TOWER SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY.

SEC. 210. TOWER SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY. (a) Liability Extended to Tower Owners.— Section 303(q) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303(q)) is amended by inserting “, and the tower owner in any case in which the owner is not the permittee or licensee,” immediately after “permittee or licensee”. (b) Liability for Forfeiture.— Section 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 503(b)(5)) is amended— (1) by striking “system operator or” and inserting in lieu thereof “system operator,”; and (2) by inserting “, or in the case of violations of section 303(a), if the person involved is a nonlicensee tower owner who has previously received notice of the obligations imposed by section 303(q) from the Commission or the permittee or licensee who uses that tower” immediately after “section 307(e)”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.