[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1994 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1994

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2025

Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sanders, 
Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, 
     Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Padilla) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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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