Sec. 109. REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS
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## SEC. 109 REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS ###
(a)In general Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains— ####
(1)an analysis of— #####
(A)the extent to which consumers in each local market have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed (within the meaning of section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 340)); and #####
(B)whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally; and ####
(2)recommendations on how to foster increased localism in counties served by out-of-State designated market areas. ###
(b)Considerations for Fostering Increased Localism In making recommendations under subsection (a)(2), the Commission shall consider— ####
(1)the impact that designated market areas that cross State lines have on access to local programming; ####
(2)the impact that designated market areas have on local programming in rural areas; and ####
(3)the state of local programming in States served exclusively by out-of-State designated market areas.
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