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(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. 109. REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that contains— 
(1) an analysis of— 
(A) the extent to which consumers in each local market 
have access to broadcast programming from television 
broadcast stations located outside their local market, 
including through carriage by cable operators and satellite 
carriers of signals that are significantly viewed (within 
the meaning of section 340 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 340)); and 
(B) whether there are technologically and economically 
feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas 
to define markets that would provide consumers with more 
programming options and the potential impact such alter-
natives could have on localism and on broadcast television 
locally, regionally, and nationally; and 
(2) recommendations on how to foster increased localism 
in counties served by out-of-State designated market areas. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS FOR FOSTERING INCREASED LOCALISM.— 
In making recommendations under subsection (a)(2), the Commis-
sion shall consider— 
(1) the impact that designated market areas that cross 
State lines have on access to local programming; 
(2) the impact that designated market areas have on local 
programming in rural areas; and 
(3) the state of local programming in States served exclu-
sively by out-of-State designated market areas. 
SEC. 110. UPDATE TO CABLE RATES REPORT. 
Section 623(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
543(k)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(k) REPORTS ON AVERAGE PRICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall annually publish 
statistical reports on the average rates for basic cable service 
and other cable programming, and for converter boxes, remote 
control units, and other equipment of cable systems that the 
Commission has found are subject to effective competition under 
subsection (a)(2) compared with cable systems that the Commis-
sion has found are not subject to such effective competition. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall include in 
its report under paragraph (1) the aggregate average total 
amount paid by cable systems in compensation under sec-
tion 325. 
‘‘(B) FORM.—The Commission shall publish information 
under this paragraph in a manner substantially similar 
to the way other comparable information is published in 
such report.’’.
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SEC. 111. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS TO EFFECTIVE COMPETITION 
PETITIONS. 
Section 623 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
543) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) STREAMLINED PETITION PROCESS FOR SMALL CABLE OPERA-
TORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall com-
plete a rulemaking to establish a streamlined process for filing 
of an effective competition petition pursuant to this section 
for small cable operators, particularly those who serve primarily 
rural areas. 
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to have any effect on the duty of a small cable 
operator to prove the existence of effective competition under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF SMALL CABLE OPERATOR.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘small cable operator’ has the meaning given 
the term in subsection (m)(2).’’. 
SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed-
eral Communications Commission. 
TITLE II—COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION. 
Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 111(d)(3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘clause’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘clause’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and 
(2) in section 119— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF LICENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, 
as amended in section 201, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF LICENSE.—This section shall cease to be 
effective on December 31, 2019.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 107(a) of the Satellite 
Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (17 U.S.C. 119 
note) is repealed.
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SEC. 203. LOCAL SERVICE AREA OF A PRIMARY TRANSMITTER. 
Section 111(f)(4) of title 17, United States Code, is amended, 
in the second sentence— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘as defined by the rules and regulations 
of the Federal Communications Commission,’’ after ‘‘television 
station,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘comprises the area within 35 miles of 
the transmitter site, except that’’ and inserting ‘‘comprises the 
designated market area, as defined in section 122(j)(2)(C), that 
encompasses the community of license of such station and 
any community that is located outside such designated market 
area that is either wholly or partially within 35 miles of the 
transmitter site or,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘the number of miles shall be 20 miles’’ 
and inserting ‘‘wholly or partially within 20 miles of such 
transmitter site’’. 
SEC. 204. MARKET DETERMINATIONS. 
Section 122(j)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by moving the margins of subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
(D) 2 ems to the left; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) MARKET DETERMINATIONS.—The local market of 
a commercial television broadcast station may be modified 
by the Federal Communications Commission in accordance 
with section 338(l) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 338).’’. 
TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this 
Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any 
person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 
of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application 
of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance 
shall not be affected thereby. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.