[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1754 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1754

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
    Communications Commission to consider market entry barriers for 
 socially disadvantaged individuals in the communications marketplace 
                  report under section 13 of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2021

 Mr. Long (for himself and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
    Communications Commission to consider market entry barriers for 
 socially disadvantaged individuals in the communications marketplace 
                  report under section 13 of such Act.

    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 ``Measuring the Economics Driving 
Investments and Access for Diversity Act of 2021'' or the ``MEDIA 
Diversity Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERING MARKET ENTRY BARRIERS FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 13(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163(d)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Considering socially disadvantaged individuals.--In 
        assessing the state of competition under subsection (b)(1) and 
        regulatory barriers under subsection (b)(3), the Commission, 
        with the input of the Office of Communications Business 
        Opportunities of the Commission, shall consider market entry 
        barriers for socially disadvantaged individuals in the 
        communications marketplace in accordance with the national 
        policy under section 257(b).''.
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