,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eagj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #h1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,balderson 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 ,request for new 
franchise ,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  
decision on request for franchise  7#a7 
,in general ,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 ,deemed grant of new     
franchise ,if the franchising authority 
does not approve 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#c7       
,applicability ,notwithstanding any     
provision of this title1 the timeframe  
under paragraph 7#a7 shall apply        
collectively to all proceedings required
 by a franchising authority for the     
approval of the request4  7#d7 ,no      
tolling ,the timeframe under paragraph  
7#a7 may not be tolled by any           
moratorium1 whether express or de facto1
 imposed by a franchising authority on  
the consideration of any request for a  
franchise4  7#e7 ,written decision and  
record ,any decision by a franchising   
authority to deny a complete request for
 a franchise shall be-- 7,a7 in writing2
  7,b7 supported by substantial evidence
 contained in a written record2 and     
7,c7 publicly released1 and provided to 

the requesting party1 on the same day   
such decision is made4  7#f7 ,when      
request considered complete2 received   
7,a7 ,when request considered complete  
7i7 ,in general ,for the purposes of    
this subsection1 a request to a         
franchising authority shall be          
considered complete if the requesting   
party-- 7,i7 has taken the first        
procedural step within the control of   
the requesting party that the           
franchising authority requires as part  
of the process of the franchising       
authority for reviewing requests related
 to franchises2 and  7,,ii7 has not     
received a written notice from the      
franchising authority within #cj days   
after the date on which the request is  
received by the franchising authority-- 
7aa7 stating that all the information   
7including any form or other document7  
required by the franchising authority to
 be submitted for the request to be     
considered complete1 has not been       
submitted2  7bb7 identifying the        

information required to be submitted    
that was not submitted2 and  7cc7 that  
includes a citation to a specific       
provision of a publicly available rule1 
regulation1 or standard issued by the   
franchising authority requiring that the
 information be submitted with such a   
request4  7ii7 ,definition ,in this     
subparagraph1 the term the date on which
 the request is received by the         
franchising authority means-- 7,i7 in   
the case of a request submitted         
electronically1 the date on which the   
request is transmitted2  7,,ii7 in the  
case of a request submitted in person1  
the date on which the request is        
delivered to the individual or at the   
location specified by franchising       
authority for in-person submission2 and 
7,,iii7 in the case of a request        
submitted in any other manner1 the date 
determined under regulations promulgated
 by the ,commission for the manner in   
which the request is submitted4  7,b7   
,when complete request considered       

received ,for the purposes of this      
subsection1 a complete request shall be 
considered received-- 7i7 except as     
provided in clause 7ii71 on the date on 
which the requesting party submits to   
the franchising authority all           
information 7including any form or other
 document7 required by the franchising  
authority to be submitted for the       
request to be considered complete2 or   
7ii7 in the case of a request with      
respect to which all such information is
 not submitted and that is considered   
complete under subparagraph 7,a77i7     
because the requesting party has not    
received a written notice from the      
franchising authority within the period 
described in such subparagraph1 on the  
day after the last day of such period4  
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