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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate 

paid television service in certain counties, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Colorado News, Emer5 gency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FACILITATING DELIVERY OF RELEVANT TELE2 VISION PROGRAMMING TO UNSERVED CON3 SUMERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 341(a) of the Commu5 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 341(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘in the 

7 county on January 1, 2004; or’’ and inserting the 

8 following: ‘‘in the county— 

9 ‘‘(i) on January 1, 2004, in the case of a 

10 county described in paragraph (3)(A); or 

11 ‘‘(ii) on January 1, 2014, in the case of a 

12 county described in paragraph (3)(B); or’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

15 through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec16 tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

17 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 

18 redesignated, by striking ‘‘means any 1 of 4 

19 counties that—’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘means— 

21 ‘‘(A) any 1 of 4 counties that—’’; and 

22 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

23 inserting the following: ‘‘; or 

24 ‘‘(B) any 1 of 2 counties that— 

25 ‘‘(i) are all in a single State; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) on January 1, 2014, were each in 

2 designated market areas in which the majority 

3 of counties were located in another State; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) as a group had a combined total of 

5 27,540 television households according to the 

6 U.S. Television Household Estimates by Nielsen 

7 Media Research for 2013–2014.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

9 122(a)(4)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub12 clauses (I) and (II), respectively, and adjusting the 

13 margins accordingly; 

14 (2) in the matter preceding clause (I), as redes15 ignated, by striking ‘‘In the case of’’ and all that fol16 lows and inserting the following: ‘‘In the case of— 

17 ‘‘(i) that State in which are located 4 

18 counties that—’’; 

19 (3) in subclause (II), as redesignated, by adding 

20 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

21 (4) by inserting after subclause (II), as redesig22 nated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(ii) that State in which are located 2 

24 counties that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) on January 1, 2014, were in 

2 local markets principally comprised of 

3 counties in another State, and 

4 ‘‘(II) had a combined total of 

5 27,540 television households, accord6 ing to the U.S. Television Household 

7 Estimates by Nielsen Media Research 

8 for 2013–2014,’’; and 

9 (5) by inserting before the period at the end the 

10 following: ‘‘, in the case of the State described in 

11 clause (i), or on January 1, 2014, in the case of the 

12 State described in clause (ii)’’. 

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