tion 621, or any other law, if and when eli-
gible. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS OF NATIONAL FRANCHISE.—A 
national franchise shall contain the following require-
ments: 
‘‘(1) FRANCHISE FEE.—A cable operator au-
thorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall pay to the franchising au-
thority in such franchise area a franchise fee of up 
to 5 percent (as determined by the franchising au-
thority) of such cable operator’s gross revenues from 
the provision of cable service under this section in 
such franchise area. Such payment shall be assessed 
and collected in a manner consistent with section 
622 and the definition of gross revenues in this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) PEG/I-NET REQUIREMENTS.—A cable op-
erator authorized under this section to provide cable 
service in a franchise area shall comply with the re-
quirements of subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—A cable operator au-
thorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall comply with the rights-of- 
way requirements of the franchising authority under 
subsection (f). 
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‘‘(4) CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CUSTOMER 
SERVICE STANDARDS.—A cable operator authorized 
under this section to provide cable service in a fran-
chise area shall comply with the consumer protection 
and customer service standards established by the 
Commission under section 632(b). 
‘‘(5) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—A cable operator 
authorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall comply with the regulations 
on child pornography promulgated pursuant to sub-
section (i). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY
FOR NATIONAL FRANCHISES.— 
The following persons or groups are eligible to obtain a 
national franchise under this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICE AFTER EN-
ACTMENT.—A person or group that is not providing 
cable service in a franchise area on the date of en-
actment of this section under section 621 or any 
other law may obtain a national franchise under this 
section to provide cable service in such franchise 
area. 
‘‘(2) EXISTING
PROVIDERS
OF
CABLE
SERV-
ICE.—A person or group that is providing cable 
service in a franchise area on the date of enactment 
of this section under section 621 or any other law 
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may obtain a franchise under this section to provide 
cable service in such franchise area if, on the date 
that the national franchise becomes effective, an-
other person or group is providing cable service 
under this section, section 621, or any other law in 
such franchise area. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL 
USE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), a 
cable operator with a national franchise for a fran-
chise area under this section shall provide channel 
capacity for public, educational, and governmental 
use that is not less than the channel capacity re-
quired of the cable operator with the most sub-
scribers in such franchise area on the effective date 
of such national franchise. If there is no other cable 
operator in such franchise area on the effective date 
of such national franchise, or there is no other cable 
operator in such franchise area on such date that is 
required to provide channel capacity for public, edu-
cational, and governmental use, the cable operator 
shall provide the amount of channel capacity for 
such use as determined by Commission rule. 
‘‘(2) PEG AND I–NET FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—A 
cable operator with a national franchise under this 
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section for a franchise area shall pay an amount 
equal to 1 percent of the cable operator’s gross reve-
nues (as such term is defined in this section) in the 
franchise area to the franchising authority for the 
support of public, educational, and governmental use 
and institutional networks (as such term is defined 
in section 611(f)). Such payment shall be assessed 
and collected in a manner consistent with section 
622, including the authority of the cable operator to 
designate that portion of a subscriber’s bill attrib-
utable to such payment. A cable operator that pro-
vided cable service in a franchise area on the date 
of enactment of this section and that obtains a na-
tional franchise under this section shall continue to 
provide any institutional network that it was re-
quired to provide in such franchise area under sec-
tion 621 or any other law. Notwithstanding section 
621(b)(3)(D), a franchising authority may not re-
quire a cable operator franchised under this section 
to construct a new institutional network. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT.—Every 10 years after the 
commencement of a franchise under this section for 
a franchise area, a franchising authority may require 
a cable operator authorized under such franchise to 
increase the channel capacity designated for public, 
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educational, or governmental use, and the channel 
capacity designated for such use on any institutional 
networks required under paragraph (2). Such in-
crease shall not exceed the higher of— 
‘‘(A) one channel; or 
‘‘(B) 10 percent of the public, educational, 
or governmental channel capacity required of 
that operator prior to the increase. 
‘‘(4) TRANSMISSION AND PRODUCTION OF PRO-
GRAMMING.— 
‘‘(A) A cable operator franchised under 
this section shall ensure that all subscribers re-
ceive any public, educational, or governmental 
programming carried by the cable operator 
within the subscriber’s franchise area. 
‘‘(B) The production of any programming 
provided under this subsection shall be the re-
sponsibility of the franchising authority. 
‘‘(C) A cable operator franchised under 
this section shall be responsible for the trans-
mission from the signal origination point (or 
points) of the programming, or from the point 
of interconnection with another cable operator 
under subparagraph (D), to the cable operator’s 
subscribers, of any public, educational, or gov-
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