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Video Description of Video Programming, Report and 
Order, 15 F.C.C.R. 15,230 (2000); 
(2) may amend, repeal, or otherwise modify such 
rules; 
(3) shall initiate a proceeding within 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and complete 
that proceeding within 1 year, to consider incor-
porating accessible information requirements in its 
video description rules; and 
(4) shall extend the video description rules under 
this section to digital broadcast programming and 
video programming (as defined in section 602(23) of 
the Communications Act of 1934), as appropriate, in 
the public interest. 
(c) ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘accessible information’’ may include written 
information displayed on television screens during regular 
programming, hazardous warnings and other emergency 
information, local and national news bulletins, and any 
other information the Commission deems appropriate. 
SEC. 703. STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION. 
Until the date on which the international coordination 
with Canada and Mexico of the DTV table of allotments 
is complete (as determined by the Federal Communications 
Commission), the Federal Communications Commission 
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shall submit a report every 6 months on the status of that 
international coordination to the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of 
Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
SEC. 704. CERTAIN BORDER STATIONS. 
Section 309(j)(14) (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) 
BORDER
STATIONS.—An 
analog 
broadcast television station, whose programming 
is broadcast entirely in the Spanish-language, 
that prior to February 17, 2009, is licensed by 
the Commission to serve communities located 
within 50 miles of the common border with the 
United Mexican States and can establish to the 
satisfaction of the Federal Communications 
Commission that its continued operation in ana-
log is in the public interest, shall be entitled to 
the renewal of its television broadcast license au-
thorizing analog television service and to operate 
on a channel between 2 and 51 that complies 
with the following provisions through February 
17, 2011: 
‘‘(i) The channel used for analog oper-
ation may not— 
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‘‘(I) prevent the auction of recov-
ered spectrum, as provided for in para-
graph (15) of this subsection; 
‘‘(II) prevent the use of recovered 
spectrum by public safety services, as 
provided for by section 337(a)(1) of 
this Act; and 
‘‘(III) encumber nor interfere with 
any channels reserved for public safety 
use as designated in FCC ET Docket 
No. 97–157. 
‘‘(ii) The station shall operate on its 
assigned analog channel as of February 16, 
2009, if that channel— 
‘‘(I) is designated between 2 and 
51; 
‘‘(II) has not been assigned to the 
station itself or another station for dig-
ital operation after the digital transi-
tion; and 
‘‘(III) could be used by that sta-
tion for analog operation after the dig-
ital transition without causing inter-
ference to previously authorized digital 
television stations. 
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‘‘(iii) If the station does not meet the 
criteria of clause (ii) for operation on its 
assigned analog channel as of February 16, 
2009, the station may request, and the Com-
mission shall promptly act upon such re-
quest, to be assigned a new channel for its 
analog operation, if the requested channel— 
‘‘(I) is shall between channels 2 
and 51; and 
‘‘(II) allows the station to operate 
on a primary basis without causing 
interference to other analog or digital 
television stations or to stations li-
censed to operate in other radio serv-
ices that also operate on channels be-
tween 2 and 51. Where mutually exclu-
sive applications are submitted for 
analog television operation on a chan-
nel under the provisions of this section, 
the Commission shall award the au-
thority to use that channel through the 
application of the procedures of this 
subsection and giving due consider-
ation to the alternative resolution pro-
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