[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2306 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2306

To require the Federal Communications Commission to modify its duopoly 
          rule for multiple ownership of television stations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 1998

 Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to modify its duopoly 
          rule for multiple ownership of television stations.

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

SECTION 1. MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP RULES.

    The Federal Communications Commission shall modify the television 
contour overlap rule set forth at section 73.3555 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to permit any party (including all parties under 
common control) to own, operate, or control television stations despite 
overlapping contours if the television stations are licensed to 
communities in different television markets (as defined in section 
76.55(e) of such title).
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