IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Received 
JULY 29, 2014 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, 
United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relat-
ing to the retransmission of signals of television broad-
cast stations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. No additional appropriations authorized. 
TITLE I—COMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Extension of authority. 
Sec. 102. Retransmission consent negotiations. 
Sec. 103. Delayed application of JSA attribution rule in case of waiver petition. 
Sec. 104. Deletion or repositioning of stations during certain periods. 
Sec. 105. Repeal of integration ban. 
Sec. 106. Report on communications implications of statutory licensing modi-
fications. 
Sec. 107. Local network channel broadcast reports. 
Sec. 108. Report on designated market areas. 
Sec. 109. Definitions. 
TITLE II—COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Reauthorization. 
Sec. 202. Termination of license. 
SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out this 
Act, or the amendments made by this Act. This Act, and 
the amendments made by this Act, shall be carried out 
using amounts otherwise authorized or appropriated. 
TITLE I—COMMUNICATIONS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. 
Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Janu-
ary 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 102. RETRANSMISSION CONSENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) prohibit a television broadcast station 
from coordinating negotiations or negotiating on a 
joint basis with another television broadcast station 
in the same local market (as defined in section 
122(j) of title 17, United States Code) to grant re-
transmission consent under this section to a multi-
channel video programming distributor, unless such 
stations are directly or indirectly under common de 
jure control permitted under the regulations of the 
Commission.’’. 
(b) MARGIN CORRECTION.—Section 325(b)(3)(C) of 
the 
Communications 
Act 
of 
1934 
(47 
U.S.C. 
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325(b)(3)(C)) is further amended by moving the margin 
of clause (iii) 4 ems to the left. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement 
the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 103. DELAYED APPLICATION OF JSA ATTRIBUTION 
RULE IN CASE OF WAIVER PETITION. 
In the case of a party to a joint sales agreement (as 
defined in Note 2(k) to section 73.3555 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations) that is in effect on the effective 
date of the amendment to Note 2(k)(2) to such section 
made by the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and 
Report and Order adopted by the Commission on March 
31, 2014 (FCC 14–28), and who, not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, submits to 
the Commission a petition for a waiver of the application 
to such agreement of the rule in such Note 2(k)(2) (as 
so amended), such party shall not be considered to be in 
violation of the ownership limitations of such section by 
reason of the application of such rule to such agreement 
until the later of— 
(1) the date that is 18 months after the date 
on which the Commission denies such petition; or 
(2) December 31, 2016. 
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SEC. 104. DELETION OR REPOSITIONING OF STATIONS DUR-
ING CERTAIN PERIODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 614(b)(9) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 534(b)(9)) is amended 
by striking the second sentence. 
(b) REVISION OF RULES.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall revise section 76.1601 of its rules (47 CFR 
76.1601) and any note to such section by removing the 
prohibition against deletion or repositioning of a local 
commercial television station during a period in which 
major television ratings services measure the size of audi-
ences of local television stations. 
SEC. 105. REPEAL OF INTEGRATION BAN. 
(a) NO FORCE OR EFFECT.—The second sentence of 
section 76.1204(a)(1) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, shall have no force or effect after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) REMOVAL FROM RULES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall complete all actions necessary to remove the 
sentence described in subsection (a) from its rules. 
SEC. 106. REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS IMPLICATIONS OF 
STATUTORY LICENSING MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study that analyzes and evaluates 
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the changes to the carriage requirements currently im-
posed on multichannel video programming distributors 
under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 
et seq.) and the regulations promulgated by the Commis-
sion that would be required or beneficial to consumers, 
and such other matters as the Comptroller General con-
siders appropriate, if Congress implemented a phase-out 
of the current statutory licensing requirements set forth 
under sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United 
States Code. Among other things, the study shall consider 
the impact such a phase-out and related changes to car-
riage requirements would have on consumer prices and ac-
cess to programming. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (a), including any recommendations for legislative 
or administrative actions. Such report shall also include 
a discussion of any differences between such results and 
the results of the study conducted under section 303 of 
the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 
2010 (124 Stat. 1255). 
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SEC. 107. LOCAL NETWORK CHANNEL BROADCAST RE-
PORTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the 270th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and on each suc-
ceeding anniversary of such 270th day, each satellite 
carrier shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mission setting forth— 
(A) each local market in which it— 
(i) retransmits signals of 1 or more 
television broadcast stations with a com-
munity of license in that market; 
(ii) has commenced providing such 
signals in the preceding 1-year period; and 
(iii) has ceased to provide such signals 
in the preceding 1-year period; and 
(B) detailed information regarding the use 
and potential use of satellite capacity for the re-
transmission of local signals in each local mar-
ket. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The requirement under 
paragraph (1) shall cease after each satellite carrier 
has submitted 5 reports under such paragraph. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘local market’’ and ‘‘satellite car-
rier’’ have the meaning given such terms in section 
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339(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 339(d)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘television broadcast station’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 325(b)(7) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
325(b)(7)). 
SEC. 108. REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report containing an 
analysis of— 
(1) the extent to which consumers in each local 
market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, 
United States Code) have access to broadcast pro-
gramming from television broadcast stations (as de-
fined in section 325(b)(7) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7))) located outside 
their local market, including through carriage by 
cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that 
are significantly viewed (within the meaning of sec-
tion 340 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 340)); and 
(2) whether there are technologically and eco-
nomically feasible alternatives to the use of des-
ignated market areas (as defined in section 122(j) of 
title 17, United States Code) to define markets that 
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would provide consumers with more programming 
options and the potential impact such alternatives 
could have on localism and on broadcast television 
locally, regionally, and nationally. 
SEC. 109. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
TITLE II—COPYRIGHT 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION. 
Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 111(d)(3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘clause’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph’’; and 
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