H.R. 4572 — what changed

changed Revision of rules— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise section 76.1601 of its rules (47 C.F.R. CFR 76.1601) and any note to such section by removing the prohibition against deletion or repositioning of a local commercial television station during a period in which major television ratings services measure the size of audiences of local television stations.

changed Appropriate congressional committees— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary extent to which consumers in each local market (as defined in section 122(j) of the House title 17, United States Code) have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations (as defined in section 325(b)(7) of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7))) located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and the Committee on the Judiciary satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed (within the Senate.meaning of section 340 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 340)); and

changed Commission— The term “Commission” means whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the Federal Communications Commission.use of designated market areas (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code) to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally.