To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors, and for other purposes.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from adopting any rule or policy prohibiting a multichannel video programming distributor from placing into service navigation devices for sale, lease, or use that perform both conditional access and other functions in a single integrated device. Repeals any such rule or policy adopted by the FCC prior to enactment of this Act.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3196 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3196

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal 
   Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies 
relating to multichannel video programming distributors, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2013

  Mr. Latta (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal 
   Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies 
relating to multichannel video programming distributors, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF INTEGRATION BAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 629 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 549) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f), by striking ``Nothing'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (g), nothing''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Integrated Devices.--Nothing in this section or any other 
provision of this Act authorizes the Commission to adopt any rule or 
policy that prohibits a multichannel video programming distributor from 
placing into service navigation devices for sale, lease, or use that 
perform both conditional access and other functions in a single 
integrated device. Any such rule or policy adopted by the Commission 
prior to the date of enactment of this subsection shall cease to be 
effective on such date of enactment, and the Commission shall remove 
any such rule or policy from the rules of the Commission.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Except as provided in subsection (g) of 
section 629 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection 
(a), nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section 
shall be construed to affect the authority of the Federal 
Communications Commission under such section 629.
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