Television Freedom at Our Nation’s Airports Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3426
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-21
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Competition and antitrust

Consumer affairs

News media and reporting

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Television Freedom at Our Nation's Airports Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises conditions for the approval of airport improvement grants based on airport owners or operators making certain assurances about airport operations.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill</p> <ul> <li>prohibits airport owners or operators from entering into any agreement in which the content on airport television equipment is controlled by a broadcast or cable television news network, and</li> <li>prevents television equipment in an airport from being owned exclusively by any specific network.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3426 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2019 Mr. King of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to condition airport improvement program grants on certain assurances from airport owners and operators regarding television equipment in airport terminals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Television Freedom at Our Nation’s Airports Act of 2019 . 2. AIP assurances regarding television equipment in airport terminals Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (20), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (21), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (22) the owner or operator will ensure that— (A) television equipment in the airport’s terminals is not owned exclusively by a broadcast television network or cable television news network; and (B) the content displayed on such television equipment is not controlled under an agreement between the owner or operator and a broadcast television network or cable television news network. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (x) Definitions In this section: (1) Broadcast television network The term broadcast television network means a television network in the United States which offers an interconnected program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more States. (2) Cable television news network The term cable television news network means a television news network in the United States that transmits video programming to consumers on a regular basis via cable systems, fiber optic cable systems, satellite television systems, or other non-broadcast television systems. .