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thority from operating as a multichannel video program-
ming distributor in the franchise area, notwithstanding the 
granting of one or more franchises by the franchising au-
thority.’’. 
(b) SUNSET.—Section 626(c)(5), as redesignated by 
section 335 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘10 years after the date of enact-
ment of this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘on October 5, 
2012,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘last year of such 10-year pe-
riod,’’ and inserting ‘‘12-month period ending on that 
date,’’. 
(c) UPDATING.—Section 613 (47 U.S.C. 533) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘July 1, 1984,’’ in subsection (g) 
and inserting ‘‘the date of enactment of the Video 
Competition and Savings for Consumers Act of 
2006’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating 
subsections (c) through (h) as subsections (a) through 
(f), respectively. 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 617 (47 U.S.C. 537) is repealed. 
(e) RESTRUCTURING PART IV.—Part IV of title VI (47 
U.S.C. 551 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking sections 636 and 637; and 
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(2) by redesignating sections 635A, 638, 639, 
640, 641, and 642 (as added by section 337 of this 
Act) as sections 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, and 641, re-
spectively. 
(f) FEDERAL REGULATION
OF IP-ENABLED VIDEO 
SERVICE.—Title VI (47 U.S.C. 521 et seq.), as amended 
by section 337 and subsection (e)(2), is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 642. IP-ENABLED VIDEO SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, IP-enabled video service is an interstate service 
and is subject only to Federal regulations. 
‘‘(b) IP-ENABLED VIDEO SERVICE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘IP-enabled video service’ means a video 
service provided over the public Internet utilizing Internet 
protocol, or any successor protocol that is not offered by, 
or not offered as part of a package of video services offered 
by, a video service provider or its affiliate. 
‘‘(c) COMMISSION AUTHORITY.—The commission may 
not impose any rule on, apply any regulation to, or other-
wise regulate the offering or provision of IP-enabled video 
service. 
‘‘(d) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to interfere with any lawful activity of 
a law enforcement agency or to limit the application of any 
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law the violation of which is punishable by a fine, impris-
onment, or both. 
‘‘(e) NO EFFECT ON TAX LAWS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to modify, impair, supersede, or au-
thorize the modification, impairment, or supersession of, 
any State or local tax law.’’. 
(g) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
FOR
RETRANS-
MISSION.— 
(1) Section 325(b) (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘cable system’’ in para-
graph (1) and inserting ‘‘video service provider’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘The term ‘video service 
provider’ has the meaning given it in section 
602(25) of this Act.’’ after ‘‘title.’’ in the matter 
following subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2). 
(2) Section 336(b) (47 U.S.C. 336(b)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘section 614 or 615 or be deemed a 
multichannel video programming distributor for pur-
poses of section 628;’’ and inserting ‘‘section 614 or 
615;’’. 
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