,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjag,mr4 ,flores 7for himself and ,mr4 
,gene ,green of ,texas7 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 reimburse costs
 incurred by terrestrial radio stations 
as a result of the reorganization of    
broadcast television spectrum1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,radio         
,consumer ,protection ,act of #bjag4    
#b4 ,radio ,consumer ,protection ,fund  
7a7 ,establishment ,there is established
 in the ,treasury of the ,united ,states
 a fund to be known as the ,radio       
,consumer ,protection ,fund4  7b7       
,authorization of ,appropriations ,there
 are authorized to be appropriated to   
the ,radio ,consumer ,protection ,fund  
such sums as may be necessary to carry  
out the purposes of the ,radio ,consumer

 ,protection ,fund4  7c7 ,purposes2     
availability of funds ,amounts in the   
,radio ,consumer ,protection ,fund shall
 be available to the ,commission to make
 any payments to a broadcast radio      
station for costs that the station      
incurred resulting from the             
reorganization of broadcast television  
spectrum authorized under section       
#fdjc7;b7 of the ,middle ,class ,tax    
,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab
 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adeb7;b774  7d7        
,limitation ,amounts made available to  
the ,commission under subsection 7c7    
shall be available until the end of     
fiscal year #bjbb4  7e7 ,unused funds   
returned to the general fund of the     
treasury ,if any amounts remain in the  
,radio ,consumer ,protection ,fund after
 the end of fiscal year #bjbb1 the      
,secretary shall transfer such amounts  
to the general fund of the ,treasury4   
#c4 ,expedited consideration of         
applications ,the ,commission shall     
expedite consideration and approval of  

applications from licensees of broadcast
 radio stations seeking to obtain       
special temporary authority to continue 
broadcasting during the reorganization  
of broadcast television spectrum        
authorized under section #fdjc7;b7 of   
the ,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job
 ,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 
#adeb7;b774  #d4 ,definitions ,in this  
,act3 7#a7 ,broadcast radio station ,the
 term broadcast radio station means any 
entity that is licensed by the          
,commission as an ,,am1 ,,fm1           
noncommercial educational ,,fm1 or ,,fm 
,translator radio broadcast station     
under the ,communications ,act of #aicd 
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #aea et seq474  7#b7     
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term 
,secretary means the ,secretary of the  
,treasury4