1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Viewer and Listener Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term broadcast radio station means any entity that is licensed by the Commission as an AM, FM, noncommercial educational FM, or FM Translator radio broadcast station under the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); (2) the term broadcast television station means any— (A) full-power television broadcast station; or (B) low-power television broadcast station that has been accorded primary status as a Class A television licensee under section 73.6001(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; (3) the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; and (4) the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury. 3. Viewer and listener protection fund (a) Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Viewer and Listener Protection Fund . (b) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Viewer and Listener Protection Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Viewer and Listener Protection Fund. (c) Purposes (1) Availability of funds If the Commission makes the certification described in paragraph (2), amounts in the Viewer and Listener Protection Fund shall be available to the Commission to make any payments— (A) required under section 6403(b)(4)(A)(ii) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1452(b)(4)(A)(ii) )