[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 2375 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2375

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate paid television 
          service in certain counties, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2014

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 amend the Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate paid television 
          service in certain counties, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, 
and Sports Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATING DELIVERY OF RELEVANT TELEVISION PROGRAMMING TO 
              UNSERVED CONSUMERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 341(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 341(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``in the county on 
        January 1, 2004; or'' and inserting the following: ``in the 
        county--
                    ``(i) on January 1, 2004, in the case of a county 
                described in paragraph (3)(A); or
                    ``(ii) on January 1, 2014, in the case of a county 
                described in paragraph (3)(B); or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 
                adjusting the margins accordingly;
                    (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 
                redesignated, by striking ``means any 1 of 4 counties 
                that--'' and inserting the following: ``means--
            ``(A) any 1 of 4 counties that--''; and
                    (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                the following: ``; or
            ``(B) any 1 of 2 counties that--
                    ``(i) are all in a single State;
                    ``(ii) on January 1, 2014, were each in designated 
                market areas in which the majority of counties were 
                located in another State; and
                    ``(iii) as a group had a combined total of 27,540 
                television households according to the U.S. Television 
                Household Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 2013-
                2014.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 122(a)(4)(C) of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) 
        and (II), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
            (2) in the matter preceding clause (I), as redesignated, by 
        striking ``In the case of'' and all that follows and inserting 
        the following: ``In the case of--
                            ``(i) that State in which are located 4 
                        counties that--'';
            (3) in subclause (II), as redesignated, by adding ``or'' at 
        the end;
            (4) by inserting after subclause (II), as redesignated, the 
        following:
                            ``(ii) that State in which are located 2 
                        counties that--
                                    ``(I) on January 1, 2014, were in 
                                local markets principally comprised of 
                                counties in another State, and
                                    ``(II) had a combined total of 
                                27,540 television households, according 
                                to the U.S. Television Household 
                                Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 
                                2013-2014,''; and
            (5) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, in the case of the State described in clause 
        (i), or on January 1, 2014, in the case of the State described 
        in clause (ii)''.
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