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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1268 

To expedite the transition to digital television while helping consumers to 

continue to use their analog televisions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2005 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To expedite the transition to digital television while helping 

consumers to continue to use their analog televisions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spectrum Availability 

5 for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Im6 prove Vital Emergency Services Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE 

7 LIVES Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. SETTING A SPECIFIC DATE FOR THE AVAILABILITY 

2 OF SPECTRUM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANI3 ZATIONS AND CREATING A DEADLINE FOR 

4 TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TELEVISION. 

5 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 309(j)(14) of the Com6 munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘December 

9 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’; 

10 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); 

11 (3) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘or 

12 (B)’’; 

13 (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘(C)(i)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘(B)(i)’’; and 

15 (5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

16 (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. 

17 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

18 (1) FINAL DTV ALLOTMENT TABLE OF IN-CORE

19 CHANNELS FOR FULL-POWER STATIONS.—The Fed20 eral Communications Commission (in this Act re21 ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) shall— 

22 (A) release by December 31, 2006, a re23 port and order in MB Docket No. 03–15 as24 signing all full-power broadcast television sta25 tions authorized in the digital television service 

26 a final channel between channels 2 and 36, in-
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1 clusive, or 38 and 51, inclusive (between fre2 quencies 54 and 698 megahertz, inclusive); and 

3 (B) conclude by July 31, 2007, any recon4 sideration of such report and order. 

5 (2) STATUS REPORTS.—Beginning February 1, 

6 2006, and ending when international coordination 

7 with Canada and Mexico of the DTV table of allot8 ments is complete, the Commission shall submit re9 ports every 6 months on the status of that inter10 national coordination to the Committee on Com11 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

12 and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (3) TERMINATIONS OF ANALOG LICENSES AND

15 BROADCASTING.—The Commission shall take such 

16 actions as may be necessary to terminate all licenses 

17 for full-power broadcasting stations in the analog 

18 television service and to require the cessation of 

19 broadcasting by full-power stations in the analog tel20 evision service by January 1, 2009. 

21 SEC. 3. AUCTION OF RECOVERED SPECTRUM. 

22 (a) DEADLINE FOR AUCTION.—Section 309(j)(14) of 

23 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)), 

24 as amended by section 2, is amended in subparagraph 

25 (B)— 
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1 (1) in clause (ii), by striking the second sen2 tence; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end following new clause: 

4 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL DEADLINES FOR

5 RECOVERED ANALOG SPECTRUM.— 

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier 

7 than 1 year after the date on which 

8 the Commission submits to Congress 

9 the report required under section 

10 7502(a) of the Intelligence Reform 

11 and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

12 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 

13 3855), and not later than April 1, 

14 2008, the Commission shall— 

15 ‘‘(aa) conduct the auction of 

16 the licenses for recovered analog 

17 spectrum; and 

18 ‘‘(bb) not later than June 

19 30, 2008, deposit the proceeds of 

20 such auction in accordance with 

21 paragraph (8), except for those 

22 funds authorized to be used in 

23 accordance with sections 4(f) and 

24 5 of the SAVE LIVES Act. 
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1 ‘‘(II) RECOVERED ANALOG SPEC2 TRUM DEFINED.—In this clause, the 

3 term ‘recovered analog spectrum’ 

4 means the spectrum reclaimed from 

5 analog television service broadcasting 

6 under this paragraph, other than— 

7 ‘‘(aa) the spectrum required 

8 by section 337 to be made avail9 able for public safety services; 

10 ‘‘(bb) the spectrum auc11 tioned prior to the date of enact12 ment of the SAVE LIVES Act; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(cc) any spectrum des15 ignated by Congress for use by 

16 public safety services between the 

17 date of enactment of the SAVE 

18 LIVES Act and the auction de19 scribed in subclause (I).’’. 

20 (b) EXTENSION OF AUCTION AUTHORITY.—Para21 graph (11) of section 309(j) of the Communications Act 

22 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘September 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

24 2009’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. DIGITAL TRANSITION PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning no earlier than Janu3 ary 1, 2008, and not later than July 1, 2008, the Commis4 sion, in consultation with commercial television broadcast 

5 licensees, shall distribute to eligible persons digital-to-ana6 log converter devices that will enable television sets that 

7 operate only with analog signal processing to continue to 

8 operate when receiving a digital signal. 

9 (b) APPLICATION.—Each eligible person seeking a 

10 digital-to-analog converter device under subsection (a) 

11 shall submit an application to the Commission at such 

12 times, in such manner, and containing such information 

13 as the Commission requires. 

14 (c) PROCUREMENT.—The provisions, rules, and regu15 lations of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv16 ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) shall apply to 

17 the procurement, by the Comptroller General of the 

18 United States, of the digital-to-analog converter devices 

19 described in subsection (a). 

20 (d) STUDY.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, in con22 sultation with commercial television broadcast licensees, 

23 consumer groups, and other interested parties, complete 

24 a study of— 

25 (1) the geographic location of eligible persons 

26 by Nielsen Designated Market Areas; 
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1 (2) the use of not only broadcast studios for 

2 distribution of such digital-to-analog converter de3 vices, but the ability of commercial television broad4 cast licensees to partner with grocery stores, elec5 tronics stores, and post offices to serve as distribu6 tion centers for such devices; and 

7 (3) the ability of the Commission and commer8 cial television broadcast licensees to partner together 

9 to develop a public communications campaign to in10 form over-the-air viewers of— 

11 (A) the need for a digital-to-analog con12 verter device; and 

13 (B) the availability of such a digital-to14 analog converter device free of charge for eligi15 ble persons. 

16 (e) ELIGIBLE PERSON DEFINED.—In this section, 

17 the term ‘‘eligible person’’ means any person relying exclu18 sively on over-the-air television broadcasts with a house19 hold income that does not exceed 200 percent of the pov20 erty line, as such line is published in the Federal Register 

21 by the Department of Health and Human Services under 

22 the authority of section 673(2) of the Community Services 

23 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)). 

24 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

2 appropriated $468,000,000 from the proceeds of the 

3 auction of licenses for recovered analog spectrum 

4 under section 309(j)(14) of the Communications Act 

5 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)). 

6 (2) DISTRIBUTION.—Of the funds authorized to 

7 be appropriated under paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) $463,000,000 shall be available to pro9 cure digital-to-analog converter devices; and 

10 (B) $5,000,000 shall be available to to 

11 cover the costs of administration of the digital 

12 transition program established under this sec13 tion. 

14 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO15 PRIATIONS FOR GRANT PROGRAM TO PRO16 VIDE ENHANCED INTEROPERABILITY OF 

17 COMMUNICATIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM TO ASSIST FIRST

19 RESPONDERS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security shall establish a program to help State, 

22 local, tribal, and regional first responders— 

23 (A) acquire and deploy interoperable com24 munications equipment; 

25 (B) purchase such equipment; and 
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1 (C) train personnel in the use of such 

2 equipment. 

3 (2) COMMON STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in 

4 cooperation with the heads of other Federal depart5 ments and agencies who administer programs that 

6 provide communications-related assistance programs 

7 to State, local, and tribal public safety organizations, 

8 shall develop and implement common standards to 

9 the greatest extent practicable. 

10 (b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for assistance 

11 under the program established in subsection (a), a State, 

12 local, tribal, or regional first responder agency shall sub13 mit an application, at such time, in such form, and con14 taining such information as the Under Secretary of Home15 land Security for Science and Technology may require, in16 cluding— 

17 (1) a detailed explanation of how assistance re18 ceived under the program would be used to improve 

19 local communications interoperability and ensure 

20 interoperability with other appropriate Federal, 

21 State, local, tribal, and regional agencies in a re22 gional or national emergency; 

23 (2) assurance that the equipment and system 

24 would— 
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1 (A) not be incompatible with the commu2 nications architecture developed under section 

3 7303(a)(1)(E) of the Intelligence Reform Act of 

4 2004; 

5 (B) would meet any voluntary consensus 

6 standards developed under section 

7 7303(a)(1)(D) of that Act; and 

8 (C) be consistent with the common grant 

9 guidance established under section 

10 7303(a)(1)(H) of that Act. 

11 (c) REVIEW.—The Under Secretary of Homeland Se12 curity for Science and Technology shall review and ap13 prove, in the discretion of the Under Secretary, all applica14 tions submitted under subsection (b). 

15 (d) SINGLE GRANTS.—The Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security, pursuant to an application approved by the 

17 Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and 

18 Technology, may make the assistance provided under the 

19 program established in subsection (a) available to all ap20 proved applicants in the form of a single grant for a period 

21 of not more than 3 years. 

22 (e) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2008, the 

23 Commission shall report to the Committee on Commerce, 

24 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com25 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives the amount required to carry out the program 

2 described in section 4. 

3 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To the 

4 extent that proceeds from the auction of licenses for recov5 ered analog spectrum under section 309(j)(14) of the 

6 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)) are 

7 available and exceed the amount required to carry out the 

8 program described in section 4, there are authorized to 

9 be appropriated from such proceeds such sums as are 

10 available to fund the grant program established under this 

11 section. 

12 SEC. 6. CONSUMER EDUCATION REGARDING THE DIGITAL 

13 TELEVISION TRANSITION. 

14 (a) COMMISSION AUTHORITY.—Section 303 of the 

15 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is amended 

16 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(z) Require the consumer education measures speci18 fied in section 330(d) in the case of apparatus designed 

19 to receive television signals that— 

20 ‘‘(1) are shipped in interstate commerce or 

21 manufactured in the United States after 180 days 

22 after the date of enactment of the SAVE LIVES 

23 Act; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) are not capable of receiving and displaying 

2 broadcast signals in the digital television service on 

3 the channels allocated to such broadcasts.’’. 

4 (b) CONSUMER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.—Sec5 tion 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

6 330) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sections 

8 303(s), 303(u), and 303(x)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub9 sections (s), (u), (x), and (z) of section 303’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub11 section (e); and 

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol13 lowing new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) CONSUMER EDUCATION REGARDING EQUIP15 MENT, TELEVISION RECEIVERS, AND OTHER MATERIALS

16 RELATED TO THE DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.— 

18 Any manufacturer of any apparatus described in 

19 section 303(z) shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) place on the screen of any such appa21 ratus that such manufacturer ships in inter22 state commerce or manufactures in the United 

23 States after 180 days after the date of enact24 ment of the SAVE LIVES Act, a removable 
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1 label containing the warning language required 

2 by paragraph (3); and 

3 ‘‘(B) also include such warning language 

4 on the outside of the retail packaging of such 

5 apparatus in a manner that cannot be removed. 

6 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR RETAIL DISTRIBU7 TORS.—Any retail distributor shall place adjacent to 

8 each apparatus described in section 303(z) that such 

9 distributor displays for sale or rent after 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of the SAVE LIVES 

11 Act, a separate sign containing the warning lan12 guage required by paragraph (3). 

13 ‘‘(3) WARNING LANGUAGE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—Not 

15 later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

16 of this Act, the Commission, in consultation 

17 with consumers and representatives from the 

18 broadcast, cable, and satellite industries, shall 

19 complete a rulemaking proceeding to develop 

20 warning language to be used by manufacturers 

21 and retail distributors concerning the size and 

22 format of the warning language required by this 

23 paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(B) CONTENT OF WARNING.—The warn25 ing language required by this paragraph shall 
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1 clearly inform consumers, in plain English un2 derstandable to the average consumer, of the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(i) After December 31, 2008, tele5 vision broadcasters will cease analog over6 the-air broadcasts and will broadcast only 

7 in digital format. 

8 ‘‘(ii) That a television set carrying the 

9 label required under paragraph (1) will no 

10 longer be able to receive broadcast pro11 gramming unless it is connected to a dig12 ital tuner, a digital-to-analog converter de13 vice, or cable, satellite, or other multi14 channel video services. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Beyond December 31, 2008, a 

16 television set carrying the label required 

17 under paragraph (1) will, however, con18 tinue to display images from devices such 

19 as DVD recorders and video game consoles 

20 or content recorded for display on an ana21 log television using devices such as VCRs, 

22 digital video recorders, or DVD recorders. 

23 ‘‘(iv) For more information regarding 

24 the transition to digital television con25 sumers should call the Federal Commu-
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1 nications Commission at 1–888–225–5322 

2 (TTY: 1–888–835–5322) or visit the Com3 mission’s website at: www.fcc.gov. 

4 ‘‘(4) ENFORCEMENT.—Any violation of the re5 quirements of this section, shall be enforced by the 

6 Federal Trade Commission as if it were an unfair or 

7 deceptive act or practice proscribed under section 

8 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 

9 (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

10 ‘‘(5) SUNSET.—The warning language required 

11 by paragraph (3) shall not apply to any manufac12 turer or retail distributor on or after January 1, 

13 2009. 

14 ‘‘(6) COMMISSION OUTREACH.—Beginning not 

15 later than 1 month after the date of enactment of 

16 the SAVE LIVES Act, the Commission shall engage 

17 in a public outreach program to educate consumers 

18 about— 

19 ‘‘(A) the deadline for termination of analog 

20 television broadcasting; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the options consumers have after 

22 such termination to continue to receive broad23 cast programming.’’ 

24 (c) PRESERVING AND EXPEDITING DIGITAL TELE25 VISION TUNER MANDATES.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall re2 quire not later than— 

3 (A) July 1, 2005, that digital television 

4 tuners be integrated into television receivers 

5 having analog tuners in the case of television 

6 sets with screen sizes 36 inches or greater; 

7 (B) March 1, 2006, that digital television 

8 tuners be integrated into television receivers 

9 having analog tuners in the case of television 

10 sets with screen sizes between 25 inches and 35 

11 inches; and 

12 (C) March 1, 2007, that digital television 

13 tuners be integrated into television receivers 

14 having analog tuners in the case of television 

15 sets with screen sizes between 14 inches and 24 

16 inches. 

17 (2) STUDY.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

20 Commission shall conduct a study to determine 

21 whether digital television tuners are necessary 

22 in television sets with screen sizes 13 inches or 

23 smaller. 

24 (B) MANDATES FOR TELEVISION SETS

25 WITH SCREEN SIZES 13 INCHES OR SMALLER.— 
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1 Upon completion of the study required under 

2 subparagraph (A), if the Commission deter3 mines that digital television tuners are nec4 essary in television sets with screen sizes 13 

5 inches or smaller, the Commission shall enact, 

6 not later than July 1, 2008, digital television 

7 tuner mandates for such television sets. 

8 (d) INFORMED CONSUMER REQUIREMENT.—Not 

9 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

10 the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the 

11 Commission shall develop and distribute to all consumers 

12 seeking to purchase a televison set a brochure that clearly 

13 describes the different options available to a consumer, in14 cluding information that— 

15 (1) in order for a consumer to receive and dis16 play a digital television signal, a consumer must 

17 have— 

18 (A) both a digital television display or 

19 monitor and a digital tuner; or 

20 (B) an integrated digital television set; 

21 (2) there is a difference between a digital tele22 vision and high-definition digital television signals 

23 and a digital television and high-definition digital 

24 television set; and 

25 (3) current televisions— 
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1 (A) are not obsolete; 

2 (B) can receive digital television signals 

3 with the use of a digital-to-analog converter de4 vice and will display such signals in an analog 

5 format; and 

6 (C) will continue to work with cable, sat7 ellite, VCRs, DVD recorders, and other devices. 

8 SEC. 7. DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION AVAILABLE FOR 

9 CABLE SUBSCRIBERS. 

10 (a) DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION PER11 MITTED.—Section 614(b) of the Communications Act of 

12 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(b)) is amended by adding at the end 

13 the following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(11) DIGITAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) DIGITAL PRIMARY VIDEO SIGNAL.—A 

16 cable operator shall carry the primary video of 

17 the digital signal of a local broadcast station in 

18 its originally broadcast format without material 

19 degradation upon such local broadcast sta20 tion’s— 

21 ‘‘(i) cessation of analog broadcasting; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(ii) election of cable carriage under 

24 this section or section 615. 
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1 ‘‘(B) DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSIONS

2 PERMITTED.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 

3 (A), the conversion by a cable operator, at any 

4 location from the cable headend through equip5 ment on the premises of a subscriber, of a dig6 ital television signal into a signal capable of 

7 being viewed by such subscriber with an analog 

8 television receiver shall be permitted subject to 

9 the conditions described in subparagraph (C). 

10 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS ON PERMITTED

11 DOWNCONVERSION.—If a cable operator pro12 vides a converted signal for any station in a 

13 local market under subparagraph (B), that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is carried under this section or 

15 section 615; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) has ceased to broadcast in the 

17 analog television service; 

18 such cable operator shall provide such a con19 verted signal for each such station that is lo20 cated within the same local market. 

21 ‘‘(D) CONVERSION SUNSET.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

23 (ii), beginning not earlier than December 

24 31, 2011 and not later than December 31, 

25 2012, the Commission shall cease to im-
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1 pose on a cable operator the requirement 

2 under subparagraph (B), if the Commis3 sion determines that such requirement is 

4 not necessary to ensure the continued abil5 ity of the audiences for foreign-language 

6 and religious television broadcast stations 

7 to view the signals of such stations. 

8 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making a 

9 determination under clause (i), the Com10 mission shall take into consideration— 

11 ‘‘(I) the penetration of digital 

12 televisions, digital receivers, and dig13 ital-to-analog converter devices among 

14 audiences of foreign-language and re15 ligious television broadcast stations; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(II) the market incentives of 

18 cable operators, in the absence of the 

19 requirement under subparagraph (B), 

20 to carry the signals of foreign-lan21 guage and religious television broad22 cast stations in the format most avail23 able to be viewed by the audiences of 

24 such stations. 
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1 ‘‘(E) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year 

2 after the date of enactment of the SAVE 

3 LIVES Act, and every 2 years thereafter until 

4 December 31, 2012, the Commission shall re5 view the considerations described in subpara6 graph (D)(ii).’’. 

7 (b) TIERING.— 

8 (1) AMENDMENT TO COMMUNICATIONS ACT.— 

9 Section 623(b)(7)(A)(iii) of the Communications Act 

10 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543(b)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘Any signal’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Any analog signal’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘and a single digital video 

14 programming stream, designated by such sta15 tion, that is transmitted over-the-air by such 

16 station, and’’ after ‘‘television broadcast sta17 tion’’. 

18 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 

19 amendments made by this subsection shall take ef20 fect on January 1, 2009. 

21 SEC. 8. STUDY OF NATIONWIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM. 

22 (a) STUDY.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

24 Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation 

25 with appropriate executive agencies (as determined 
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1 by the Administrator), shall conduct a study of the 

2 feasibility of establishing a nationwide recycling pro3 gram for electronic waste that preempts any State 

4 recycling program. 

5 (2) INCLUSIONS.—The study shall include an 

6 analysis of multiple programs, including programs 

7 involving— 

8 (A) the collection of an advanced recycling 

9 fee; 

10 (B) the collection of an end-of-life fee; 

11 (C) producers of electronics assuming the 

12 responsibility and the cost of recycling elec13 tronic waste; and 

14 (D) the extension of a tax credit for recy15 cling electronic waste. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi18 ronmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a 

19 report describing the results of the study conducted under 

20 subsection (a); 

21 SEC. 9. COMPLETION OF CERTAIN PENDING PROCEEDINGS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall complete 

23 action on and issue a final decision not later than— 

24 (1) July 31, 2007, in the Matter of Second 

25 Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Poli-
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1 cies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television, 

2 MB Docket No. 03–15; 

3 (2) July 31, 2007, should the Commission 

4 begin a Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s 

5 Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Dig6 ital Television; 

7 (3) December 31, 2007, in the Matter of Public 

8 Interest Obligations of Television Broadcast Licens9 ees, MM Docket No. 99–360; 

10 (4) December 31, 2007, in the Matter of Stand11 ardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for 

12 Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obli13 gations, MM Docket No. 00–168; 

14 (5) December 31, 2007, in the Matter of Chil15 dren’s Television Obligations Of Digital Television 

16 Broadcasters, Further Notice of Proposed Rule17 making, MM Docket No. 00–167; 

18 (6) December 31, 2007, in the proceeding on 

19 rules regarding the use of distributed transmission 

20 system technologies as referenced in paragraph 5 of 

21 MB Docket No. 03–15; and 

22 (7) December 31, 2007, in the proceeding 

23 adopting digital standards for an Emergency Alert 

24 System. 

25 (b) TWO-WAY DEVICES.— 
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1 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 months 

3 thereafter until July 1, 2007, the parties in the mat4 ter of the Implementation of Section 304 of the 

5 Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Avail6 ability of Navigation Devices, Second Report and 

7 Order, CS Docket No. 97–80, shall report to the 

8 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor9 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 

10 and Commerce of the House of Representatives on 

11 the status of negotiations for two-way devices. 

12 (2) FINAL ORDER.—Not later than December 

13 31, 2007, the Commission shall complete action on 

14 and issue a final decision in the matter of the Imple15 mentation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications 

16 Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation 

17 Devices, Second Report and Order, CS Docket No. 

18 97–80. 

19 SEC. 10. EXCEPTION TO REMOVAL AND RELOCATION OF IN20 CUMBENT BROADCAST LICENSEES OPER21 ATING BETWEEN 746 AND 806 MEGAHERTZ. 

22 Section 337(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 

23 (47 U.S.C. 337(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 

24 following new paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

2 apply to— 

3 ‘‘(A) television translator stations; 

4 ‘‘(B) low-power television stations; or 

5 ‘‘(C) class A television stations.’’. 

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