,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjbj,mr4 
,long introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,communications ,act of #aicd 
to preserve cable franchising authority1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,cable ,access for ,broadband and ,local
 ,economic ,leadership ,act or the      
,,cable ,leadership ,act4  #b4          
,preservation of cable franchising      
authority ,section #fba of the          
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #eda7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7g7 ,timing of  
decisions on requests for franchises and
 other authorizations  7#a7 ,request for
 new franchise ,not later than #abj days
 after the date on which a franchising  
authority receives a complete request   
for the grant of a franchise 7other than
 a renewal thereof71 the franchising    

authority shall approve or deny such    
request4  7#b7 ,nonemergency requests   
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij    
days after a franchising authority      
receives a complete nonemergency        
request1 as determined by the           
,commission1 from a cable operator for  
authorization to modify or upgrade a    
cable system or facilities for the cable
 system1 the franchising authority shall
 grant or deny such request4  7,b7      
,denial of nonemergency request ,any    
decision by a franchising authority to  
deny a nonemergency request described   
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be-- 7i7  
in writing2  7ii7 supported by          
substantial evidence contained in a     
written record2 and  7iii7 publicly     
released1 contemporaneously with the    
decision4  7#c7 ,deemed grants  7,a7    
,deemed grant of new franchise ,if the  
franchising authority does not grant or 
deny a request under paragraph 7#a7 by  
the day after the date on which the time
 period ends under such paragraph1 such 

request shall be deemed granted on such 
day4  7,b7 ,deemed grant of nonemergency
 request ,if franchising authority does 
not grant or deny such request by the   
day after the date on which the time    
period ends under such paragraph or     
denies such request1 but fails to comply
 with paragraph 7#b77;,b7 with respect  
to the denial1 such request shall be    
deemed granted on such day4  7#d7 ,when 
request considered complete2 received   
,for the purposes of this subsection1 a 
request under this subsection shall be  
considered-- 7,a7 complete if-- 7i7 the 
cable operator makes the request by     
submitting to the franchising authority 
the form required to be used for making 
the request2  7ii7 the form submitted   
contains all of the information         
specified by the form as being required 
to be included in form2 and  7iii7 the  
cable operator has not received a       
written notice from the franchising     
authority within #aj business days after
 the date on which the request is       

received by the franchising authority-- 
7,i7 stating that the form does not     
contain all of the information required 
to be included in the form2 and  7,,ii7 
identifying the information required to 
be included in the form that was not    
included2 and  7,b7 received by the     
franchising authority-- 7i7 in the case 
of a request submitted electronically1  
on the date on which the form required  
to be used for making the request is    
transmitted2  7ii7 in the case of a     
request submitted in person1 on the date
 on which the form required to be used  
for making the request is delivered to  
the individual or at the location       
specified in the form for in-person     
submission2 and  7iii7 in the case of a 
request submitted in any other manner1  
on the date determined by the           
franchising authority for the manner in 
which the request is made4  4