PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 265 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —Section 113(d) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 923(d)) is amended by striking "final report" and inserting "initial report". (4) ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT. —Section 115 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 925) is amended— (A) by striking "the report required by section 113(a)" in subsection (b) and inserting "the initial reallocation report required by section 113(a)"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following: " (c) ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF FREQUENCIES IDENTIFIED IN THE SECOND REALLOCATION REPORT.— "(1) PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION.— With respect to the frequencies made available for reallocation pursuant to section 113(b)(3), the Commission shall, not later than one year after receipt of the second reallocation report required by section 113(a), prepare, submit to the President and the Congress, and implement, a plan for the immediate allocation and assignment under the 1934 Act of all such fi*equencies in accordance with section 309(j) of such Act. "(2) CONTENTS.— The plan prepared by the Commission under paragraph (1) shall consist of a schedule of allocation and assignment of those frequencies in accordance with section 309(j) of the 1934 Act in time for the assignment of those licenses or permits by September 30, 2002.". SEC. 3003. AUCTION OF RECAPTURED BROADCAST TELEVISION SPEC- TRUM. Section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(14) AUCTION OF RECAPTURED BROADCAST TELEVISION SPECTRUM.— " (A) LIMITATIONS ON TERMS OF TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION BROADCAST LICENSES. — A television broadcast license that authorizes analog television service may not be renewed to authorize such service for a period that extends beyond December 31, 2006. "(B) EXTENSION.— The Commission shall extend the date described in subparagraph (A) for any station that requests such extension in any television market if the Commission finds that— "(i) one or more of the stations in such market that are licensed to or affiliated with one of the four largest national television networks are not broadcasting a digital television service signal, and the Commission finds that each such station has exercised due diligence and satisfies the conditions for an extension of the Commission's applicable construction deadlines for digital television service in that market; "(ii) digital-to-analog converter technology is not generally available in such market; or "(iii) in any market in which an extension is not available under clause (i) or (ii), 15 percent or more of the television households in such market— "(I) do not subscribe to a multichannel video programming distributor (as defined in section 39-194O-97- 10:QL3Part1
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