II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5728 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 
Received 
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. Modification of television markets to further consumer access to rel-
evant television programming. 
Sec. 103. Consumer protections in retransmission consent. 
Sec. 104. Delayed application of JSA attribution rule. 
Sec. 105. Deletion or repositioning of stations during certain periods. 
Sec. 106. Repeal of integration ban. 
Sec. 107. Report on communications implications of statutory licensing modi-
fications. 
Sec. 108. Local network channel broadcast reports. 
Sec. 109. Report on designated market areas. 
Sec. 110. Update to cable rates report. 
Sec. 111. Administrative reforms to effective competition petitions. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
TITLE II—COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Reauthorization. 
Sec. 202. Termination of license. 
Sec. 203. Local service area of a primary transmitter. 
Sec. 204. Market determinations. 
TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 
Sec. 301. Severability. 
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. 
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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— 
(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. MODIFICATION OF TELEVISION MARKETS TO 
FURTHER CONSUMER ACCESS TO RELEVANT 
TELEVISION PROGRAMMING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 338 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) MARKET DETERMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Following a written re-
quest, the Commission may, with respect to a par-
ticular commercial television broadcast station, in-
clude additional communities within its local market 
or exclude communities from such station’s local 
market to better effectuate the purposes of this sec-
tion. 
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