A bill to postpone the DTV transition date.

Summary: DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 116-day period the licenses for recovered spectrum, including the license period and construction requirements associated with those licenses.

Extends to July 31, 2009, provided additional budget authority is enacted, the deadline for requesting digital-to-analog converter box coupons. Authorizes the issuance, on request, of one replacement coupon for each coupon that expired without being redeemed.

Declares that this Act does not prevent: (1) a station from ending analog broadcasting (and continuing to broadcast exclusively digitally) before June 13, 2009; or (2) a public safety service from beginning operations on spectrum recovered as a result of such voluntary cessation of analog or digital broadcasting.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through September 30, 2012 (under current law, September 30, 2011), the authority of the FCC to grant a license or permit under provisions relating to competitive bidding.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DTV Delay Act''.

SEC. 2. POSTPONEMENT OF DTV TRANSITION DATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3002(b) of the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``February 18, 2009;'' in paragraph (1) and 
    inserting ``June 13, 2009;''; and
        (2) by striking ``February 18, 2009,'' in paragraph (2) and 
    inserting ``that date''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
        (1) Section 3008(a)(1) of that Act (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is 
    amended by striking ``February 17, 2009.'' and inserting ``June 12, 
    2009.''.
        (2) Section 309(j)(14)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
    U.S.C. 309(j)(14)(A)) is amended by striking ``February 17, 2009.'' 
    and inserting ``June 12, 2009.''.
        (3) Section 337(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
    U.S.C. 337(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``February 17, 2009.'' and 
    inserting ``June 12, 2009.''.
    (c) License Terms.--
        (1) Extension.--The Federal Communications Commission shall 
    extend the terms of the licenses for the recovered spectrum, 
    including the license period and construction requirements 
    associated with those licenses, for a 116-day period.
        (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``recovered 
    spectrum'' means--
            (A) the recovered analog spectrum, as such term is defined 
        in section 309(j)(15)(C)(vi) of the Communications Act of 1934; 
        and
            (B) the spectrum excluded from the definition of recovered 
        analog spectrum by subclauses (I) and (II) of such section.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension of Coupon Program.--Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of the 
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 
309 note) is amended by striking ``March 31, 2009,'' and inserting 
``July 31, 2009,''.
    (b) Treatment of Expired Coupons.--Section 3005(c)(1) of the 
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 
309 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) Expired coupons.--The Assistant Secretary may issue 
        to a household, upon request by the household, one replacement 
        coupon for each coupon that was issued to such household and 
        that expired without being redeemed.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of the Digital 
Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 
note) is amended by striking ``receives, via the United States Postal 
Service,'' and inserting ``redeems''.
    (d) Condition of Modifications.--The amendments made by this 
section shall not take effect until the enactment of additional budget 
authority after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out the 
analog-to-digital converter box program under section 3005 of the 
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Permissive Early Termination Under Existing Requirements.--
Nothing in this Act is intended to prevent a licensee of a television 
broadcast station from terminating the broadcasting of such station's 
analog television signal (and continuing to broadcast exclusively in 
the digital television service) prior to the date established by law 
under section 3002(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public 
Safety Act of 2005 for termination of all licenses for full-power 
television stations in the analog television service (as amended by 
section 2 of this Act) so long as such prior termination is conducted 
in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission's requirements 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including the flexible 
procedures established in the Matter of Third Periodic Review of the 
Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital 
Television (FCC 07-228, MB Docket No. 07-91, released December 31, 
2007).
    (b) Public Safety Radio Services.--Nothing in this Act, or the 
amendments made by this Act, shall prevent a public safety service 
licensee from commencing operations consistent with the terms of its 
license on spectrum recovered as a result of the voluntary cessation of 
broadcasting in the analog or digital television service pursuant to 
subsection (a). Any such public safety use shall be subject to the 
relevant Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including section 90.545 
of the Commission's rules (47 C.F.R. Sec.  90.545).
    (c) Expedited Rulemaking.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Federal Communications Commission and the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration shall, not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each adopt or revise 
its rules, regulations, or orders or take such other actions as may be 
necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions, and carry out the 
purposes, of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF COMMISSION AUCTION AUTHORITY.

    Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
309(j)(11)) is amended by striking ``2011.'' and inserting ``2012.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.