1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Broadcast station The term broadcast station has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ). (2) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (3) Owned by socially disadvantaged individuals The term owned by socially disadvantaged individuals has the meaning given the term in section 344(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by section 5(a)(1) of this Act. 3. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) One of the main missions of the Commission, and a compelling governmental interest, is to ensure that there is a diversity of ownership and viewpoints in the broadcasting industry. (2) The Commission should continue to collect relevant data and conduct studies on the diversity described in paragraph (1) and make appropriate recommendations to Congress on how to increase the number of minority- and women-owned broadcast stations. (3) Data from 2014 shows that, of the more than 1,700 commercial broadcast television stations in the United States, less than 6 percent are owned by women and less than 3 percent are minority-owned. With respect to radio stations, women owned approximately 7 percent of FM broadcast radio stations and minorities owned less than 3 percent of those stations. (4) Women and minority ownership is 5 to 10 times higher in other industries than in the broadcasting industry. (5) During the 17-year period between 1978 and 1995, when a minority tax certificate program was in place at the Commission, the Commission issued to minorities 287 certificates for radio stations and 40 certificates for television stations. (6) The Commission can also support minority- and women-owned entrants into the broadcasting industry by implementing an incubator program in which existing licensees assist new entrants in the operation of broadcast stations. 4. FCC reports to Congress (a) Biennial report