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that provider by a franchising authority to the Commis-
sion.’’. 
SEC. 337. REDLINING. 
Part IV of title VI (47 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 642. REDLINING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A video service provider may not 
deny access to its video service to any group of potential 
residential video service subscribers because of the income, 
race, or religion of that group. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) STATE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
ENFORCE-
MENT.—This section may be enforced by the State at-
torney general through a complaint-initiated adju-
dication process under which a complaint may be 
filed by a resident of the franchising area who is ag-
grieved by a violation of subsection (a) or by a fran-
chising authority on behalf of residents of its fran-
chise area. Within 180 days after receiving the resi-
dent’s or franchising authority’s complaint, a State 
attorney general shall act on such a complaint either 
by filing a complaint with a court of competent juris-
diction or notifying the resident or franchising au-
thority that the State attorney general will not file 
such a complaint. 
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‘‘(2) EVALUATION OF COMPLAINT.—The totality 
of the video service provider’s deployments in its serv-
ice areas shall be considered in any adjudication pur-
suant to an enforcement action under this subsection. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.—If a court determines that a video 
service provider has violated subsection (a) it— 
‘‘(1) shall ensure that the video service provider 
remedies any violation of subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) may assess a civil penalty in such amount 
as may be authorized under State law for the fran-
chising area in which the violation occurred for viola-
tion of that State’s antidiscrimination laws. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) 
NATURAL
AND
TECHNOLOGICAL
BAR-
RIERS.—It is not a violation of subsection (a) if video 
service is denied because technical feasibility, com-
mercial feasibility, operational limitations, or phys-
ical barriers preclude the effective provision of video 
service. 
‘‘(2) QUOTAS, GOALS, OR TIMETABLES.—Nothing 
in this section authorizes the use of quotas, goals, or 
timetables as a remedy. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO COMMISSION.—Begin-
ning 3 years after the date of enactment of the Video 
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Competition and Savings for Consumers Act of 2006, 
each franchising authority shall report to the Com-
mission on video service provider deployment in its 
franchise area. The Commission shall develop and 
make available to franchising authorities a standard-
ized, electronic data-based, report form to be used in 
complying with the requirements of this paragraph. A 
video service provider shall provide such information 
to the franchising authority as is needed to complete 
the report. 
‘‘(2) COMMISSION REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Be-
ginning 4 years after the date of enactment of the 
Video Competition and Savings for Consumers Act of 
2006, and every 4 years thereafter, the Commission 
shall report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the House of Rep-
resentatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on 
the buildout of video service.’’. 
SEC. 338. APPLICATION OF SECTION 503(b). 
Section 503(b) (47 U.S.C. 503(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) APPLICATION TO VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
In this section the terms ‘cable television operator’ and 
‘cable television system operator’ include a video service 
provider (as defined in section 602 of this Act).’’. 
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SEC. 339. APPLICATION OF TITLE VII CABLE PROVISIONS 
TO VIDEO SERVICES. 
Title VII (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘cable operators for their retrans-
mission to cable subscribers;’’ in section 705(d)(1) 
and inserting ‘‘cable operators or video service pro-
viders (as defined in section 602 of this Act) for their 
retransmission to subscribers;’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and cable television;’’ in section 
712(a)(1) and inserting ‘‘cable television, and video 
service (as defined in section 602 of this Act);’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘video service,’’ in section 
714(k)(3) after ‘‘cable,’’. 
SEC. 340. CHILDREN’S TELEVISION ACT AMENDMENT. 
Section 102(d) of the Children’s Television Act of 1990 
(47 U.S.C. 303a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘a cable oper-
ator,’’ and inserting ‘‘cable operators and video service pro-
viders,’’. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous and 
Conforming Amendments 
SEC. 351. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS. 
(a) MUNICIPAL
OPERATORS.—Section 621(f) (47 
U.S.C. 541(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) MUNICIPAL OPERATORS.—No provision of this 
title shall be construed to prohibit a local or municipal au-
thority that is also, or is affiliated with, a franchising au-
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