,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eefd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,communications ,act of #aicd to provide
 for certain requirements with respect  
to ownership and diversity reporting for
 television broadcast stations and cable
 operators1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,enhancing ,broadcaster ,diversity 
and ,inclusion by ,verifying and        
,ensuring the ,reporting required by    
,statute ,is ,transpiring and ,yielding 
,data ,act or the ,enhancing            
,broadcaster ,,diversity ,data ,act4    
#b4 ,ownership and diversity reporting  
7a7 ,sense of ,congress ,recognizing the
 long history of exclusion of women and 
people of color from media resources in 
the ,united ,states1 and the            
responsibility of broadcasters to be    

responsive to the needs and interests of
 their communities of license1 it is the
 sense of ,congress that the ,commission
 should carry out policies promoting    
diversity1 localism1 and inclusion in   
the broadcast and cable industries4 ,as 
such1 ,congress directs the ,commission 
to take the actions described in        
subsection 7b7 and the amendments made  
by such subsection4  7b7 ,media         
ownership and diversity  7#a7           
,employment data ,not later than #ah    
months after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 in accordance with        
sections #ccd7;a7 and #fcd7;d77#c77;,a7 
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ccd7;a72                
#eed7;d77#c77;,a771 the ,commission1    
after notice and comment1 shall complete
 the proceeding initiated in the ,third 
,report and ,order and ,fourth ,notice  
of ,proposed ,rulemaking in the ongoing 
,review of the ,commission's ,broadcast 
and ,cable ,equal ,employment           
,opportunity ,rules and ,policies1 ,,mm 

,docket ,no4 #ih-bjd4  7#b7 ,ownership  
data ,part ,i of title ,,iii of the     
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3  #cdd4 
,ownership data  7a7 ,in general ,except
 as specifically provided in subsection 
7b71 the ,commission may not revise--   
7#a7 section #gc4cfae of title #dg1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7relating
 to ownership reports71 as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 as such section #gc4cfae       
applies to television broadcast station 
licensees and permittees2 or  7#b7 the  
forms used by the licensees and         
permittees described in paragraph 7#a7  
to report pertinent ownership data to   
the ,commission4  7b7 ,technical        
revisions or improvements  7#a7 ,in     
general ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the 
,commission may revise the regulations  
described in subsection 7a7 to augment  
the quality and sufficiency of the      
reports required under such regulations1

 to make nonsubstantive technical or    
clerical revisions in such regulations  
as necessary to reflect changes in      
technology1 terminology1 or ,commission 
organization1 or to ensure the anonymity
 of station-specific ownership data     
unnecessary to the analysis of          
aggregated industry ownership trends4   
7#b7 ,limitation ,the ,commission may   
not diminish or otherwise reduce the    
frequency or quality of the reports     
required under the regulations described
 in subsection 7a74  4  7#c7 ,ownership 
and diversity report  7,a7 ,in general  
,section #ac7;d77#c7 of the             
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #afc7;d77#c77 is amended by   
striking in accordance with the national
 policy under section #beg7;b7 and      
inserting the following3 and include in 
the report required by subsection 7a7   
the most recent data collected under the
 regulations described in sections      
#ccd7;a71 #cdd7;a71 and                 
#fcd7;d77#c77;,a71 and analysis of such 

data1 as such barriers and such data    
relate to the national policy under     
section #beg7;b74  7,b7 ,ownership      
database ,not later than #b years after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,commission shall create a public1  
searchable database of the data         
collected under the regulations         
described in section #cdd7;a7 of the    
,communications ,act of #aicd1 as added 
by paragraph 7#b71 that members of the  
public may use to search for and produce
 reports identifying--  7i7 ownership   
data with respect to any particular     
station2  7ii7 ownership interests of   
any person who holds a license2  7iii7  
industry-wide statistics2  7iv7         
statistics for particular geographic    
regions2 or  7v7 statistics for         
particular licensee classifications4    
7c7 ,commission defined ,in this        
section1 the term ,commission means the 
,federal ,communications ,commission4