[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4845 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4845

 To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from increasing the 
       national audience reach limitations established under the 
                    Telecommunications Act of 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 1998

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from increasing the 
       national audience reach limitations established under the 
                    Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AUTHORITY.

    Section 202(c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Limitation on commission authority.--The Commission 
        shall not increase in the national audience reach limitation 
        for television stations above the level specified paragraph 
        (1)(B) except as expressly authorized by amendment to this 
        subsection.''.
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