Television Freedom at Our Nation’s Airports Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3426 To amend title 49, United States Code, to condition airport improvement program grants on certain assurances from airport owners and operators regarding television equipment in airport terminals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 21, 2019 Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to condition airport improvement program grants on certain assurances from airport owners and operators regarding television equip- ment in airport terminals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Television Freedom 4 at Our Nation’s Airports Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3426.IH H3426 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3426 IH SEC. 2. AIP ASSURANCES REGARDING TELEVISION EQUIP- 1 MENT IN AIRPORT TERMINALS. 2 Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)— 5 (A) in paragraph (20), by striking ‘‘and’’ 6 at the end; 7 (B) in paragraph (21), by striking the pe- 8 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(22) the owner or operator will ensure that— 11 ‘‘(A) television equipment in the airport’s 12 terminals is not owned exclusively by a broad- 13 cast television network or cable television news 14 network; and 15 ‘‘(B) the content displayed on such tele- 16 vision equipment is not controlled under an 17 agreement between the owner or operator and 18 a broadcast television network or cable tele- 19 vision news network.’’; and 20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 21 ‘‘(x) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 ‘‘(1) BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORK.—The 23 term ‘broadcast television network’ means a tele- 24 vision network in the United States which offers an 25 interconnected program service on a regular basis 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3426.IH H3426 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3426 IH for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affili- 1 ated broadcast stations in 10 or more States. 2 ‘‘(2) CABLE TELEVISION NEWS NETWORK.— 3 The term ‘cable television news network’ means a 4 television news network in the United States that 5 transmits video programming to consumers on a reg- 6 ular basis via cable systems, fiber optic cable sys- 7 tems, satellite television systems, or other non-broad- 8 cast television systems.’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 Jun 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3426.IH H3426 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS