Sec. 3. Material in online public inspection file required to be in machine-readable format
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In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. The term covered entity means a full-powered television broadcast station, class A television system, AM or FM radio broadcast station, cable operator, direct broadcast satellite service provider, satellite digital audio radio service provider, or any other entity to which an online public inspection file requirement applies. The term machine-readable means, with respect to the format of material in a public inspection file, that the format supports— the automated searching for particular text within and among documents; the bulk downloading of data contained in the material; the aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis of the data contained in the material; and any other functionality that 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 the entity available on, or upload the material to, the online public file database hosted by the Commission. The term political file means, with respect to a covered entity, the file that the 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 the entity that is administered by the Commission.
The term public inspection file , with respect to a covered entity— means the file or files that the 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 the entity, or under any similar requirement applicable to the entity that is administered by the Commission; and includes any political file that the entity is required to maintain and make available for public inspection.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that require a covered entity, to the extent that the entity is required to make material in the public inspection file of the entity available on, or upload the material to, the online public file database hosted by the Commission, to make the material available or upload the material in a format that is machine-readable. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the regulations promulgated under subsection
(b)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 the regulations apply under subclause
(I)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 the regulations— with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file, beginning on the later of— the date of applicability of the regulations under clause (i)(I); or the date on which the online public inspection file requirement becomes effective for the entity; and with respect to the other portions of the public inspection file, at the same time as the regulations apply under subclause
(I)with respect to the political file portion of the public inspection file or as soon thereafter as the Commission considers practicable. The Commission may extend a deadline under subparagraph
(A)for a specific covered entity or a group of covered entities for good cause. The regulations promulgated under subsection
(b)shall apply only to material in the public inspection file of a covered entity that is newly generated on or after the date of the promulgation of the regulations.
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