I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions 
relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. ESHOO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expir-
ing provisions relating to the retransmission of signals 
of television broadcast 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STELA Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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 C.F.R. 
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. 6. 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. 7. 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). 
SEC. 8. LOCAL NETWORK CHANNEL BROADCAST REPORTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
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