[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3218

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of 
                 franchise fee, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2020

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Shaheen, 
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, and 
Ms. Klobuchar) 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 modify the definition of 
                 franchise fee, 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 ``Protecting Community Television 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF FRANCHISE FEE.

    Section 622(g)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
542(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``includes'' and inserting ``means''; and
            (2) by inserting ``other monetary'' before ``assessment''.
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