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to subscribers in the franchise area if the franchising 
authority provides such programming to the video 
service provider at a location, in the data format, and 
in sufficient time normally required for the program-
ming to be displayed on such device, guide, or 
menu.’’. 
SEC. 334. SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 624 (47 U.S.C. 544) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and 
(h) and redesignating subsections (d), (f), (g), and (i) 
as subsections (a) through (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or wire’’ after ‘‘ any cable’’ in 
subsection (d), as redesignated. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 611(c) (47 
U.S.C. 531(c)), as amended by section 333 of this Act, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘624(d)(1)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘624(a)(1)’’. 
SEC. 335. SHARED FACILITIES. 
Part III of title VI (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking section 627 and redesignating 
sections 628 and 629 as sections 626 and 627, respec-
tively; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 628. ACCESS TO PROGRAMMING FOR SHARED FACILI-
TIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A video service programming ven-
dor in which a video service provider has an attributable 
interest may not deny a video service provider with a fran-
chise under this title access to video programming solely 
because that video service provider uses a headend for its 
video service system that is also used, under a shared owner-
ship or leasing agreement, as the headend for another video 
service system. 
‘‘(b) VIDEO SERVICE PROGRAMMING VENDOR DE-
FINED.—The term ‘video service programming vendor’ 
means a person engaged in the production, creation, or 
wholesale distribution for sale of video programming that 
is primarily intended for receipt by video service providers 
for retransmission to their video service subscribers.’’. 
SEC. 336. CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CUSTOMER SERV-
ICE. 
Section 632 (47 U.S.C. 552) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 632. CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CUSTOMER SERV-
ICE. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of the Video Competition 
and Savings for Consumers Act of 2006, the Commis-
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sion, after receiving comments from interested parties, 
including national associations representing fran-
chising authorities or consumers, shall promulgate 
regulations, which shall include penalties to be paid 
to subscribers with respect to customer service and 
consumer protection requirements for video service 
providers. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATIONS.—The 
regulations required by subsection (a) shall take effect 
60 days after the date on which a final rule is pro-
mulgated by the Commission. 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF 
SUBSCRIPTION.—It is unlawful for a video service provider 
to charge a subscriber an amount in excess of 1 month’s 
subscription fee as a penalty or service charge for termi-
nating a subscription to the video service provider’s service 
before the date on which the subscription term ends. 
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The regulations promulgated by 
the Commission under subsection (a) and the provisions of 
subsection (b) shall be enforced by franchising authorities. 
A franchising authority may refer a matter for enforcement 
to the State attorney general or the State consumer protec-
tion agency on a case-by-case basis. 
‘‘(d) REVIEW BY COMMISSION.—A video service pro-
vider may appeal any enforcement action taken against 
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