Sec. 3. Material in online public inspection file required to be in machine-readable format
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that require a covered entity, to the extent such entity is required to make material in the public inspection file of such entity available on, or upload such material to, an internet website, to make such material available or upload such material in a format that is machine-readable. The regulations promulgated under subsection
(a)shall apply— to a covered entity for which an online public inspection file requirement is in effect on the date of the promulgation of such regulations— with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file, beginning not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of such promulgation; and with respect to the other portions of the public inspection file, at the same time as such regulations apply under subparagraph
(A)with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file or as soon thereafter as the Commission considers practicable; and to a covered entity for which an online public inspection file requirement becomes effective after the date of the promulgation of such regulations— with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file, beginning on the later of— the date of applicability of such regulations under paragraph (1)(A); or the date on which the online public inspection file requirement becomes effective for such entity; and with respect to the other portions of the public inspection file, at the same time as such regulations apply under subparagraph
(A)with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file or as soon thereafter as the Commission considers practicable. In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. The term covered entity means a television broadcast station, AM or FM radio broadcast station, cable operator, direct broadcast satellite service provider, or satellite digital audio radio service provider. The term machine-readable means, with respect to the format of material in a public inspection file, that such format supports the automated searching for particular text within and among documents, the bulk downloading of data contained in such material, the aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis of the data contained in such material, and such other functionality as the Commission considers appropriate. The term online public inspection file requirement means a requirement for a covered entity to make material in the public inspection file of such entity available on, or upload such material to, an internet website. The term political file means, with respect to a covered entity, the file that such entity is required to maintain and make available for public inspection under section 315(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 315(e) ) or under any similar requirement applicable to such entity that is administered by the Commission. The term public inspection file , with respect to a covered entity— means the file or files that such entity is required to maintain and make available for public inspection under section 25.701, 25.702, 73.3526, 73.3527, or 76.1700 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as applicable to such entity, or under any similar requirement applicable to such entity that is administered by the Commission; and includes any political file that such entity is required to maintain and make available for public inspection.
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