[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3073 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3073

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to allow the continued 
               operation of certain overlapping stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1996

Mrs. Roukema (for herself and Mr. Torricelli) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to allow the continued 
               operation of certain overlapping stations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS.

    Section 331 of the Act (47 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) FM Translator Stations.--It shall be the policy of the 
Commission, to extend to licensed FM translator stations, operating in 
a county which has a population of more than 750,000 persons that lacks 
a commercial FM station assignment--
            ``(1) authority for local programming origination, provided 
        such FM translator station abides by all rules and regulations 
        of the Commission regarding program material, content, and 
        schedule, which authority shall be effective upon written 
        notification to the Commission from the licensee of the FM 
        translator station; and
            ``(2) authority to operate with an effective radiated power 
        not to exceed 1,000 watts, if--
                    ``(A) the FM translator station is not located 
                within 320 kilometers (approximately 199 miles) of 
                either the Canadian or Mexican borders,
                    ``(B) the FM translator station's interfering 
                contour would not create a new area of overlap 
                attributable only to the FM translator station within 
                the protected contour of a cochannel or first-adjacent 
                channel facility, and
                    ``(C) the FM translator station complies with the 
                requirements of part 74 of the regulations of the 
                Commission (47 C.F.R. 74.1 et seq.),
        which authority shall be effective upon grant of a minor change 
        application for construction permit.
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