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 Reauthorization 
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— 
(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 
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17, United States Code) to grant retransmission con-
sent under this section to a multichannel video pro-
gramming distributor, unless such stations are di-
rectly 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. 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 Com-
mission 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 peti-
tion for a waiver of the application to such agreement of 
the rule in such Note 2(k)(2) (as so amended), such party 
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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. 
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 Commission 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 tele-
vision station during a period in which major television 
ratings services measure the size of audiences of local tele-
vision 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 enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(b) REMOVAL FROM RULES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
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 
the changes to the carriage requirements currently imposed 
on multichannel video programming distributors under the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) and 
the regulations promulgated by the Commission that would 
be required or beneficial to consumers, and such other mat-
ters as the Comptroller General considers 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 carriage requirements would 
have on consumer prices and access 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 subsection (a), 
including any recommendations for legislative or adminis-
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trative 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 Tele-
vision Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (124 Stat. 
1255). 
SEC. 8. LOCAL NETWORK CHANNEL BROADCAST REPORTS. 
(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 Commis-
sion setting forth— 
(A) each local market in which it— 
(i) retransmits signals of 1 or more tel-
evision broadcast stations with a commu-
nity of license in that market; 
(ii) has commenced providing such sig-
nals 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. 
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