ANALOG SPECTRUM RECOVERY: FIRM DEADLINE.

SEC. 3002. ANALOG SPECTRUM RECOVERY: FIRM DEADLINE.(a) Amendments.—Section 309(j)(14) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(14)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (A)—(A) by inserting “full-power” before “television broadcast license”; and(B) by striking “December 31, 2006” and inserting “February 17, 2009”;(2) by striking subparagraph (B);(3) in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), by striking “or (B)”;(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking “subparagraph (C)(i)” and inserting “subparagraph (B)(i)”; and(5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.(b) Terminations of Analog Licenses and Broadcasting.—The Federal Communications Commission shall take such actions as are necessary—(1) to terminate all licenses for full-power television stations in the analog television service, and to require the cessation of broadcasting by full-power stations in the analog television service, by February 18, 2009; and(2) to require by February 18, 2009, that all broadcasting by Class A stations, whether in the analog television service or digital television service, and all broadcasting by full-power stations in the digital television service, occur only on channels between channels 2 and 36, inclusive, or 38 and 51, inclusive (between frequencies 54 and 698 megahertz, inclusive).(c) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 337(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(e)) is amended—(A) in paragraph (1)—(i) by striking “channels 60 to 69” and inserting “channels 52 to 69”;(ii) by striking “person who” and inserting “full-power television station licensee that”;(iii) by striking “746 and 806 megahertz” and inserting “698 and 806 megahertz”; and120 STAT. 22(iv) by striking “the date on which the digital television service transition period terminates, as determined by the Commission” and inserting “February 17, 2009”;(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “746 megahertz” and inserting “698 megahertz”.