statistical area, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget, with a population of not less than 100,000. (C) Control A person shall be treated as controlled by another person if such other person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction and management of such person (including the power to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors of such person) through the ownership of voting securities. (5) Controlled group For purposes of this subsection, the term controlled group means all persons treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 as of the date of the enactment of this subsection. . (b) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Section 303 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1083 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (m) Special rules for community newspaper plans (1) In general The plan sponsor of a community newspaper plan under which no participant has had the participant's accrued benefit increased (whether because of service or compensation) after December 31, 2017, may elect to have the alternative standards described in paragraph (3) apply to such plan, and any plan sponsored by any member of the same controlled group. (2) Election An election under paragraph (1) shall be made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Such election, once made with respect to a plan year, shall apply to all subsequent plan years unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. (3) Alternative minimum funding standards The alternative standards described in this paragraph are the following: (A) Interest rates (i) In general Notwithstanding subsection (h)(2)(C) and except as provided in clause (ii), the first, second, and third segment rates in effect for any month for purposes of this section shall be 8 percent. (ii) New benefit accruals Notwithstanding subsection (h)(2), for purposes of