1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modern Television Act of 2019 . 2. Agreements for carriage of broadcast programming (a) Agreements for carriage of broadcast programming Section 325 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 325 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3)(C)— (A) in clause (i), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ; and ; (B) by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv); and (C) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (ii); and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Requirements for marketplace agreements (1) Negotiation requirements (A) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Modern Television Act of 2019 , the Commission shall, by regulation— (i) require a television broadcast station and multichannel video programming distributor (and any large station group or qualified MVPD buying group negotiating for a marketplace agreement on behalf of a television broadcast station or multichannel video programming distributor, respectively) to negotiate in good faith in any effort to reach a marketplace agreement; and (ii) prohibit a television broadcast station from coordinating negotiations or negotiating on a joint basis with another television broadcast station in the same local market in an effort to reach a marketplace agreement with a multichannel video programming distributor, unless such stations are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted under the regulations of the Commission. (B) Good faith requirements The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1)(A) shall provide— (i) that it is a violation of the requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(i)— (I) for a multichannel video programming distributor, a qualified MVPD buying group, a television broadcast station, or a large station group to refuse to declare an impasse for the sole purpose of avoiding binding arbitration under subsection (g), as added by the Modern Television Act of 2019