[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3805 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3805

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of 
                 franchise fee, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2025

   Mr. Carter of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of 
                 franchise fee, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Community Television 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF FRANCHISE FEE.

    Section 622(g)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
542(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``includes'' and inserting ``means''; and
            (2) by inserting ``other monetary'' before ``assessment''.
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