,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjag,mr4 
,pallone 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4
 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,rush1   
,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas1 ,ms4       
,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4      
,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,clarke of
 ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 and ,mrs4  
,napolitano7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to establish an additional fund
 in the ,treasury to ensure consumers do
 not lose access to over-the-air        
broadcast television as a result of the 
reorganization of broadcast television  
spectrum1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,viewer ,protection ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,consumer outreach campaign ,there  
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,commission #ij1jjj1jjj to conduct a    
consumer outreach campaign to raise     
awareness of changes to the television  

channels available to such consumers as 
a result of the reorganization of       
broadcast television spectrum carried   
out pursuant to section #fdjc7;b7 of the
 ,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job   
,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#adeb7;b774  #c4 ,viewer protection fund
  7a7 ,establishment ,there is          
established in the ,treasury of the     
,united ,states a fund to be known as   
the ,viewer ,protection ,fund4  7b7     
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj to the ,viewer           
,protection ,fund4  7c7 ,reserve source 
if ,,tv ,broadcaster ,relocation ,fund  
insufficient  7#a7 ,availability of     
funds ,if the ,commission makes the     
certification described in paragraph    
7#b71 amounts in the ,viewer ,protection
 ,fund shall be available to the        
,commission to make reimbursements      
pursuant to subsection 7b77#d77;,a77i7  
of section #fdjc of the ,middle ,class  
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 

#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adeb7 in order to 
prevent a substantial number of         
consumers from losing access to the     
signals of broadcast television         
licensees that are reassigned from one  
channel to another channel under        
subsection 7b77#a77;,b7 of such section4
  7#b7 ,certification ,the certification
 described in this paragraph is a       
certification from the ,commission to   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury that the
 funds available in the ,,tv            
,broadcaster ,relocation ,fund          
established under subsection 7d7 of such
 section are likely to be insufficient  
to reimburse reasonably incurred costs  
described in subsection 7b77#d77;,a77i7 
of such section4  7d7 ,relocation costs 
of radio stations for displacement of   
co-,located equipment  7#a7             
,availability of funds ,if the          
,commission makes the certification     
described in paragraph 7#b71 amounts in 
the ,viewer ,protection ,fund shall be  
available to the ,commission to         

reimburse ,,fm radio stations1 in order 
to prevent a substantial number of      
consumers from losing access to such    
stations1 for reasonable relocation     
costs that are incurred because of the  
displacement of co-located equipment    
from a tower or similar transmission    
facility due to the reorganization of   
television broadcast spectrum under     
subsection 7b7 of section #fdjc of the  
,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job    
,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#adeb74  7#b7 ,certification ,the       
certification described in this         
paragraph is a certification from the   
,commission to the ,secretary of the    
,treasury that--  7,a7 a substantial    
number of consumers will lose access to 
,,fm radio stations unless such stations
 are reimbursed for reasonable          
relocation costs described in paragraph 
7#a72 and  7,b7 the ,commission has made
 all necessary reimbursements under     
subsection 7c7 of this section1 or no   
such reimbursements are necessary1 in   

order to prevent a substantial number of
 consumers from losing access to the    
signals of broadcast television         
licensees that are reassigned from one  
channel to another channel under        
subsection 7b77#a77;,b7 of such section 
#fdjc4  7e7 ,reasonable costs of        
,m,v,p,ds  7#a7 ,availability of funds  
,if the ,commission makes the           
certification described in paragraph    
7#b71 amounts in the ,viewer ,protection
 ,fund shall be available to the        
,commission to reimburse multichannel   
video programming distributors1 in order
 to prevent a substantial number of     
consumers from losing access to signals 
of broadcast television licensees       
carried by such distributors1 for       
reasonable costs incurred by such       
distributors in order to continue to    
carry such signals due to the           
reorganization of television broadcast  
spectrum under subsection 7b7 of section
 #fdjc of the ,middle ,class ,tax       
,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab

 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adeb74  7#b7           
,certification ,the certification       
described in this paragraph is a        
certification from the ,commission to   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury that--  
7,a7 a substantial number of consumers  
will lose access to signals of broadcast
 television licensees carried by        
multichannel video programming          
distributors unless such distributors   
are reimbursed for reasonable costs     
described in paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7  
the ,commission has made all necessary  
reimbursements under subsection 7c7 of  
this section1 or no such reimbursements 
are necessary1 in order to prevent a    
substantial number of consumers from    
losing access to the signals of         
broadcast television licensees that are 
reassigned from one channel to another  
channel under subsection 7b77#a77;,b7 of
 such section #fdjc4  7f7 ,limitation   
,funds made available to the ,commission
 under this section shall only be       
available until the end of fiscal year  

#bjbb4  7g7 ,unused funds  7#a7         
,low-power television and television    
translator relocation costs ,if the     
,commission makes the certification     
described in paragraph 7#b7 of          
subsection 7c71 after the ,commission   
makes the reimbursements under paragraph
 7#a7 of such subsection1 amounts in the
 ,viewer ,protection ,fund shall be     
available to the ,commission to         
reimburse low-power television stations 
and television translator stations1 in  
order to prevent a substantial number of
 consumers from losing access to such   
stations1 for reasonable relocation     
costs that are incurred--  7,a7 because 
of assignment of displacement channels  
to such stations by the ,commission in  
the reorganization of television        
broadcast spectrum under section        
#fdjc7;b7 of the ,middle ,class ,tax    
,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab
 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adeb7;b772 and  7,b7   
after such assignment4  7#b7 ,transfer  
to general fund ,if any amounts remain  

in the ,viewer ,protection ,fund after  
the end of fiscal year #bjbb1 the       
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
transfer such amounts to the general    
fund of the ,treasury4  7#c7  ,low-power
 television and television translator   
usage rights  ,nothing in this          
subsection shall be construed to alter  
the spectrum usage rights of low-power  
television stations or television       
translator stations4  #d4 ,transition   
period  ,not later than #cj days after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,commission shall1 by order1 delegate to
 the ,media ,bureau of the ,commission  
the authority to--  7#a7 modify the     
transition period for relocation of     
specific broadcast television licensees 
in accordance with the reassignments of 
television channels made under section  
#fdjc7;b7 of the ,middle ,class ,tax    
,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab
 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adeb7;b771 if the      
,bureau determines that such            
modification is necessary to ensure that

 no licensee is forced to stop          
broadcasting due to reasons outside the 
licensee's control2 and  7#b7 impose    
appropriate penalties should a licensee 
fail or refuse to complete relocation   
within such transition period 7as       
modified under paragraph 7#a77 other    
than for reasons outside the licensee's 
control4  #e4 ,definitions ,in this     
,act3 7#a7 ,broadcast television        
licensee ,the term broadcast television 
licensee has the meaning given such term
 in section #fjja of the ,middle ,class 
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adja74  7#b7      
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  7#c7 ,multichannel video  
programming distributor ,the term       
multichannel video programming          
distributor has the meaning given such  
term in section #fjb of the             
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #ebb74