1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014”.
Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate paid television service in certain counties, and for other purposes.
2. Facilitating delivery of relevant television programming to unserved consumers
in paragraph (1)(A), by striking “in the county on January 1, 2004; or” and inserting the following: “in the county—
“(i) on January 1, 2004, in the case of a county described in paragraph (3)(A); or
“(ii) on January 1, 2014, in the case of a county described in paragraph (3)(B); or”
in paragraph (3)—
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated, by striking “means any 1 of 4 counties that—” and inserting the following: “means—
“(A) any 1 of 4 counties that—”
by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “; or
“(B) any 1 of 2 counties that—
“(i) are all in a single State;
“(ii) on January 1, 2014, were each in designated market areas in which the majority of counties were located in another State; and
“(iii) as a group had a combined total of 27,540 television households according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 2013–2014.”
by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
in the matter preceding clause (I), as redesignated, by striking “In the case of” and all that follows and inserting the following: “In the case of—
“(i) that State in which are located 4 counties that—”
in subclause (II), as redesignated, by adding “or” at the end;
by inserting after subclause (II), as redesignated, the following:
“(ii) that State in which are located 2 counties that—
“(I) on January 1, 2014, were in local markets principally comprised of counties in another State, and
“(II) had a combined total of 27,540 television households, according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 2013–2014,”
by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, in the case of the State described in clause (i), or on January 1, 2014, in the case of the State described in clause (ii)”.