,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #aj1 #bjai,mr4  
,rogers of ,alabama 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,rush7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications   
,act of #aicd to require multichannel   
video programming distributors to carry 
rural video programming1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,agricultural ,news 
and ,rural ,content ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,carriage of rural video programming    
7a7 ,in general ,title ,,vii of the     
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3  #gbc4 
,carriage of rural video programming    
7a7 ,carriage requirements  7#a7 ,in    
general ,a multichannel video           
programming distributor with #e1jjj or  
more subscribers shall use at least #a  
percent of the channel capacity of such 

distributor to transmit or distribute to
 all of the subscribers of such         
distributor channels of video           
programming that predominantly serve the
 needs and interests of rural ,america4 
7#b7 ,manner of transmission or         
distribution ,in transmitting or        
distributing channels under paragraph   
7#a71 a multichannel video programming  
distributor shall--  7,a7 use the same  
transmission or distribution technology 
that the multichannel video programming 
distributor uses to transmit or         
distribute the majority of the          
high-definition channels or programs of 
such distributor2  7,b7 include such    
channels in the most basic tier or      
package of such distributor such that   
every subscriber of such distributor may
 access such channels2 and  7,c7 place  
such channels in an appropriate news    
channel neighborhood4  7b7 ,disclosure  
requirements ,a multichannel video      
programming distributor that is subject 
to subsection 7a7 shall--  7#a7         

prominently display1 on a publicly      
available website1 a list of the        
channels of video programming that      
predominantly serve the needs and       
interests of rural ,america included in 
the most basic tier or package of such  
distributor2 and  7#b7 disclose the     
information described in paragraph 7#a7 
at the point of sale4  7c7 ,definitions 
,in this section3  7#a7 ,channels of    
video programming that predominantly    
serve the needs and interests of rural  
,america ,the term channels of video    
programming that predominantly serve the
 needs and interests of rural ,america  
means unaffiliated and independent      
channels on which a majority of the     
video programming per week is dedicated 
to--  7,a7 rural news and agricultural  
weather forecasts2  7,b7 information    
from the commodity markets 7including   
from the ,chicago ,mercantile ,exchange 
and the ,chicago ,board of ,trade72     
7,c7 programming focused on rural       
healthcare1 rural development1 and rural

 education2 and  7,d7 other content     
relating to the needs and interests of  
farmers and ranchers and the rural      
lifestyle4  7#b7 ,channel neighborhood  
,the term channel neighborhood means a  
portion of the channel line-up of a     
multichannel video programming          
distributor1 or an area on a navigation 
menu of such a distributor1 offering    
similar programming4  7#c7 ,multichannel
 video programming distributor ,the term
 multichannel video programming         
distributor has the meaning given such  
term in section #fjb4  7#d7             
,unaffiliated and independent ,the term 
unaffiliated and independent means1 with
 respect to a channel and a multichannel
 video programming distributor1 that    
such channel is not vertically          
integrated with1 owned or controlled by1
 or under common ownership or control   
with1 such distributor4  7#e7 ,video    
programming ,the term video programming 
has the meaning given such term in      
section #fjb4  4  7b7 ,effective date   

,the amendment made by subsection 7a7   
shall apply beginning on the date that  
is #cj days after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act4