Sec. 3. Media employment, ownership, and diversity reporting
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Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, after additional notice and opportunity for comment, shall complete the rulemaking proceeding in the Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 04–103) in the matter of Review of the Commission’s Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies (MM Docket No. 98–204). Not later than 1 year after the completion of the rulemaking proceeding described in subparagraph (A), the Commission shall begin collecting employment data using FCC Form 395–A and FCC Form 395–B (or any successor forms).
The Commission may not use employment data collected using FCC Form 395–A or FCC Form 395–B (or any successor forms)— to review broadcast license applications or broadcast license renewal applications; or to assess compliance with the equal employment opportunity rules of the Commission. Section 13(d)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163(d)(3) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: and include in the report required by subsection
(a)an analysis of the employment data collected using FCC Form 395–A and FCC Form 395–B (or any successor forms), as such data relates to such barriers and such national policy . Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall create a database that contains the ownership data of television broadcast station licensees to the extent such data is otherwise collected, and made public, by the Commission. The database required by subparagraph
(A)shall be accessible on the website of the Commission, searchable by the public, and capable of being used to produce reports identifying any or all of the following: Ownership data with respect to any licensee. Ownership interests of any licensee. Industry-wide statistics. Statistics for particular geographic regions. Statistics for particular licensee classifications. In this section, the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.
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