Sec. 3. Repeal of regulatory intervention in the television marketplace under the communications act of 1934

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The following sections of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) are hereby repealed: Section 325(b) ( 47 U.S.C. 325(b) ). Section 325(e) ( 47 U.S.C. 325(e) ). Section 339 ( 47 U.S.C. 339 ). Section 340 ( 47 U.S.C. 340 ). Section 341 ( 47 U.S.C. 341 ). Section 342 ( 47 U.S.C. 342 ). Section 612 ( 47 U.S.C. 532 ). Section 712 ( 47 U.S.C. 612 ). Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 338 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting or under a marketplace agreement (as that term is defined in section 325), after Code, ; and by striking , subject to section 325(b) ; in paragraph (2), by striking 501(f) each place it appears and inserting 501(e) ; in paragraph (3)— by striking whose signals and all that follows through of title 17, United States Code, ; and by inserting or a marketplace agreement after such title ; by amending paragraph

(5)to read as follows: If, on or after the date of enactment of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010, an eligible satellite carrier initiates the provision of any secondary transmission in high definition format to subscribers located within the local market of a television broadcast station of a primary transmission made by that station, then such satellite carrier shall carry the signals in high-definition format of all qualified noncommercial educational television stations located within that local market. ; and in subsection (d), by inserting seeking carriage under subsection (a)(1) after signal of a local television broadcast station ; by striking subsection (h); by redesignating subsections (i), (j), (k), and

(l)as subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively; in subsection (j), as so redesignated— by striking paragraph (1); by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and

(10)as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking 122(j) and inserting 122(g) ; in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking 119(d) and inserting 111(f) ; in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking 119(d) and inserting 111(f) ; in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking 122(j) and inserting 122(g) ; and in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking 325(b)(7) and inserting 325 ; and in subsection (k), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph (5). Section 623 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 543 ) is amended— by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o); by redesignating subsections

(e)and

(f)as subsections

(a)and (b), respectively; and by adding at the end the following: No Federal agency, State, or franchising authority may regulate— the rates for the provision of multichannel video programming services of a multichannel video programming distributor; or the retransmission of television broadcast signals by a multichannel video programming distributor except in accordance with the requirements of sections 325, 338, 614, and 615. . Section 343 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 343 ) is redesignated as section 339 of such Act. Section 615 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 535 ) is amended— by striking subsection (f); and in subsection (l), by striking paragraph

(1)and inserting the following: The term qualified noncommercial educational television station means any full-power television broadcast station which— under the rules and regulations of the Commission in effect on March 29, 1990, is licensed by the Commission as a noncommercial educational television broadcast station and is owned and operated by a public agency, nonprofit foundation, nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit association; or is owned and operated by a municipality and transmits predominantly noncommercial programs for educational purposes. Such term includes— the translator of any noncommercial educational television station with five watts or higher power serving the franchise area; a full-service station or translator if such station or translator is licensed to a channel reserved for noncommercial educational use pursuant to section 73.606 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations thereto; and such stations and translators operating on channels not so reserved as the Commission determines are qualified as noncommercial educational stations. . Section 621(b)(3)(D) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 541(b)(3)(D) ) is amended by striking sections 611 and 612 and inserting section 611 . Section 622(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 542(c) ) is amended by striking pursuant to section 623 . Section 625 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 545 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— by striking rearrange, replace, and inserting replace ; in paragraph (1), by striking ; or and inserting a period; by striking paragraph (2); and by striking franchise if— and all that follows through such service is no longer and inserting franchise if such service is no longer ; and in subsection (d), by striking , if the rates and all that follows and inserting a period. Section 632(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 552(c) ) is amended by striking section 623(b)(6) or . Section 638 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 558 ) is amended by striking governmental use or on any other channel obtained under section 612 or under similar arrangements and inserting or governmental use . Section 653 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 573 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(1)— in subparagraph (C), by adding and at the end; and by striking subparagraph

(D)and redesignating subparagraph

(E)as subparagraph (D); and in subsection (c)(1)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking (other than subsection

(a)thereof) ; and by striking 623(f) and inserting 623(b) ; in subparagraph (B), by striking , and section 325 of title III, ; and in subparagraph (C)— by striking sections 612 and 617 and inserting section 617 ; and by striking 623(f) and inserting 623(b) .

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