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123STA T . 113 PUBLIC LA W 111 –4—FE B. 11 , 2 0 0 9(47U.S . C . 309note)isam en d ed by st r i k in g‘ ‘ M ar ch 3 1,2 009, ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘ Jul y 31, 2009,’’. (b) TREATM E N T OFEXPI RE D CO U PON S . — Section 300 5 (c)(1) o f the D igital Tele v ision Transition and P ublic Safety A ct of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by adding at the end the follo w ing

‘‘(D) EXPIRED C OUPONS.—The Assistant Secretary may issue to a household, u p on re q uest by the household, one replacement coupon for each coupon that was issued to such household and that e x pired without being redeemed.’’. (c) CONFORMIN G AMENDMENT.—Section 3005(c)(1)(A) of the Dig - ital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is amended by striking ‘‘receives, via the United States Postal Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘redeems’’. (d) CONDITION OF MODIFICATIONS.—The amendments made by this section shall not take effect until the enactment of additional budget authority after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out the analog-to-digital converter box program under section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005. SEC.4 . IMPL EME NTA TI O N. (a) PERMISSI V E EAR LY TERMINATION UNDER EXISTING R E Q UIRE- MENTS.— N othing in this Act is intended to prevent a licensee of a television broadcast station from terminating the broadcasting of such station’s analog television signal (and continuing to broad- cast exclusively in the digital television service) prior to the date established by law under section 3002(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 for termination of all licenses for full-power television stations in the analog television service (as amended by section 2 of this Act) so long as such prior termination is conducted in accordance with the F ederal Communications Commission’s requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including the flexible procedures estab- lished in the Matter of Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television (FCC 07 – 22 8 ,M B Docket No. 07–91, released December 31, 2007). (b) PU B LIC SAFETY RADIO SERVICES.—Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall prevent a public safety service licensee from commencing operations consistent with the terms of its license on spectrum recovered as a result of the vol- untary cessation of broadcasting in the analog or digital television service pursuant to subsection (a). Any such public safety use shall be sub j ect to the relevant Federal Communications Commis- sion rules and regulations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including section 90.545 of the Commission’s rules (47 C.F.R. § 90.545). (c) EXPEDITED RULEMA K ING.—Notwithstanding any other provi- sion of law, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and I nformation Administration shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each adopt or revise its rules, regulations, or orders or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions, and carry out the purposes, of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Deadlin e .47USC309 n ot e. 47 USC 309 note.