,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aghi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjai,mr4
 ,huffman 7for himself and ,mr4 ,price  
of ,north ,carolina7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to eliminate the discount   
for ,,uhf television stations for       
purposes of the limitation on the       
aggregate national audience reach of    
television broadcast stations in which a
 party may have a cognizable interest4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,local and ,independent         
,television ,protection ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,elimination of ,,uhf discount  7a7 
,in general ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,federal ,communications      
,commission shall amend section         
#gc4ceee7;e7 of title #dg1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations1 such that1 for   
purposes of the aggregate national      
audience reach limitation under such    

section1 a ,,uhf television station is  
attributed with #ajj percent of the     
television households in the designated 
market area of such station4  7b7       
,effective date ,except as provided in  
subsection 7c71 the ,commission shall   
provide that--  7#a7 the amendment      
required by subsection 7a7 shall apply  
beginning on a date specified by the    
,commission1 which shall be not later   
than #ij days after the day on which the
 ,commission adopts such amendment2 and 
7#b7 any party that exceeds the         
limitation under section #gc4ceee7;e7 of
 title #dg1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations--  7,a7 through the grant1 
transfer1 or assignment of an additional
 license on or after the date specified 
by the ,commission under paragraph 7#a7 
shall come into compliance with such    
limitation as required by section       
#gc4ceee7;e77#c7 of such title2 or  7,b7
 solely by reason of applying such      
amendment 7and not through the grant1   
transfer1 or assignment of an additional

 license7 shall come into compliance    
with such limitation not later than #b  
years after the date specified by the   
,commission under paragraph 7#a74  7c7  
,grandfathering ,in the case of         
television broadcast stations in which a
 party had a cognizable interest as of  
,september #bf1 #bjac 7or would have had
 such an interest following the         
completion of a transfer or assignment  
of a license that was approved by the   
,commission on or before such date or   
for which an application was pending    
with the ,commission on such date71 if  
the aggregate national audience reach of
 such stations would exceed the         
limitation under section #gc4ceee7;e7 of
 title #dg1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations1 solely by reason of       
applying the amendment required by      
subsection 7a7 as of such date1 such    
amendment shall not apply to such party 
with respect to such stations4