h)(1)(C)) fully effectuate the purposes of the amendments made by this section, and update what it considers to be a community for purposes of a modification of a market under section 338(l) or 614(h)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="103">SEC. 103. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN RETRANSMISSION CONSENT. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Joint Retransmission Consent Negotiations.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)) is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in clause (ii), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” at the end;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentDecrease2"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">“(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">prohibit a television broadcast station from coordinating negotiations or negotiating on a joint basis with another television broadcast station in the same local market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code) to grant retransmission consent under this section to a multichannel video programming distributor, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under the regulations of the Commission; and”</content> </clause></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Protections for Significantly Viewed and Other Television Signals.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC" class="leftIndentIncrease1"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">“(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">prohibit a television broadcast station from limiting the ability of a multichannel video programming distributor to carry into the local market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code) of such station a television signal that has been deemed significantly viewed, within the meaning of section 76.54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, or any other television broadcast signal such distributor is authorized to carry under section 338, 339, 340, or 614 of this Act, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the Commission.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s325">47 U.S.C. 325 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Good Faith.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall commence a rulemaking to review its totality of the circumstances test for good faith negotiations under clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)).</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Margin Corrections.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is further amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (3)(C), by moving the margin of clause (iii) 4 ems to the left; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by moving the margin of paragraph (7) 2 ems to the left.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s103/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s325">47 U.S.C. 325 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Deadline for regulations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement the amendments made by this section.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s104" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="104">SEC. 104. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DELAYED APPLICATION OF JSA ATTRIBUTION RULE. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">A party to a joint sales agreement (as defined in Note 2(k) to section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) that is in effect on the effective date of the amendment to Note 2(k)(2) to such section made by the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Report and Order adopted by the Commission on March 31, 2014 (FCC 14-28), shall not be considered to be in violation of the ownership limitations of such section by reason of the application of the rule in such Note 2(k)(2) (as so amended) to such agreement before the date that is 6 months after the end of the period specified by the Commission in such Report and Order for such a party to come into compliance with such ownership limitations.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s105" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="105">SEC. 105. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DELETION OR REPOSITIONING OF STATIONS DURING CERTAIN PERIODS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s105/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 614(b)(9) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(b)(9)) is amended by striking the second sentence.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s105/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s534">47 U.S.C. 534 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Revision of Rules.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise section 76.1601 of its rules (47 CFR 76.1601) and any note to such section by removing the prohibition against deletion or repositioning of a local commercial television station during a period in which major television ratings services measure the size of audiences of local television stations.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPEAL OF INTEGRATION BAN. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination of Effectiveness.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The second sentence of section 76.1204(a)(1) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, terminates effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Removal From Rules.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 545 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete all actions necessary to remove the sentence described in subsection (a) from its rules.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Preservation of Waivers.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any waiver of section 76.1204(a)(1) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act or granted after such date shall be extended through December 31, 2015.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Working Group.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Commission shall establish a working group of technical experts representing a wide range of stakeholders, to identify, report, and recommend performance objectives, technical capabilities, and technical standards of a not unduly burdensome, uniform, and technology- and platform-neutral software-based downloadable security system designed to promote the competitive availability of navigation devices in furtherance of section 629 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 549).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the working group shall file a report with the Commission on its work under paragraph (1).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Commission assistance.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Chairman of the Commission may appoint a member of the Commission’s staff—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/3/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to moderate and direct the work of the working group under this subsection; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/3/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to provide technical assistance to members of the working group, as appropriate.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s106/d/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Initial meeting.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The initial meeting of the working group shall take place not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s107" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="107">SEC. 107. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS IMPLICATIONS OF STATUTORY LICENSING MODIFICATIONS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s107/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Study.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that analyzes and evaluates the changes to the carriage requirements currently imposed on multichannel video programming distributors under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated by the Commission that would be required or beneficial to consumers, and such other matters as the Comptroller General considers appropriate, if Congress implemented a phase-out of the current statutory licensing requirements set forth under sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United States Code. Among other things, the study shall consider the impact such a phase-out and related changes to carriage requirements would have on consumer prices and access to programming.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s107/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including any recommendations for legislative or administrative actions. Such report shall also include a discussion of any differences between such results and the results of the study conducted under section 303 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (124 Stat. 1255).</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="108">SEC. 108. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s338">47 U.S.C. 338 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LOCAL NETWORK CHANNEL BROADCAST REPORTS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Requirement.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">On the 270th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on each succeeding anniversary of such 270th day, each satellite carrier shall submit an annual report to the Commission setting forth—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">each local market in which it—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1/A/i" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">retransmits signals of 1 or more television broadcast stations with a community of license in that market;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1/A/ii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">has commenced providing such signals in the preceding 1-year period; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1/A/iii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">has ceased to provide such signals in the preceding 1-year period; and</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">detailed information regarding the use and potential use of satellite capacity for the retransmission of local signals in each local market.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The requirement under paragraph (1) shall cease after each satellite carrier has submitted 5 reports under such paragraph.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definitions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the terms “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">local market</quotedText>” and “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">satellite carrier</quotedText>” have the meaning given such terms in section 339(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 339(d)); and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s108/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the term “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">television broadcast station</quotedText>” has the meaning given such term in section 325(b)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7)).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="109">SEC. 109. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">an analysis of—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/a/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed (within the meaning of section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 340)); and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/a/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">recommendations on how to foster increased localism in counties served by out-of-State designated market areas.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Considerations for Fostering Increased Localism.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In making recommendations under subsection (a)(2), the Commission shall consider—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the impact that designated market areas that cross State lines have on access to local programming;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the impact that designated market areas have on local programming in rural areas; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s109/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the state of local programming in States served exclusively by out-of-State designated market areas.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s110" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="110">SEC. 110. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">UPDATE TO CABLE RATES REPORT. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 623(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543(k)) is amended to read as follows:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="k">“(k) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reports on Average Prices.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall annually publish statistical reports on the average rates for basic cable service and other cable programming, and for converter boxes, remote control units, and other equipment of cable systems that the Commission has found are subject to effective competition under subsection (a)(2) compared with cable systems that the Commission has found are not subject to such effective competition.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Inclusion in annual report.—</heading> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">“(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall include in its report under paragraph (1) the aggregate average total amount paid by cable systems in compensation under section 325.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">“(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Form.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall publish information under this paragraph in a manner substantially similar to the way other comparable information is published in such report.”</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s111" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="111">SEC. 111. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS TO EFFECTIVE COMPETITION PETITIONS. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 623 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="o">“(o) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Streamlined Petition Process for Small Cable Operators.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">“(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking to establish a streamlined process for filing of an effective competition petition pursuant to this section for small cable operators, particularly those who serve primarily rural areas.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">“(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Construction.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to have any effect on the duty of a small cable operator to prove the existence of effective competition under this section.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">“(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definition of small cable operator.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this subsection, the term ‘<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">small cable operator</quotedText>’ has the meaning given the term in subsection (m)(2).”</content> </paragraph> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s112" styleType="OLC" role="definitions"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="112">SEC. 112. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s153">47 U.S.C. 153 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">In this title:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s112/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Appropriate congressional committees.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">appropriate congressional committees</term>” means the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tI/s112/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Commission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Commission</term>” means the Federal Communications Commission.</content> </paragraph> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REAUTHORIZATION. </heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 111(d)(3)—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">clause</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">paragraph</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subparagraph (B), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">clause</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">paragraph</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">in section 119—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2014</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2019</quotedText>”; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s201/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (e), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2014</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2019</quotedText>”.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s202" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TERMINATION OF LICENSE. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s202/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, as amended in section 201, is amended by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="h">“(h) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination of License.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This section shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2019.”</content> </subsection></quotedContent>.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s202/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Conforming Amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 107(a) of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (17 U.S.C. 119 note) is repealed.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s203" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">LOCAL SERVICE AREA OF A PRIMARY TRANSMITTER. </heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 111(f)(4) of title 17, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s203/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">as defined by the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission,</quotedText>” after “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">television station,</quotedText>”;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s203/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">comprises the area within 35 miles of the transmitter site, except that</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">comprises the designated market area, as defined in section 122(j)(2)(C), that encompasses the community of license of such station and any community that is located outside such designated market area that is either wholly or partially within 35 miles of the transmitter site or,</quotedText>”; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s203/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the number of miles shall be 20 miles</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">wholly or partially within 20 miles of such transmitter site</quotedText>”.</content> </paragraph> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s204" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MARKET DETERMINATIONS. </heading> <chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">Section 122(j)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s204/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by moving the margins of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) 2 ems to the left; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tII/s204/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by adding at the end the following:<quotedContent style="-uslm-dtd:quoted-block"> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">“(E) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Market Determinations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The local market of a commercial television broadcast station may be modified by the Federal Communications Commission in accordance with section 338(l) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338).”</content> </subparagraph></quotedContent>.</content> </paragraph> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SEVERABILITY </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/113/200/tIII/s301" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s111">47 U.S.C. 111 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SEVERABILITY. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.</content> </section>