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Public Law 108-447
108th Congress

                                 An Act


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  Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for
         other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 8, 2004 -  [H.R. 4818]>>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005>>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2005''.

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    TITLE IX--SATELLITE <<NOTE: Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
Reauthorization Act of 2004.>> HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION
ACT OF 2004

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Titles.--This <<NOTE: 17 USC 101 note.>> title may be
cited as the ``Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act
of 2004'' or the ``W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of
2004''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents.

            TITLE I--STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS

Sec. 101. Extension of authority.
Sec. 102. Reporting of subscribers; significantly viewed and other
           signals; technical amendments.
Sec. 103. Statutory license for satellite carriers outside local
           markets.
Sec. 104. Statutory license for satellite retransmission of low power
           television stations.
Sec. 105. Definitions.
Sec. 106. Effect on certain proceedings.
Sec. 107. Statutory license for satellite carriers retransmitting
           superstation signals to commercial establishments.
Sec. 108. Expedited consideration of voluntary agreements to provide
           satellite secondary transmissions to local markets.
Sec. 109. Study.
Sec. 110. Additional study.
Sec. 111. Special rules.
Sec. 112. Technical amendment.

         TITLE II--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OPERATIONS

Sec. 201. Extension of retransmission consent exemption.
Sec. 202. Cable/satellite comparability.
Sec. 203. Carriage of local stations on a single dish.
Sec. 204. Replacement of distant signals with local signals.
Sec. 205. Additional notices to subscribers, networks, and stations
           concerning signal carriage.
Sec. 206. Privacy rights of satellite subscribers.
Sec. 207. Reciprocal bargaining obligations.
Sec. 208. Study of impact on cable television service.
Sec. 209. Reduction of required tests.
Sec. 210. Satellite carriage of television stations in noncontiguous
           States.
Sec. 211. Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers.
Sec. 212. Digital transition savings provision.
Sec. 213. Authorizing broadcast service in unserved areas of Alaska.

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            TITLE I--STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(a) of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of
1994 (17 U.S.C. 119 note; Public Law 103-369; 108 Stat. 3481) is amended
by striking ``December 31, 2004'' and inserting ``December 31, 2009''.
    (b) Extension for Certain Subscribers.--Section 119(e) of title 17,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 2004'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2009''.

SEC. 102. REPORTING OF SUBSCRIBERS; SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED AND OTHER
            SIGNALS; TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``and pbs
                satellite feed'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``(3), (4),
                and (6)'' and inserting ``(5), (6), and (8)'';
                    (C) in the first sentence, by striking ``or by the
                Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed''; and
                    (D) by striking the second sentence;
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(3), (4),
                (5), and (6)'' and inserting ``(5), (6), (7), and (8)'';
                and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
                following:
                    ``(C) Exceptions.--
                          ``(i) States <<NOTE: Applicability.>> with
                      single full-power network station.--In a State in
                      which there is licensed by the Federal
                      Communications Commission a single full-power
                      station that was a network station on January 1,
                      1995, the statutory license provided for in
                      subparagraph (A) shall apply to the secondary
                      transmission by a satellite carrier of the primary
                      transmission of that station to any subscriber in
                      a community that is located within that State and
                      that is not within the first 50 television markets
                      as listed in the regulations of the Commission as
                      in effect on such date (47 CFR 76.51).
                          ``(ii) States <<NOTE: Applicability.>> with
                      all network stations and superstations in same
                      local market.--In a State in which all network
                      stations and superstations licensed by the Federal
                      Communications Commission within that State as of
                      January 1, 1995, are assigned to the same local
                      market and that local market does not encompass
                      all counties of that State, the statutory license
                      provided under subparagraph (A) shall apply to the
                      secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of
                      the primary transmissions of such station to all
                      subscribers in the State who reside in a local
                      market that is within the first 50 major
                      television markets as listed in the regulations of
                      the Commission as in effect on such date (section
                      76.51 of title 47 of the Code of Federal
                      Regulations).

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                          ``(iii) Additional stations.--In the case of
                      that State in which are located 4 counties that--
                                    ``(I) on January 1, 2004, were in
                                local markets principally comprised of
                                counties in another State, and
                                    ``(II) had a combined total of
                                41,340 television households, according
                                to the U.S. Television Household
                                Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for
                                2004,
                      the statutory license provided under subparagraph
                      (A) shall apply to secondary transmissions by a
                      satellite carrier to subscribers in any such
                      county of the primary transmissions of any network
                      station located in that State, if the satellite
                      carrier was making such secondary transmissions to
                      any subscribers in that county on January 1, 2004.
                          ``(iv)
                      Certain <<NOTE: Applicability.>> additional
                      stations.--If 2 adjacent counties in a single
                      State are in a local market comprised principally
                      of counties located in another State, the
                      statutory license provided for in subparagraph (A)
                      shall apply to the secondary transmission by a
                      satellite carrier to subscribers in those 2
                      counties of the primary transmissions of any
                      network station located in the capital of the
                      State in which such 2 counties are located, if--
                                    ``(I) the 2 counties are located in
                                a local market that is in the top 100
                                markets for the year 2003 according to
                                Nielsen Media Research; and
                                    ``(II) the total number of
                                television households in the 2 counties
                                combined did not exceed 10,000 for the
                                year 2003 according to Nielsen Media
                                Research.
                          ``(v) Applicability of royalty rates.--The
                      royalty rates under subsection (b)(1)(B) apply to
                      the secondary transmissions to which the statutory
                      license under subparagraph (A) applies under
                      clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv).
                    ``(D) Submission of subscriber lists to networks.--
                          ``(i) Initial lists.--
                      A <<NOTE: Deadline.>> satellite carrier that makes
                      secondary transmissions of a primary transmission
                      made by a network station pursuant to subparagraph
                      (A) shall, 90 days after commencing such secondary
                      transmissions, submit to the network that owns or
                      is affiliated with the network station--
                                    ``(I) a list identifying (by name
                                and address, including street or rural
                                route number, city, State, and zip code)
                                all subscribers to which the satellite
                                carrier makes secondary transmissions of
                                that primary transmission to subscribers
                                in unserved households; and
                                    ``(II) a separate list, aggregated
                                by designated market area (as defined in
                                section 122(j)) (by name and address,
                                including street or rural route number,
                                city, State, and zip code), which shall
                                indicate those subscribers being served
                                pursuant to paragraph (3), relating to
                                significantly viewed stations.

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                          ``(ii) Monthly lists.--After the submission of
                      the initial lists under clause (i), on the 15th of
                      each month, the satellite carrier shall submit to
                      the network--
                                    ``(I) a list identifying (by name
                                and address, including street or rural
                                route number, city, State, and zip code)
                                any persons who have been added or
                                dropped as subscribers under clause
                                (i)(I) since the last submission under
                                clause (i); and
                                    ``(II) a separate list, aggregated
                                by designated market area (by name and
                                street address, including street or
                                rural route number, city, State, and zip
                                code), identifying those subscribers
                                whose service pursuant to paragraph (3),
                                relating to significantly viewed
                                stations, has been added or dropped.
                          ``(iii) Use of subscriber information.--
                      Subscriber information submitted by a satellite
                      carrier under this subparagraph may be used only
                      for purposes of monitoring compliance by the
                      satellite carrier with this subsection.
                          ``(iv) Applicability.--The submission
                      requirements of this subparagraph shall apply to a
                      satellite carrier only if the network to which the
                      submissions are to be made places on file with the
                      Register of Copyrights a document identifying the
                      name and address of the person to whom such
                      submissions are to be made. <<NOTE: Public
                      information. Records.>> The Register shall
                      maintain for public inspection a file of all such
                      documents.'';
            (3) by striking paragraph (8);
            (4) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as
        paragraphs (10) through (13), respectively;
            (5) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as
        paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;
            (6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Secondary transmissions of significantly viewed
        signals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                Notwithstanding <<NOTE: Applicability.>> the provisions
                of paragraph (2)(B), and subject to subparagraph (B) of
                this paragraph, the statutory license provided for in
                paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to the secondary
                transmission of the primary transmission of a network
                station or a superstation to a subscriber who resides
                outside the station's local market (as defined in
                section 122(j)) but within a community in which the
                signal has been determined by the Federal Communications
                Commission, to be significantly viewed in such
                community, pursuant to the rules, regulations, and
                authorizations of the Federal Communications Commission
                in effect on April 15, 1976, applicable to determining
                with respect to a cable system whether signals are
                significantly viewed in a community.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Subparagraph
                (A) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> shall apply only to
                secondary transmissions of the primary transmissions of
                network stations and superstations to subscribers who
                receive secondary transmissions from a satellite carrier
                pursuant to the statutory license under section 122.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--

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                          ``(i) In general.--
                      A <<NOTE: Deadlines.>> subscriber who is denied
                      the secondary transmission of the primary
                      transmission of a network station under
                      subparagraph (B) may request a waiver from such
                      denial by submitting a request, through the
                      subscriber's satellite carrier, to the network
                      station in the local market affiliated with the
                      same network where the subscriber is located. The
                      network station shall accept or reject the
                      subscriber's request for a waiver within 30 days
                      after receipt of the request. If the network
                      station fails to accept or reject the subscriber's
                      request for a waiver within that 30-day period,
                      that network station shall be deemed to agree to
                      the waiver request. Unless specifically stated by
                      the network station, a waiver that was granted
                      before the date of the enactment of the Satellite
                      Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of
                      2004 under section 339(c)(2) of the Communications
                      Act of 1934 shall not constitute a waiver for
                      purposes of this subparagraph.
                          ``(ii) Sunset.--The authority under clause (i)
                      to grant waivers shall terminate on December 31,
                      2008, and any such waiver in effect shall
                      terminate on that date.'';
            (7) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by adding at the end the
        following new sentence: ``The limitation in this clause shall
        not apply to secondary transmissions under paragraph (3).''.

SEC. 103. STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS OUTSIDE LOCAL
            MARKETS.

    Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows:
            (1) Subsection (a) is amended by inserting after paragraph
        (3), as added by section 102 of this Act, the following:
            ``(4) Statutory license where retransmissions into local
        market available.--
                    ``(A) Rules for subscribers to analog signals under
                subsection (e).--
                          ``(i) For those receiving distant analog
                      signals.--In the case of a subscriber of a
                      satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the
                      secondary transmission of the primary analog
                      transmission of a network station solely by reason
                      of subsection (e) (in this subparagraph referred
                      to as a `distant analog signal'), and who, as of
                      October 1, 2004, is receiving the distant analog
                      signal of that network station, the following
                      shall apply:
                                    ``(I) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> In a
                                case in which the satellite carrier
                                makes available to the subscriber the
                                secondary transmission of the primary
                                analog transmission of a local network
                                station affiliated with the same
                                television network pursuant to the
                                statutory license under section 122, the
                                statutory license under paragraph (2)
                                shall apply only to secondary
                                transmissions by that satellite carrier
                                to that subscriber of the distant analog
                                signal of a station affiliated with the
                                same television network--

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                                        ``(aa) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> if,
                                        within 60 days after receiving
                                        the notice of the satellite
                                        carrier under section 338(h)(1)
                                        of the Communications Act of
                                        1934, the subscriber elects to
                                        retain the distant analog
                                        signal; but
                                            ``(bb) only until such time
                                        as the subscriber elects to
                                        receive such local analog
                                        signal.

                                ``(II) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Notwithstandin
                                g subclause (I), the statutory license
                                under paragraph (2) shall not apply with
                                respect to any subscriber who is
                                eligible to receive the distant analog
                                signal of a television network station
                                solely by reason of subsection (e),
                                unless the satellite carrier, within 60
                                days after the date of the enactment of
                                the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                                Reauthorization Act of 2004, submits to
                                that television network a list,
                                aggregated by designated market area (as
                                defined in section 122(j)(2)(C)), that--
                                            ``(aa) identifies that
                                        subscriber by name and address
                                        (street or rural route number,
                                        city, State, and zip code) and
                                        specifies the distant analog
                                        signals received by the
                                        subscriber; and
                                            ``(bb) states, to the best
                                        of the satellite carrier's
                                        knowledge and belief, after
                                        having made diligent and good
                                        faith inquiries, that the
                                        subscriber is eligible under
                                        subsection (e) to receive the
                                        distant analog signals.
                          ``(ii) For those not receiving distant analog
                      signals.--In the case of any subscriber of a
                      satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the
                      distant analog signal of a network station solely
                      by reason of subsection (e) and who did not
                      receive a distant analog signal of a station
                      affiliated with the same network on October 1,
                      2004, the statutory license under paragraph (2)
                      shall not apply to secondary transmissions by that
                      satellite carrier to that subscriber of the
                      distant analog signal of a station affiliated with
                      the same network.
                    ``(B) Rules for <<NOTE: Applicability.>> other
                subscribers.--In the case of a subscriber of a satellite
                carrier who is eligible to receive the secondary
                transmission of the primary analog transmission of a
                network station under the statutory license under
                paragraph (2) (in this subparagraph referred to as a
                `distant analog signal'), other than subscribers to whom
                subparagraph (A) applies, the following shall apply:
                          ``(i) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> In a case in which
                      the satellite carrier makes available to that
                      subscriber, on January 1, 2005, the secondary
                      transmission of the primary analog transmission of
                      a local network station affiliated with the same
                      television network pursuant to the statutory
                      license under section 122, the statutory license
                      under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary
                      transmissions by that satellite carrier to that
                      subscriber of the distant analog signal of a
                      station affiliated with the same television
                      network if the subscriber's satellite

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                      carrier, not later than March 1, 2005, submits to
                      that television network a list, aggregated by
                      designated market area (as defined in section
                      122(j)(2)(C)), that identifies that subscriber by
                      name and address (street or rural route number,
                      city, State, and zip code) and specifies the
                      distant analog signals received by the subscriber.
                          ``(ii) In a case in which the satellite
                      carrier does not make available to that
                      subscriber, on January 1, 2005, the secondary
                      transmission of the primary analog transmission of
                      a local network station affiliated with the same
                      television network pursuant to the statutory
                      license under section 122, the statutory license
                      under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary
                      transmissions by that satellite carrier of the
                      distant analog signal of a station affiliated with
                      the same network to that subscriber if--
                                    ``(I) that subscriber seeks to
                                subscribe to such distant analog signal
                                before the date on which such carrier
                                commences to provide pursuant to the
                                statutory license under section 122 the
                                secondary transmissions of the primary
                                analog transmission of stations from the
                                local market of such local network
                                station; and
                                    ``(II) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> the
                                satellite carrier, within 60 days after
                                such date, submits to each television
                                network a list that identifies each
                                subscriber in that local market provided
                                such an analog signal by name and
                                address (street or rural route number,
                                city, State, and zip code) and specifies
                                the distant analog signals received by
                                the subscriber.
                    ``(C) Future applicability.--The statutory license
                under paragraph (2) shall not apply to the secondary
                transmission by a satellite carrier of a primary analog
                transmission of a network station to a person who--
                          ``(i) is not a subscriber lawfully receiving
                      such secondary transmission as of the date of the
                      enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                      and Reauthorization Act of 2004; and
                          ``(ii) at the time such person seeks to
                      subscribe to receive such secondary transmission,
                      resides in a local market where the satellite
                      carrier makes available to that person the
                      secondary transmission of the primary analog
                      transmission of a local network station affiliated
                      with the same television network pursuant to the
                      statutory license under section 122, and such
                      secondary transmission of such primary
                      transmission can reach such person.
                    ``(D) Special <<NOTE: Applicability.>> rules for
                distant digital signals.--The statutory license under
                paragraph (2) shall apply to secondary transmissions by
                a satellite carrier to a subscriber of primary digital
                transmissions of network stations if such secondary
                transmissions to such subscriber are permitted under
                section 339(a)(2)(D) of the Communications Act of 1934,
                as in effect on the day after the date of the enactment
                of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                Reauthorization Act of 2004, except that the reference

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                to section 73.683(a) of title 47, Code of Federal
                Regulations, referred to in section 339(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
                shall refer to such section as in effect on the date of
                the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                Reauthorization Act of 2004.
                    ``(E) Other provisions not affected.--This paragraph
                shall not affect the applicability of the statutory
                license to secondary transmissions under paragraph (3)
                or to unserved households included under paragraph (12).
                    ``(F) Waiver.--A subscriber who is denied the
                secondary transmission of a network station under
                subparagraph (C) or (D) may request a waiver from such
                denial by submitting a request, through the subscriber's
                satellite carrier, to the network station in the local
                market affiliated with the same network where the
                subscriber is located. The
                network <<NOTE: Deadline.>> station shall accept or
                reject the subscriber's request for a waiver within 30
                days after receipt of the request. If the network
                station fails to accept or reject the subscriber's
                request for a waiver within that 30-day period, that
                network station shall be deemed to agree to the waiver
                request. Unless specifically stated by the network
                station, a waiver that was granted before the date of
                the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                Reauthorization Act of 2004 under section 339(c)(2) of
                the Communications Act of 1934 shall not constitute a
                waiver for purposes of this subparagraph.
                    ``(G) Available defined.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, a satellite carrier makes available a
                secondary transmission of the primary transmission of a
                local station to a subscriber or person if the satellite
                carrier offers that secondary transmission to other
                subscribers who reside in the same zip code as that
                subscriber or person.''.
            (2) Subsection (a) is amended by adding at the end the
        following:
            ``(14) Waivers.--A subscriber who is denied the secondary
        transmission of a signal of a network station under subsection
        (a)(2)(B) may request a waiver from such denial by submitting a
        request, through the subscriber's satellite carrier, to the
        network station asserting that the secondary transmission is
        prohibited. <<NOTE: Deadline.>> The network station shall accept
        or reject a subscriber's request for a waiver within 30 days
        after receipt of the request. If a television network station
        fails to accept or reject a subscriber's request for a waiver
        within the 30-day period after receipt of the request, that
        station shall be deemed to agree to the waiver request and have
        filed such written waiver. Unless specifically stated by the
        network station, a waiver that was granted before the date of
        the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
        Reauthorization Act of 2004 under section 339(c)(2) of the
        Communications Act of 1934, and that was in effect on such date
        of enactment, shall constitute a waiver for purposes of this
        paragraph.''.
            (3) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by striking subparagraph
        (B) and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) a royalty fee for that 6-month period,
                computed by multiplying the total number of subscribers
                receiving

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                each secondary transmission of each superstation or
                network station during each calendar month by the
                appropriate rate in effect under this section.''.
            (4) Subsection (b)(1) is further amended by adding at the
        end the following flush sentence: ``Notwithstanding the
        provisions of subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier whose
        secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing under
        paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall have no royalty
        obligation for secondary transmissions to a subscriber under
        paragraph (3) of such subsection.''.
            (5) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:

    ``(c) Adjustment of Royalty Fees.--
            ``(1) Applicability and determination of royalty fees for
        analog signals.--
                    ``(A) Initial fee.--The appropriate fee for purposes
                of determining the royalty fee under subsection
                (b)(1)(B) for the secondary transmission of the primary
                analog transmissions of network stations and
                superstations shall be the appropriate fee set forth in
                part 258 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as in
                effect on July 1, 2004, as modified under this
                paragraph.
                    ``(B) Fee set <<NOTE: Deadline. Federal
                Register, publication.>> by voluntary negotiation.--On
                or before January 2, 2005, the Librarian of Congress
                shall cause to be published in the Federal Register of
                the initiation of voluntary negotiation proceedings for
                the purpose of determining the royalty fee to be paid by
                satellite carriers for the secondary transmission of the
                primary analog transmission of network stations and
                superstations under subsection (b)(1)(B).
                    ``(C) Negotiations.--Satellite carriers,
                distributors, and copyright owners entitled to royalty
                fees under this section shall negotiate in good faith in
                an effort to reach a voluntary agreement or agreements
                for the payment of royalty fees. Any such satellite
                carriers, distributors and copyright owners may at any
                time negotiate and agree to the royalty fee, and may
                designate common agents to negotiate, agree to, or pay
                such fees. If the parties fail to identify common
                agents, the Librarian of Congress shall do so, after
                requesting recommendations from the parties to the
                negotiation proceeding. The parties to each negotiation
                proceeding shall bear the cost thereof.
                    ``(D) Agreements binding on parties; filing of
                agreements; public notice.--(i) Voluntary agreements
                negotiated at any time in accordance with this paragraph
                shall be binding upon all satellite carriers,
                distributors, and copyright owners that
                a <<NOTE: Regulations. Deadline.>> parties thereto.
                Copies of such agreements shall be filed with the
                Copyright Office within 30 days after execution in
                accordance with regulations that the Register of
                Copyrights shall prescribe.
                    ``(ii)(I) <<NOTE: Federal
                Register, publication. Deadline.>> Within 10 days after
                publication in the Federal Register of a notice of the
                initiation of voluntary negotiation proceedings, parties
                who have reached a voluntary agreement may request that
                the royalty fees in that agreement be applied to all
                satellite carriers, distributors, and copyright owners
                without convening an arbitration proceeding pursuant to
                subparagraph (E).

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                    ``(II) Upon receiving a request under subclause (I),
                the Librarian of Congress shall immediately provide
                public notice of the royalty fees from the voluntary
                agreement and afford parties an opportunity to state
                that they object to those fees.
                    ``(III) The Librarian shall adopt the royalty fees
                from the voluntary agreement for all satellite carriers,
                distributors, and copyright owners without convening an
                arbitration proceeding unless a party with an intent to
                participate in the arbitration proceeding and a
                significant interest in the outcome of that proceeding
                objects under subclause (II).
                    ``(E) Period agreement is in effect.--The obligation
                to pay the royalty fees established under a voluntary
                agreement which has been filed with the Copyright Office
                in accordance with this paragraph shall become effective
                on the date specified in the agreement, and shall remain
                in effect until December 31, 2009, or in accordance with
                the terms of the agreement, whichever is later.
                    ``(F) Fee set by compulsory arbitration.--
                          ``(i) Notice of <<NOTE: Federal
                      Register, publication. Deadline.>> initiation of
                      proceedings.--On or before May 1, 2005, the
                      Librarian of Congress shall cause notice to be
                      published in the Federal Register of the
                      initiation of arbitration proceedings for the
                      purpose of determining the royalty fee to be paid
                      for the secondary transmission of primary analog
                      transmission of network stations and superstations
                      under subsection (b)(1)(B) by satellite carriers
                      and distributors
                                    ``(I) in the absence of a voluntary
                                agreement filed in accordance with
                                subparagraph (D) that establishes
                                royalty fees to be paid by all satellite
                                carriers and distributors; or
                                    ``(II) if an objection to the fees
                                from a voluntary agreement submitted for
                                adoption by the Librarian of Congress to
                                apply to all satellite carriers,
                                distributors, and copyright owners is
                                received under subparagraph (D) from a
                                party with an intent to participate in
                                the arbitration proceeding and a
                                significant interest in the outcome of
                                that proceeding.
                      Such arbitrary proceeding shall be conducted under
                      chapter 8 as in effect on the day before the date
                      of the enactment of the Copyright Royalty and
                      Distribution Act of 2004.
                          ``(ii) Establishment of royalty fees.--In
                      determining royalty fees under this subparagraph,
                      the copyright arbitration royalty panel appointed
                      under chapter 8, as in effect on the day before
                      the date of the enactment of the Copyright Royalty
                      and Distribution Act of 2004 shall establish fees
                      for the secondary transmissions of the primary
                      analog transmission of network stations and
                      superstations that most clearly represent the fair
                      market value of secondary transmissions, except
                      that the Librarian of Congress and any copyright
                      arbitration royalty panel shall adjust those fees
                      to account for the obligations of the parties
                      under

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                      any applicable voluntary agreement filed with the
                      Copyright Office pursuant to subparagraph (D). In
                      determining the fair market value, the panel shall
                      base its decision on economic, competitive, and
                      programming information presented by the parties,
                      including--
                                    ``(I) the competitive environment in
                                which such programming is distributed,
                                the cost of similar signals in similar
                                private and compulsory license
                                marketplaces, and any special features
                                and conditions of the retransmission
                                marketplace;
                                    ``(II) the economic impact of such
                                fees on copyright owners and satellite
                                carriers; and
                                    ``(III) the impact on the continued
                                availability of secondary transmissions
                                to the public.
                          ``(iii) Period during which decision of
                      arbitration panel or order of librarian
                      effective.--The obligation to pay the royalty fee
                      established under a determination which--
                                    ``(I) is made by a copyright
                                arbitration royalty panel in an
                                arbitration proceeding under this
                                paragraph and is adopted by the
                                Librarian of Congress under section
                                802(f), as in effect on the day before
                                the date of the enactment of the
                                Copyright Royalty and Distribution Act
                                of 2004; or
                                    ``(II) is established by the
                                Librarian under section 802(f) as in
                                effect on the day before such date of
                                enactment shall be effective as of
                                January 1, 2005.
                          ``(iv) Persons subject to royalty fee.--The
                      royalty fee referred to in (iii) shall be binding
                      on all satellite carriers, distributors and
                      copyright owners, who are not party to a voluntary
                      agreement filed with the Copyright Office under
                      subparagraph (D).
            ``(2) Applicability and determination of royalty fees for
        digital signals.--The process and requirements for establishing
        the royalty fee payable under subsection (b)(1)(B) for the
        secondary transmission of the primary digital transmissions of
        network stations and superstations shall be the same as that set
        forth in paragraph (1) for the secondary transmission of the
        primary analog transmission of network stations and
        superstations, except that--
                    ``(A) the initial fee under paragraph (1)(A) shall
                be the rates set forth in section 298.3(b)(1) and (2) of
                title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on
                the date of the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
                Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, reduced by
                22.5 percent;
                    ``(B) <<NOTE: Notice. Deadline.>> the notice of
                initiation of arbitration proceedings required in
                paragraph (1)(F)(i) shall be published on or before
                December 31, 2005; and
                    ``(C) the royalty fees that are established for the
                secondary transmission of the primary digital
                transmission of network stations and superstations in
                accordance with to the procedures set forth in paragraph
                (1)(F)(iii) and are payable under subsection (b)(1)(B)--
                          ``(i) shall be reduced by 22.5 percent; and

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                          ``(ii) shall be adjusted by the Librarian of
                      Congress on January 1, 2007, and on January 1 of
                      each year thereafter, to reflect any changes
                      occurring during the preceding 12 months in the
                      cost of living as determined by the most recent
                      Consumer Price Index (for all consumers and items)
                      published by the Secretary of Labor.''.
            (6) Subsection (a)(7), as redesignated by section 102(5) of
        this Act, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``who does not
                reside in an unserved household'' and inserting ``who is
                not eligible to receive the transmission under this
                section'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``who do not
                reside in unserved households'' and inserting ``who are
                not eligible to receive the transmission under this
                section''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``is for
                private home viewing to an unserved household'' and
                inserting ``is to a subscriber who is eligible to
                receive the secondary transmission under this section''.

SEC. 104. STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE RETRANSMISSION OF LOW POWER
            TELEVISION STATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code (as
amended by sections 102 and 103 of this Act), is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) Carriage of low power television stations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                Notwithstanding <<NOTE: Applicability.>> paragraph
                (2)(B), and subject to subparagraphs (B) through (F) of
                this paragraph, the statutory license provided for in
                paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to the secondary
                transmission of the primary transmission of a network
                station or a superstation that is licensed as a low
                power television station, to a subscriber who resides
                within the same local market.
                    ``(B) Geographic limitation.--
                          ``(i) Network stations.--With respect to
                      network stations, secondary transmissions provided
                      for in subparagraph (A) shall be limited to
                      secondary transmissions to subscribers who--
                                    ``(I) reside in the same local
                                market as the station originating the
                                signal; and
                                    ``(II) reside within 35 miles of the
                                transmitter site of such station, except
                                that in the case of such a station
                                located in a standard metropolitan
                                statistical area which has 1 of the 50
                                largest populations of all standard
                                metropolitan statistical areas (based on
                                the 1980 decennial census of population
                                taken by the Secretary of Commerce), the
                                number of miles shall be 20.
                          ``(ii) Superstations.--With respect to
                      superstations, secondary transmissions provided
                      for in subparagraph (A) shall be limited to
                      secondary transmissions to subscribers who reside
                      in the same local market as the station
                      originating the signal.

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                    ``(C) No applicability to repeaters and
                translators.--Secondary transmissions provided for in
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any low power
                television station that retransmits the programs and
                signals of another television station for more than 2
                hours each day.
                    ``(D) Royalty fees.--Notwithstanding subsection
                (b)(1)(B), a satellite carrier whose secondary
                transmissions of the primary transmissions of a low
                power television station are subject to statutory
                licensing under this section shall have no royalty
                obligation for secondary transmissions to a subscriber
                who resides within 35 miles of the transmitter site of
                such station, except that in the case of such a station
                located in a standard metropolitan statistical area
                which has 1 of the 50 largest populations of all
                standard metropolitan statistical areas (based on the
                1980 decennial census of population taken by the
                Secretary of Commerce), the number of miles shall be 20.
                Carriage of a superstation that is a low power
                television station within the station's local market,
                but outside of the 35-mile or 20-mile radius described
                in the preceding sentence, shall be subject to royalty
                payments under subsection (b)(1)(B).
                    ``(E) Limitation to subscribers taking local-into-
                local service.--Secondary transmissions provided for in
                subparagraph (A) may be made only to subscribers who
                receive secondary transmissions of primary transmissions
                from that satellite carrier pursuant to the statutory
                license under section 122, and only in conformity with
                the requirements under 340(b) of the Communications Act
                of 1934, as in effect on the date of the enactment of
                the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization
                Act of 2004.''.

SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 119(d) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``a television
        broadcast station'' and inserting ``a television station
        licensed by the Federal Communications Commission'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:
            ``(9) Superstation.--The term `superstation' means a
        television station, other than a network station, licensed by
        the Federal Communications Commission, that is secondarily
        transmitted by a satellite carrier.'';
            (3) in paragraph (10)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``granted under
                regulations established under section 339(c)(2) of the
                Communications Act of 1934'' and inserting ``that meets
                the standards of subsection (a)(14) whether or not the
                waiver was granted before the date of the enactment of
                the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization
                Act of 2004''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``(a)(11)'' and
                inserting ``(a)(12)''; and
            (4) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12) and inserting the
        following:
            ``(11) Local market.--The term `local market' has the
        meaning given such term under section 122(j), except that with
        respect to a low power television station, the term `local

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        market' means the designated market area in which the station is
        located.
            ``(12) Low power television station.--The term `low power
        television station' means a low power television as defined
        under section 74.701(f) of title 47, Code of Federal
        Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 2004. For purposes of this
        paragraph, the term `low power television station' includes a
        low power television 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.
            ``(13) Commercial establishment.--The term `commercial
        establishment'--
                    ``(A) means an establishment used for commercial
                purposes, such as a bar, restaurant, private office,
                fitness club, oil rig, retail store, bank or other
                financial institution, supermarket, automobile or boat
                dealership, or any other establishment with a common
                business area; and
                    ``(B) does not include a multi-unit permanent or
                temporary dwelling where private home viewing occurs,
                such as a hotel, dormitory, hospital, apartment,
                condominium, or prison.''.

SEC. 106. <<NOTE: 17 USC 119 note.>> EFFECT ON CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.

    Nothing in this title shall modify any remedy imposed on a party
that is required by the judgment of a court in any action that was
brought before May 1, 2004, against that party for a violation of
section 119 of title 17, United States Code.

SEC. 107. STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS RETRANSMITTING
            SUPERSTATION SIGNALS TO COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or for viewing in a commercial
                establishment'' after ``for private home viewing'' each
                place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``household'' and inserting
                ``subscriber'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``for private home
        viewing'' each place it appears;
            (3) in subsection (d)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``for private home viewing''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``in accordance with the provisions
                of this section'' before the period;
            (4) in subsection (d)(6), by inserting ``pursuant to this
        section'' before the period; and
            (5) in subsection (d)(8)--
                    (A) by striking ``who'' and inserting ``or entity
                that'';
                    (B) by striking ``for private home viewing''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``in accordance with the provisions
                of this section'' before the period.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsections (a)(4) and (d)(1)(A) of
section 111 of title 17, United States Code, are each amended by
striking ``for private home viewing''.

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SEC. 108. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE
            SATELLITE SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS TO LOCAL MARKETS.

    Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
    ``(f) Expedited Consideration by Justice Department of Voluntary
Agreements to Provide Satellite Secondary Transmissions to Local
Markets.--
            ``(1) In general.--In a <<NOTE: Deadline.>> case in which no
        satellite carrier makes available, to subscribers located in a
        local market, as defined in section 122(j)(2), the secondary
        transmission into that market of a primary transmission of one
        or more television broadcast stations licensed by the Federal
        Communications Commission, and two or more satellite carriers
        request a business review letter in accordance with section 50.6
        of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on July
        7, 2004), in order to assess the legality under the antitrust
        laws of proposed business conduct to make or carry out an
        agreement to provide such secondary transmission into such local
        market, the appropriate official of the Department of Justice
        shall respond to the request no later than 90 days after the
        date on which the request is received.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term
        `antitrust laws'--
                    ``(A) has the meaning given that term in subsection
                (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.
                12(a)), except that such term includes section 5 of the
                Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the
                extent such section 5 applies to unfair methods of
                competition; and
                    ``(B) includes any State law similar to the laws
                referred to in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 109. <<NOTE: Deadline. Reports.>> STUDY.

    No later than June 30, 2008, the Register of Copyrights shall report
to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate the Register's findings and
recommendations on the operation and revision of the statutory licenses
under sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United States Code. The
report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
            (1) A comparison of the royalties paid by licensees under
        such sections, including historical rates of increases in these
        royalties, a comparison between the royalties under each such
        section and the prices paid in the marketplace for comparable
        programming.
            (2) An analysis of the differences in the terms and
        conditions of the licenses under such sections, an analysis of
        whether these differences are required or justified by
        historical, technological, or regulatory differences that affect
        the satellite and cable industries, and an analysis of whether
        the cable or satellite industry is placed in a competitive
        disadvantage due to these terms and conditions.
            (3) An analysis of whether the licenses under such sections
        are still justified by the bases upon which they were originally
        created.
            (4) An analysis of the correlation, if any, between the
        royalties, or lack thereof, under such sections and the fees

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        charged to cable and satellite subscribers, addressing whether
        cable and satellite companies have passed to subscribers any
        savings realized as a result of the royalty structure and
        amounts under such sections.
            (5) An analysis of issues that may arise with respect to the
        application of the licenses under such sections to the secondary
        transmissions of the primary transmissions of network stations
        and superstations that originate as digital signals, including
        issues that relate to the application of the unserved household
        limitations under section 119 of title 17, United States Code,
        and to the determination of royalties of cable systems and
        satellite carriers.

SEC. 110. <<NOTE: Deadline. Reports.>> ADDITIONAL STUDY.

    No later than December 31, 2005, the Register of Copyrights shall
report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate the Register's findings
and recommendations on the following:
            (1) The extent to which the unserved household limitation
        for network stations contained in section 119 of title 17,
        United States Code, has operated efficiently and effectively and
        has forwarded the goal of title 17, United States Code, to
        protect copyright owners of over-the-air television programming,
        including what amendments, if any, are necessary to effectively
        identify the application of the limitation to individual
        households to receive secondary transmissions of primary digital
        transmissions of network stations.
            (2) The extent to which secondary transmissions of primary
        transmissions of network stations and superstations under
        section 119 of title 17, United States Code, harm copyright
        owners of broadcast programming throughout the United States and
        the effect, if any, of the statutory license under section 122
        of title 17, United States Code, in reducing such harm.

SEC. 111. SPECIAL RULES.

    (a) Restrictions on Transmission of Distant Television Stations in
Areas of Alaska Where Local-Into-Local Service Is Available.--Section
119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
            ``(16) Restricted transmission of out-of-state distant
        network signals into certain markets.--
                    ``(A) Out-of-state network affiliates.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the
                statutory license in this subsection and subsection (b)
                shall not apply to any secondary transmission of the
                primary transmission of a network station located
                outside of the State of Alaska to any subscriber in that
                State to whom the secondary transmission of the primary
                transmission of a television station located in that
                State is made available by the satellite carrier
                pursuant to section 122.
                    ``(B) Exception.--The limitation in subparagraph (A)
                shall not apply to the secondary transmission of the
                primary transmission of a digital signal of a network
                station located outside of the State of Alaska if at the
                time that the secondary transmission is made, no
                television station licensed to a community in the State
                and affiliated with the same network makes primary
                transmissions of a digital signal.''.

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    (b) Extra DMA Deemed Local.--Section 122(j)(2) of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
                    ``(D) Certain areas outside of any designated market
                area.--Any census area, borough, or other area in the
                State of Alaska that is outside of a designated market
                area, as determined by Nielsen Media Research, shall be
                deemed to be part of one of the local markets in the
                State of Alaska. A satellite carrier may determine which
                local market in the State of Alaska will be deemed to be
                the relevant local market in connection with each
                subscriber in such census area, borough, or other
                area.''.

SEC. 112. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V) of title 17, United States Code, as
amended by the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, is
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``,
except that in the case of proceedings under section 111 that are
scheduled to commence in 2005, such notice may not be published.

         TITLE II--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OPERATIONS

SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF RETRANSMISSION CONSENT EXEMPTION.

    Section 325(b)(2)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
325(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2004'' and inserting
``December 31, 2009''.

SEC. 202. CABLE/SATELLITE COMPARABILITY.

    (a) Amendment.--Part I of title III of the Communications Act of
1934 is amended by inserting after section 339 (47 U.S.C. 339) the
following new section:

``SEC. 340. <<NOTE: 47 USC 340.>> SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED SIGNALS PERMITTED
            TO BE CARRIED.

    ``(a) Significantly Viewed Stations.--In addition to the broadcast
signals that subscribers may receive under section 338 and 339, a
satellite carrier is also authorized to retransmit to a subscriber
located in a community the signal of any station located outside the
local market in which such subscriber is located, to the extent such
signal--
            ``(1) has, before the date of enactment of the Satellite
        Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, been
        determined by the Federal Communications Commission to be a
        signal a cable operator may carry as significantly viewed in
        such community, except to the extent that such signal is
        prevented from being carried by a cable system in such community
        under the Commission's network nonduplication and syndicated
        exclusivity rules; or
            ``(2) is, after such date of enactment, determined by the
        Commission to be significantly viewed in such community in
        accordance with the same standards and procedures concerning
        shares of viewing hours and audience surveys as are applicable

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        under the rules, regulations, and authorizations of the
        Commission to determining with respect to a cable system whether
        signals are significantly viewed in a community.

    ``(b) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Analog service <<NOTE: Applicability.>> limited to
        subscribers taking local-into-local service.--With respect to a
        signal that originates as an analog signal of a network station,
        this section shall apply only to retransmissions to subscribers
        of a satellite carrier who receive retransmissions of a signal
        that originates as an analog signal of a local network station
        from that satellite carrier pursuant to section 338.
            ``(2) Digital <<NOTE: Applicability.>> service
        limitations.--With respect to a signal that originates as a
        digital signal of a network station, this section shall apply
        only if--
                    ``(A) the subscriber receives from the satellite
                carrier pursuant to section 338 the retransmission of
                the digital signal of a network station in the
                subscriber's local market that is affiliated with the
                same television network; and
                    ``(B) either--
                          ``(i) the retransmission of the local network
                      station occupies at least the equivalent bandwidth
                      as the digital signal retransmitted pursuant to
                      this section; or
                          ``(ii) the retransmission of the local network
                      station is comprised of the entire bandwidth of
                      the digital signal broadcast by such local network
                      station.
            ``(3) Limitation not applicable where no network
        affiliates.--The limitations in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not
        prohibit a retransmission under this section to a subscriber
        located in a local market in which there are no network stations
        affiliated with the same television network as the station whose
        signal is being retransmitted pursuant to this section.
            ``(4) Authority to grant station-specific waivers.--
        Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not prohibit a retransmission of a
        network station to a subscriber if and to the extent that the
        network station in the local market in which the subscriber is
        located, and that is affiliated with the same television
        network, has privately negotiated and affirmatively granted a
        waiver from the requirements of paragraph (1) and (2) to such
        satellite carrier with respect to retransmission of the
        significantly viewed station to such subscriber.

    ``(c) Publication and Modifications of Lists; Regulations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall--
                    ``(A) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> within 60 days after the
                date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                and Reauthorization Act of 2004--
                          ``(i) publish a list of the stations that are
                      eligible for retransmission under subsection
                      (a)(1) and the communities in which such stations
                      are eligible for such retransmission; and
                          ``(ii) commence a rulemaking proceeding to
                      implement this section by publication of a notice
                      of proposed rulemaking;
                    ``(B) adopt rules pursuant to such rulemaking within
                1 year after such date of enactment.
            ``(2) Public availability of list.--The Commission shall
        make readily available to the public in electronic form, on the
        Internet website of the Commission or other comparable

[[Page 118 STAT. 3411]]

        facility, a list of the stations that are eligible for
        retransmission under subsection (a) and the communities in which
        such stations are eligible for
        such <<NOTE: Deadline.>> retransmission. The Commission shall
        update such list within 10 business days after the date on which
        the Commission issues an order making any modification of such
        stations and communities.
            ``(3) Modifications.--In addition to cable operators and
        television broadcast station licensees, the Commission shall
        permit a satellite carrier to petition for decisions and
        orders--
                    ``(A) by which stations may be added to those that
                are eligible for retransmission under subsection (a),
                and by which communities may be added in which such
                stations are eligible for such retransmission; and
                    ``(B) by which network nonduplication or syndicated
                exclusivity regulations are applied to the
                retransmission in accordance with subsection (e).

    ``(d) Effect on Other Obligations and Rights.--
            ``(1) No effect on carriage obligations.--Carriage of a
        signal under this section is not mandatory, and any right of a
        station licensee to have the signal of such station carried
        under section 338 is not affected by the eligibility of such
        station to be carried under this section.
            ``(2) Retransmission consent rights not affected.--The
        eligibility of the signal of a station to be carried under this
        section does not affect any right of the licensee of such
        station to grant (or withhold) retransmission consent under
        section 325(b)(1).

    ``(e) Network Nonduplication and Syndicated Exclusivity.--
            ``(1) Not applicable except as provided by commission
        regulations.--Signals eligible to be carried under this section
        are not subject to the Commission's regulations concerning
        network nonduplication or syndicated exclusivity unless,
        pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission, the
        Commission determines to permit network nonduplication or
        syndicated exclusivity to apply within the appropriate zone of
        protection.
            ``(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection or Commission
        regulations shall permit the application of network
        nonduplication or syndicated exclusivity regulations to the
        retransmission of distant signals of network stations that are
        carried by a satellite carrier pursuant to a statutory license
        under section 119(a)(2)(A) or (B) of title 17, United States
        Code, with respect to persons who reside in unserved households,
        under 119(a)(4)(A), or under section 119(a)(12), of such title.

    ``(f) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) Orders and damages.--Upon complaint, the Commission
        shall issue a cease and desist order to any satellite carrier
        found to have violated this section in carrying any television
        broadcast station. Such order may, if a complaining station
        requests damages--
                    ``(A) provide for the award of damages to a
                complaining station that establishes that the violation
                was committed in bad faith, in an amount up to $50 per
                subscriber, per station, per day of the violation; and
                    ``(B) provide for the award of damages to a
                prevailing satellite carrier if the Commission
                determines that the

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                complaint was frivolous, in an amount up to $50 per
                subscriber alleged to be in violation, per station
                alleged, per day of the alleged violation.
            ``(2) Commission decision.--
        The <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Commission shall issue a final
        determination resolving a complaint brought under this
        subsection not later than 180 days after the submission of a
        complaint under this subsection. The Commission may hear
        witnesses if it clearly appears, based on written filings by the
        parties, that there is a genuine dispute about material facts.
        Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Commission may
        issue a final ruling based on written filings by the parties.
            ``(3) Remedies in addition.--The remedies under this
        subsection are in addition to any remedies available under title
        17, United States Code.
            ``(4) No effect on copyright proceedings.--Any
        determination, action, or failure to act of the Commission under
        this subsection shall have no effect on any proceeding under
        title 17, United States Code, and shall not be introduced in
        evidence in any proceeding under that title. In no instance
        shall a Commission enforcement proceeding under this subsection
        be required as a predicate to the pursuit of a remedy available
        under title 17.

    ``(g) Notices Concerning Significantly Viewed Stations.--Each
satellite carrier that proposes to commence the retransmission of a
station pursuant to this section in any local market shall--
            ``(1) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> not less than 60 days before
        commencing such retransmission, provide a written notice to any
        television broadcast station in such local market of such
        proposal; and
            ``(2) designate on such carrier's website all significantly
        viewed signals carried pursuant to section 340 and the
        communities in which the signals are carried.

    ``(h) Additional Corresponding Changes in Regulations.--
            ``(1) Community-by-
        community <<NOTE: Deadline.>> elections.--The Commission shall,
        no later than October 30, 2005, revise section 76.66 of its
        regulations (47 CFR 76.66), concerning satellite broadcast
        signal carriage, to permit (at the next cycle of elections under
        section 325) a television broadcast station that is located in a
        local market into which a satellite carrier retransmits a
        television broadcast station pursuant to section 338, to elect,
        with respect to such satellite carrier, between retransmission
        consent pursuant to such section 325 and mandatory carriage
        pursuant to section 338 separately for each county within such
        station's local market, if--
                    ``(A) the satellite carrier has notified the
                station, pursuant to paragraph (3), that it intends to
                carry another affiliate of the same network pursuant to
                this section during the relevant election period in the
                station's local market; or
                    ``(B) on the date notification under paragraph (3)
                was due, the satellite carrier was retransmitting into
                the station's local market pursuant to this section an
                affiliate of the same television network.
            ``(2) Unified negotiations.--In revising its regulations as
        required by paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide that any
        such station shall conduct a unified negotiation for the

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        entire portion of its local market for which retransmission
        consent is elected.
            ``(3) Additional provisions.--
        The <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Commission shall, no later than October
        30, 2005, revise its regulations to provide the following:
                    ``(A) Notifications by satellite carrier.--A
                satellite carrier's retransmission of television
                broadcast stations pursuant to this section shall be
                subject to the following limitations:
                          ``(i) In any local market in which the
                      satellite carrier provides service pursuant to
                      section 338 on the date of enactment of the
                      Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                      Reauthorization Act of 2004, the carrier may
                      notify a television broadcast station in that
                      market, at least 60 days prior to any date on
                      which the station must thereafter make an election
                      under section 76.66 of the Commission's
                      regulations (47 CFR 76.66), of--
                                    ``(I) each affiliate of the same
                                television network that the carrier
                                reserves the right to retransmit into
                                that station's local market pursuant to
                                this section during the next election
                                cycle under such section of such
                                regulations; and
                                    ``(II) for each such affiliate, the
                                communities into which the satellite
                                carrier reserves the right to make such
                                retransmissions.
                          ``(ii) In any local market in which the
                      satellite carrier commences service pursuant to
                      section 338 after the date of enactment of the
                      Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                      Reauthorization Act of 2004, the carrier may
                      notify a station in that market, at least 60 days
                      prior to the introduction of such service in that
                      market, and thereafter at least 60 days prior to
                      any date on which the station must thereafter make
                      an election under section 76.66 of the
                      Commission's regulations (47 CFR 76.66), of each
                      affiliate of the same television network that the
                      carrier reserves the right to retransmit into that
                      station's local market during the next election
                      cycle under such section of such regulations.
                          ``(iii) Beginning with the 2005 election
                      cycle, a satellite carrier may only retransmit
                      pursuant to this section during the pertinent
                      election period a signal--
                                    ``(I) as to which it has provided
                                the notifications set forth in clauses
                                (i) and (ii); or
                                    ``(II) that it was retransmitting
                                into the local market under this section
                                as of the date such notifications were
                                due.
                    ``(B) Harmonization of elections and retransmission
                consent agreements.--If a satellite carrier notifies a
                television broadcast station that it reserves the right
                to retransmit an affiliate of the same television
                network during the next election cycle pursuant to this
                section, the station may choose between retransmission
                consent and mandatory carriage for any portion of the 3-
                year election cycle that is not covered by an existing
                retransmission consent agreement.

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    ``(i) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) Local market; satellite carrier; subscriber;
        television broadcast station.--The terms `local market',
        `satellite carrier', `subscriber', and `television broadcast
        station' have the meanings given such terms in section 338(k).
            ``(2) Network station; television network.--The terms
        `network station' and `television network' have the meanings
        given such terms in section 339(d).
            ``(3) Community.--The term `community' means--
                    ``(A) a county or a cable community, as determined
                under the rules, regulations, and authorizations of the
                Commission applicable to determining with respect to a
                cable system whether signals are significantly viewed;
                or
                    ``(B) a satellite community, as determined under
                such rules, regulations, and authorizations (or
                revisions thereof) as the Commission may prescribe in
                implementing the requirements of this section.
            ``(4) Bandwidth.--The terms `equivalent bandwidth' and
        `entire bandwidth' shall be defined by the Commission by
        regulation, except that this paragraph shall not be construed--
                    ``(A) to prevent a satellite operator from using
                compression technology;
                    ``(B) to require a satellite operator to use the
                identical bandwidth or bit rate as the local or distant
                broadcaster whose signal it is retransmitting;
                    ``(C) to require a satellite operator to use the
                identical bandwidth or bit rate for a local network
                station as it does for a distant network station;
                    ``(D) to affect a satellite operator's obligations
                under subsection (a)(1); or
                    ``(E) to affect the definitions of `program related'
                and `primary video'.''.

SEC. 203. CARRIAGE OF LOCAL STATIONS ON A SINGLE DISH.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 338(d)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections
        (j) and (k), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
        subsection:

    ``(g) Carriage of Local Stations on a Single Dish.--
            ``(1) Single dish.--Each satellite carrier that retransmits
        the analog signals of local television broadcast stations in a
        local market shall retransmit such analog signals in such market
        by means of a single reception antenna and associated equipment.
            ``(2) Exception.--If the carrier retransmits signals in the
        digital television service, the carrier shall retransmit such
        digital signals in such market by means of a single reception
        antenna and associated equipment, but such antenna and
        associated equipment may be separate from the single reception
        antenna and associated equipment used for analog television
        service signals.
            ``(3) Effective date.--The requirements of paragraphs (1)
        and (2) of this subsection shall apply on and after 18 months
        after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
        Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004.

[[Page 118 STAT. 3415]]

            ``(4) Notice of disruptions.--A <<NOTE: Deadline.>> carrier
        that is providing signals of a local television broadcast
        station in a local market under this section on the date of
        enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
        Reauthorization Act of 2004 shall, not later than 15 months
        after such date of enactment, provide to the licensees for such
        stations and the carrier's subscribers in such local market a
        notice that displays prominently and conspicuously a clear
        statement of--
                    ``(A) any reallocation of signals between different
                reception antennas and associated equipment that the
                carrier intends to make in order to comply with the
                requirements of this subsection;
                    ``(B) the need, if any, for subscribers to obtain an
                additional reception antenna and associated equipment to
                receive such signals; and
                    ``(C) any cessation of carriage or other material
                change in the carriage of signals as a consequence of
                the requirements of this paragraph.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments: Commission Enforcement of Section; Low
Power Television Stations.--
            (1) Section 338(a) of such Act is amended by striking
        paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Each satellite carrier providing, under
        section 122 of title 17, United States Code, secondary
        transmissions to subscribers located within the local market of
        a television broadcast station of a primary transmission made by
        that station shall carry upon request the signals of all
        television broadcast stations located within that local market,
        subject to section 325(b).
            ``(2) Remedies for failure to carry.--In addition to the
        remedies available to television broadcast stations under
        section 501(f) of title 17, United States Code, the Commission
        may use the Commission's authority under this Act to assure
        compliance with the obligations of this subsection, but in no
        instance shall a Commission enforcement proceeding be required
        as a predicate to the pursuit of a remedy available under such
        section 501(f).
            ``(3) Low power station carriage optional.--No low power
        television station whose signals are provided under section
        119(a)(14) of title 17, United States Code, shall be entitled to
        insist on carriage under this section, regardless of whether the
        satellite carrier provides secondary transmissions of the
        primary transmissions of other stations in the same local market
        pursuant to section 122 of such title, nor shall any such
        carriage be considered in connection with the requirements of
        subsection (c) of this section.''.
            (2) Section 338(c)(1) of such Act is amended by striking
        ``subsection (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)''.
            (3) Section 338(k) of such Act (as redesignated by
        subsection (a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as
                paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following
                new paragraph:
            ``(4) Low power television station.--The term `low power
        television station' means a low power television station as
        defined under section 74.701(f) of title 47, Code of Federal

[[Page 118 STAT. 3416]]

        Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 2004. For purposes of this
        paragraph, the term `low power television station' includes a
        low power television 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.''.

SEC. 204. REPLACEMENT OF DISTANT SIGNALS WITH LOCAL SIGNALS.

    (a) Replacement.--Section 339(a) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 339(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new
        sentence: ``Such two network stations may be comprised of both
        the analog signal and digital signal of not more than two
        network stations.'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
        paragraph:
            ``(2) Replacement of <<NOTE: Applicability.>> distant
        signals with local signals.--Notwithstanding any other provision
        of paragraph (1), the following rules shall apply after the date
        of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
        Reauthorization Act of 2004:
                    ``(A) Rules for grandfathered subscribers to analog
                signals.--
                          ``(i) For those receiving distant analog
                      signals.--In the case of a subscriber of a
                      satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the
                      analog signal of a network station solely by
                      reason of section 119(e) of title 17, United
                      States Code (in this subparagraph referred to as a
                      `distant analog signal'), and who, as of October
                      1, 2004, is receiving the distant analog signal of
                      that network station, the following shall apply:
                                    ``(I) In a case in which the
                                satellite carrier makes available to the
                                subscriber the analog signal of a local
                                network station affiliated with the same
                                television network pursuant to section
                                338, the carrier may only provide the
                                secondary transmissions of the distant
                                analog signal of a station affiliated
                                with the same network to that
                                subscriber--
                                            ``(aa)
                                        if, <<NOTE: Deadline.>> within
                                        60 days after receiving the
                                        notice of the satellite carrier
                                        under section 338(h)(1) of this
                                        Act, the subscriber elects to
                                        retain the distant analog
                                        signal; but
                                            ``(bb) only until such time
                                        as the subscriber elects to
                                        receive such local analog
                                        signal.

                                ``(II) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Notwithstandin
                                g subclause (I), the carrier may not
                                retransmit the distant analog signal to
                                any subscriber who is eligible to
                                receive the analog signal of a network
                                station solely by reason of section
                                119(e) of title 17, United States Code,
                                unless such carrier, within 60 days
                                after the date of the enactment of the
                                Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                                Reauthorization Act of 2004, submits to
                                that television network the list and
                                statement required by subparagraph
                                (F)(i).

[[Page 118 STAT. 3417]]

                          ``(ii) For those not receiving distant analog
                      signals.--In the case of any subscriber of a
                      satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the
                      distant analog signal of a network station solely
                      by reason of section 119(e) of title 17, United
                      States Code, and who did not receive a distant
                      analog signal of a station affiliated with the
                      same network on October 1, 2004, the carrier may
                      not provide the secondary transmissions of the
                      distant analog signal of a station affiliated with
                      the same network to that subscriber.
                    ``(B) Rules
                for <<NOTE: Applicability. Deadlines.>> other
                subscribers to analog signals.--In the case of a
                subscriber of a satellite carrier who is eligible to
                receive the analog signal of a network station under
                this section (in this subparagraph referred to as a
                `distant analog signal'), other than subscribers to whom
                subparagraph (A) applies, the following shall apply:
                          ``(i) In a case in which the satellite carrier
                      makes available to that subscriber, on January 1,
                      2005, the analog signal of a local network station
                      affiliated with the same television network
                      pursuant to section 338, the carrier may only
                      provide the secondary transmissions of the distant
                      analog signal of a station affiliate with the same
                      network to that subscriber if the subscriber's
                      satellite carrier, not later than March 1, 2005,
                      submits to that television network the list and
                      statement required by subparagraph (F)(i).
                          ``(ii) In a case in which the satellite
                      carrier does not make available to that
                      subscriber, on January 1, 2005, the analog signal
                      of a local network station pursuant to section
                      338, the carrier may only provide the secondary
                      transmissions of the distant analog signal of a
                      station affiliated with the same network to that
                      subscriber if--
                                    ``(I) that subscriber seeks to
                                subscribe to such distant analog signal
                                before the date on which such carrier
                                commences to carry pursuant to section
                                338 the analog signals of stations from
                                the local market of such local network
                                station; and
                                    ``(II) the satellite carrier, within
                                60 days after such date, submits to each
                                television network the list and
                                statement required by subparagraph
                                (F)(ii).
                    ``(C) Future applicability.--A satellite carrier may
                not provide a distant analog signal (within the meaning
                of subparagraph (A) or (B)) to a person who--
                          ``(i) is not a subscriber lawfully receiving
                      such secondary transmission as of the date of the
                      enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                      and Reauthorization Act of 2004; and
                          ``(ii) at the time such person seeks to
                      subscribe to receive such secondary transmission,
                      resides in a local market where the satellite
                      carrier makes available to that person the analog
                      signal of a local network station affiliated with
                      the same television network pursuant to section
                      338, and the retransmission of such signal by such
                      carrier can reach such subscriber.
                    ``(D) Special rules for distant digital signals.--

[[Page 118 STAT. 3418]]

                          ``(i) Eligibility.--In the case of a
                      subscriber of a satellite carrier who, with
                      respect to a local network station--
                                    ``(I) is a subscriber whose
                                household is located outside the
                                coverage area of the analog signal of
                                such station as predicted by the model
                                specified in subsection (c)(3) of this
                                section for the signal intensity
                                required under section 73.683(a) of
                                title 47 of the Code of Federal
                                Regulations, or a successor regulation;
                                    ``(II) is in an unserved household
                                as determined under section 119(d)(1)(A)
                                of title 17, United States Code; or
                                    ``(III) is, after the date on which
                                the conditions required by clause (vii)
                                are met with respect to such station,
                                determined under clause (vi) of this
                                subparagraph to be unable to receive a
                                digital signal of such local network
                                station that exceeds the signal
                                intensity standard specified in such
                                clause;
                      such subscriber is eligible to receive the digital
                      signal of a distant network station affiliated
                      with the same network under this section (in this
                      subparagraph referred to as a `distant digital
                      signal') subject to the provisions of this
                      subparagraph.
                          ``(ii) Pre-enactment distant digital signal
                      subscribers.--Any eligible subscriber under this
                      subparagraph who is a lawful subscriber to such a
                      distant digital signal as of the date of enactment
                      of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
                      Reauthorization Act of 2004 may continue to
                      receive such distant digital signal, whether or
                      not such subscriber elects to subscribe to local
                      digital signals.
                          ``(iii) Local-to-local analog markets.--In a
                      case in which the satellite carrier makes
                      available to an eligible subscriber under this
                      subparagraph the analog signal of a local network
                      station pursuant to section 338, the carrier may
                      only provide the distant digital signal of a
                      station affiliated with the same network to that
                      subscriber if--
                                    ``(I) in the case of any local
                                market in the 48 contiguous States of
                                the United States, the distant digital
                                signal is the secondary transmission of
                                a station whose prime time network
                                programming is generally broadcast
                                simultaneously with, or later than, the
                                prime time network programming of the
                                affiliate of the same network in the
                                local market;
                                    ``(II) in any local market, the
                                retransmission of the distant digital
                                signal of the distant station occupies
                                at least the equivalent bandwidth (as
                                such term is defined by the Commission
                                under section 340(h)(4)) as the digital
                                signal broadcast by such station; and
                                    ``(III) <<NOTE: Deadlines.>> the
                                subscriber subscribes to the analog
                                signal of such local network station
                                within 60 days after such signal is made
                                available by the satellite

[[Page 118 STAT. 3419]]

                                carrier, and adds to or replaces such
                                analog signal with the digital signal
                                from such local network station within
                                60 days after such signal is made
                                available by the satellite carrier,
                                except that such distant digital signal
                                may continue to be provided to a
                                subscriber who cannot be reached by the
                                satellite transmission of the local
                                digital signal.
                          ``(iv) Local-to-local digital markets.--After
                      the date on which a satellite carrier makes
                      available the digital signal of a local network
                      station, the carrier may not offer the distant
                      digital signal of a network station affiliated
                      with the same television network to any new
                      subscriber to such distant digital signal after
                      such date, except that such distant digital signal
                      may be provided to a new subscriber who cannot be
                      reached by the satellite transmission of the local
                      digital signal.
                          ``(v) Non-local-to-local markets.--After the
                      date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
                      Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, if the
                      satellite carrier does not make available the
                      digital signal of a local network station in a
                      local market, the satellite carrier may offer a
                      new subscriber after such date who is eligible
                      under this subparagraph a distant digital signal
                      from a station affiliated with the same network
                      and, in the case of any local market in the 48
                      contiguous States of the United States, whose
                      prime time network programming is generally
                      broadcast simultaneously with, or later than, the
                      prime time network programming of the affiliate of
                      the same network in the local market, except
                      that--
                                    ``(I) such carrier may continue to
                                provide such distant digital signal to
                                such a subscriber after the date on
                                which the carrier makes available the
                                digital signal of a local network
                                station affiliated with such network
                                only if such subscriber subscribes to
                                the digital signal from such local
                                network station; and
                                    ``(II) the limitation contained in
                                subclause (I) of this clause shall not
                                apply to a subscriber that cannot be
                                reached by the satellite transmission of
                                the local digital signal.
                          ``(vi) Signal testing for digital signals.--
                                    ``(I) A subscriber shall be eligible
                                for a distant digital signal under
                                clause (i)(III) if such subscriber is
                                determined, based on a test conducted in
                                accordance with section 73.686(d) of
                                title 47, Code of Federal Regulations,
                                or any successor regulation, not to be
                                able to receive a signal that exceeds
                                the signal intensity standard in section
                                73.622(e)(1) of title 47, Code of
                                Federal Regulations, as in effect on the
                                date of enactment of the Satellite Home
                                Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act
                                of 2004.
                                    ``(II) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Such test
                                shall be conducted, upon written request
                                for a digital signal strength test by
                                the subscriber to the satellite carrier,
                                within 30 days after the date the
                                subscriber submits such

[[Page 118 STAT. 3420]]

                                request for the test. Such test shall be
                                conducted by a qualified and independent
                                person selected by the satellite carrier
                                and the network station or stations, or
                                who has been previously approved by the
                                satellite carrier and by each affected
                                network station but not previously
                                disapproved. A tester may not be so
                                disapproved for a test after the tester
                                has commenced such test.
                                    ``(III) Unless the satellite carrier
                                and the network station or stations
                                otherwise agree, the costs of conducting
                                the test shall be borne as follows:
                                            ``(aa) If the subscriber is
                                        not eligible for a distant
                                        digital signal under clause
                                        (i)(I) of this subparagraph (by
                                        reason of being outside of the
                                        coverage area of the analog
                                        signal), the satellite carrier
                                        may request the station licensee
                                        for a waiver.
                                            ``(bb) If the licensee
                                        agrees to a waiver, or fails to
                                        respond to a waiver request
                                        within 30 days, the subscriber
                                        may receive such distant digital
                                        signal.
                                            ``(cc) If the licensee
                                        refuses to grant a waiver, the
                                        subscriber may request the
                                        satellite carrier to conduct the
                                        test.
                                            ``(dd) If the satellite
                                        carrier requests the test and--



                                        `(AA) the station's signal is determined to exceed such signal intensity standard, the
                                        costs of the test shall be borne by the satellite carrier; and

										`(BB) the station's signal is determined to not exceed such signal intensity standard, the
										costs of the test shall be borne by the licensee.

                                        ``(ee) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> If
                                        the satellite carrier does not
                                        request the test, or fails to
                                        respond within 30 days, the
                                        subscriber may request the test
                                        be conducted under the
                                        supervision of the carrier, and
                                        the costs of the test shall be
                                        borne by the subscriber in
                                        accordance with regulations
                                        prescribed by the Commission.
                                        Such regulations shall also
                                        require the carrier to notify
                                        the subscriber of the typical
                                        costs of such test.
                          ``(vii) Trigger events for use of testing.--A
                      subscriber shall not be eligible for a distant
                      digital signal under clause (i)(III) pursuant to a
                      test conducted under clause (vii) until--
                                    ``(I) in the case of a subscriber
                                whose household is located within the
                                area predicted to be served (by the
                                predictive model for analog signals
                                under subsection (b)(3) of this section)
                                by the signal of a local network station
                                and who is seeking a distant digital
                                signal of a station affiliated with the
                                same network as that local network
                                station--

[[Page 118 STAT. 3421]]

                                            ``(aa) April 30, 2006, if
                                        such local network station is
                                        within the top 100 television
                                        markets and--



                                          `(AA) has received a tentative digital television service channel designation that is the
                                          same as such station's current digital television service channel; or

										  `(BB) has been found by the Commission to have lost interference protection; or



                                            ``(bb) July 15, 2007, for
                                        any other local network
                                        stations, other than translator
                                        stations licensed to broadcast
                                        on the date of enactment of the
                                        Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                                        and Reauthorization Act of 2004;
                                        or
                                    ``(II) in the case of a translator
                                station, 1 year after the date on which
                                the Commission completes all actions
                                necessary for the allocation and
                                assignment of digital television
                                licenses to television translator
                                stations.
                          ``(viii) Testing waivers.--Upon request by a
                      local network station, the Commission may grant a
                      waiver with respect to such station to the
                      beginning of testing under clause (vii), and
                      prohibit subscribers from receiving digital signal
                      strength testing with respect to such
                      station. <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Such a request shall
                      be filed not less than 5 months prior to the
                      implementation deadline specified in such clause,
                      and the Commission shall act on such request by
                      such implementation deadline. Such
                      a <<NOTE: Expiration date.>> waiver shall expire
                      at the end of not more than 6 months, except that
                      a waiver may be renewed upon a proper showing. The
                      Commission may only grant such a request upon
                      submission of clear and convincing evidence that
                      the station's digital signal coverage is limited
                      due to the unremediable presence of one or more of
                      the following:
                                    ``(I) the need for international
                                coordination or approvals;
                                    ``(II) clear zoning or environmental
                                legal impediments;
                                    ``(III) force majeure;
                                    ``(IV) the station experiences a
                                substantial decrease in its digital
                                signal coverage area due to necessity of
                                using side-mounted antenna;
                                    ``(V) substantial technical problems
                                that result in a station experiencing a
                                substantial decrease in its coverage
                                area solely due to actions to avoid
                                interference with emergency response
                                providers; or
                                    ``(VI) no satellite carrier is
                                providing the retransmission of the
                                analog signals of local network stations
                                under section 338 in the local market.
                      Under no circumstances may such a waiver be based
                      upon financial exigency.

[[Page 118 STAT. 3422]]

                          ``(ix) Special waiver provision for
                      translators.--Upon request by a television
                      translator station, the Commission may grant, for
                      not more than 3 years, a waiver with respect to
                      such station to the beginning of testing under
                      clause (vii), and prohibit subscribers from
                      receiving digital signal strength testing with
                      respect to such station, if the Commission
                      determines that the translator station is not
                      broadcasting a digital signal due to one or more
                      of the following:
                                    ``(I) frequent occurrence of
                                inclement weather; or
                                    ``(II) mountainous terrain at the
                                transmitter tower location.
                          ``(x) Savings provision.--Nothing in this
                      subparagraph shall be construed to affect a
                      satellite carrier's obligations under section 338.
                          ``(xi) Definition.--For purposes of clause
                      (viii), the term `emergency response providers'
                      means Federal, State, or local governmental and
                      nongovernmental emergency public safety, law
                      enforcement, fire, emergency response, emergency
                      medical (including hospital emergency facilities),
                      and related personnel, organizations, agencies, or
                      authorities.
                    ``(E) Authority to grant station-specific waivers.--
                This paragraph shall not prohibit a retransmission of a
                distant analog signal or distant digital signal (within
                the meaning of subparagraph (A), (B), or (D)) of any
                distant network station to any subscriber to whom the
                signal of a local network station affiliated with the
                same network is available, if and to the extent that
                such local network station has affirmatively granted a
                waiver from the requirements of this paragraph to such
                satellite carrier with respect to retransmission of such
                distant network station to such subscriber.
                    ``(F) Notices to networks of distant signal
                subscribers.--
                          ``(i) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Within 60 days after
                      the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
                      Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, each
                      satellite carrier that provides a distant signal
                      of a network station to a subscriber pursuant to
                      subparagraph (A) or (B)(i) of this paragraph shall
                      submit to each network--
                                    ``(I) a list, aggregated by
                                designated market area, identifying each
                                subscriber provided such a signal by--
                                            ``(aa) name;
                                            ``(bb) address (street or
                                        rural route number, city, State,
                                        and zip code); and
                                            ``(cc) the distant network
                                        signal or signals received; and
                                    ``(II) a statement that, to the best
                                of the carrier's knowledge and belief
                                after having made diligent and good
                                faith inquiries, the subscriber is
                                qualified under the existing law to
                                receive the distant network signal or
                                signals pursuant to subparagraph (A) or
                                (B)(i) of this paragraph.

[[Page 118 STAT. 3423]]

                          ``(ii) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Within 60 days
                      after the date a satellite carrier commences to
                      carry pursuant to section 338 the signals of
                      stations from a local market, such a satellite
                      carrier that provides a distant signal of a
                      network station to a subscriber pursuant to
                      subparagraph (B)(ii) of this paragraph shall
                      submit to each network--
                                    ``(I) a list identifying each
                                subscriber in that local market provided
                                such a signal by--
                                            ``(aa) name;
                                            ``(bb) address (street or
                                        rural route number, city, State,
                                        and zip code); and
                                            ``(cc) the distant network
                                        signal or signals received; and
                                    ``(II) a statement that, to the best
                                of the carrier's knowledge and belief
                                after having made diligent and good
                                faith inquiries, the subscriber is
                                qualified under the existing law to
                                receive the distant network signal or
                                signals pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii)
                                of this paragraph.
                    ``(G) Other provisions not affected.--This paragraph
                shall not affect the eligibility of a subscriber to
                receive secondary transmissions under section 340 of
                this Act or as an unserved household included under
                section 119(a)(12) of title 17, United States Code.
                    ``(H) Available defined.--For purposes of this
                paragraph, a satellite carrier makes available a local
                signal to a subscriber or person if the satellite
                carrier offers that local signal to other subscribers
                who reside in the same zip code as that subscriber or
                person.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of
        this subsection), by adding at the end the following: ``, except
        that paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection, relating to the
        provision of distant digital signals, shall be enforceable under
        the provisions of section 340(f)''.

    (b) Study of Digital Strength Testing Procedures.--Section 339(c) of
such Act (47 U.S.C. 339(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:
            ``(1) Study of digital strength testing procedures.--
                    ``(A) Study required.--Not <<NOTE: Deadline.>> later
                than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the
                Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act
                of 2004, the Federal Communications Commission shall
                complete an inquiry regarding whether, for purposes of
                identifying if a household is unserved by an adequate
                digital signal under section 119(d)(10) of title 17,
                United States Code, the digital signal strength standard
                in section 73.622(e)(1) of title 47, Code of Federal
                Regulations, or the testing procedures in section
                73.686(d) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, such
                statutes or regulations should be revised to take into
                account the types of antennas that are available to
                consumers.
                    ``(B) Study considerations.--In conducting the study
                under this paragraph, the Commission shall consider
                whether--
                          ``(i) to account for the fact that an antenna
                      can be mounted on a roof or placed in a home and
                      can be fixed or capable of rotating;

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                          ``(ii) section 73.686(d) of title 47, Code of
                      Federal Regulations, should be amended to create
                      different procedures for determining if the
                      requisite digital signal strength is present than
                      for determining if the requisite analog signal
                      strength is present;
                          ``(iii) a standard should be used other than
                      the presence of a signal of a certain strength to
                      ensure that a household can receive a high-quality
                      picture using antennas of reasonable cost and ease
                      of installation;
                          ``(iv) to develop a predictive methodology for
                      determining whether a household is unserved by an
                      adequate digital signal under section 119(d)(10)
                      of title 17, United States Code;
                          ``(v) there is a wide variation in the ability
                      of reasonably priced consumer digital television
                      sets to receive over-the-air signals, such that at
                      a given signal strength some may be able to
                      display high-quality pictures while others cannot,
                      whether such variation is related to the price of
                      the television set, and whether such variation
                      should be factored into setting a standard for
                      determining whether a household is unserved by an
                      adequate digital signal; and
                          ``(vi) to account for factors such as building
                      loss, external interference sources, or undesired
                      signals from both digital television and analog
                      television stations using either the same or
                      adjacent channels in nearby markets, foliage, and
                      man-made clutter.
                    ``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
                of the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the Federal
                Communications Commission shall submit to the Committee
                on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
                and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
                Transportation of the Senate a report containing--
                          ``(i) the results of the study under this
                      paragraph; and
                          ``(ii) recommendations, if any, as to what
                      changes should be made to Federal statutes or
                      regulations.''.

SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL NOTICES TO SUBSCRIBERS, NETWORKS, AND STATIONS
            CONCERNING SIGNAL CARRIAGE.

    Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338) is
further amended by inserting after subsection (g) (as added by section
203) the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Additional <<NOTE: Deadlines.>> Notices to Subscribers,
Networks, and Stations Concerning Signal Carriage.--
            ``(1) Notices to and elections by subscribers concerning
        grandfathered signals.--Any carrier that provides a distant
        signal of a network station to a subscriber pursuant section
        339(a)(2)(A) shall--
                    ``(A) within 60 days after the local signal of a
                network station of the same television network is
                available pursuant to section 338, or within 60 days
                after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
                Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, whichever is
                later, send a notice to the subscriber--

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                          ``(i) offering to substitute the local network
                      signal for the duplicating distant network signal;
                      and
                          ``(ii) informing the subscriber that, if the
                      subscriber fails to respond in 60 days, the
                      subscriber will lose the distant network signal
                      but will be permitted to subscribe to the local
                      network signal; and
                    ``(B) if the subscriber--
                          ``(i) elects to substitute such local network
                      signal within such 60 days, switch such subscriber
                      to such local network signal within 10 days after
                      the end of such 60-day period; or
                          ``(ii) fails to respond within such 60 days,
                      terminate the distant network signal within 10
                      days after the end of such 60-day period.
            ``(2) Notice to station licensees of commencement of local-
        into-local service.--
                    ``(A) Notice required.--Within 180 days after the
                date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension
                and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the Commission shall
                revise the regulations under this section relating to
                notice to broadcast station licensees to comply with the
                requirements of this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Contents of commencement notice.--The notice
                required by such regulations shall inform each
                television broadcast station licensee within any local
                market in which a satellite carrier proposes to commence
                carriage of signals of stations from that market, not
                later than 60 days prior to the commencement of such
                carriage--
                          ``(i) of the carrier's intention to launch
                      local-into-local service under this section in a
                      local market, the identity of that local market,
                      and the location of the carrier's proposed local
                      receive facility for that local market;
                          ``(ii) of the right of such licensee to elect
                      carriage under this section or grant
                      retransmission consent under section 325(b);
                          ``(iii) that such licensee has 30 days from
                      the date of the receipt of such notice to make
                      such election; and
                          ``(iv) that failure to make such election will
                      result in the loss of the right to demand carriage
                      under this section for the remainder of the 3-year
                      cycle of carriage under section 325.
                    ``(C) Transmission of notices.--Such regulations
                shall require that each satellite carrier shall transmit
                the notices required by such regulation via certified
                mail to the address for such television station licensee
                listed in the consolidated database system maintained by
                the Commission.''.

SEC. 206. PRIVACY RIGHTS OF SATELLITE SUBSCRIBERS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 338) is further amended by inserting after subsection (h) (as
added by section 205) the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Privacy Rights of Satellite Subscribers.--
            ``(1) Notice.--At the time of entering into an agreement to
        provide any satellite service or other service to a subscriber

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        and at least once a year thereafter, a satellite carrier shall
        provide notice in the form of a separate, written statement to
        such subscriber which clearly and conspicuously informs the
        subscriber of--
                    ``(A) the nature of personally identifiable
                information collected or to be collected with respect to
                the subscriber and the nature of the use of such
                information;
                    ``(B) the nature, frequency, and purpose of any
                disclosure which may be made of such information,
                including an identification of the types of persons to
                whom the disclosure may be made;
                    ``(C) the period during which such information will
                be maintained by the satellite carrier;
                    ``(D) the times and place at which the subscriber
                may have access to such information in accordance with
                paragraph (5); and
                    ``(E) the limitations provided by this section with
                respect to the collection and disclosure of information
                by a satellite carrier and the right of the subscriber
                under paragraphs (7) and (9) to enforce such
                limitations.
        In <<NOTE: Deadline.>> the case of subscribers who have entered
        into such an agreement before the effective date of this
        subsection, such notice shall be provided within 180 days of
        such date and at least once a year thereafter.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, other
        than paragraph (9)--
                    ``(A) the term `personally identifiable information'
                does not include any record of aggregate data which does
                not identify particular persons;
                    ``(B) the term `other service' includes any wire or
                radio communications service provided using any of the
                facilities of a satellite carrier that are used in the
                provision of satellite service; and
                    ``(C) the term `satellite carrier' includes, in
                addition to persons within the definition of satellite
                carrier, any person who--
                          ``(i) is owned or controlled by, or under
                      common ownership or control with, a satellite
                      carrier; and
                          ``(ii) provides any wire or radio
                      communications service.
            ``(3) Prohibitions.--
                    ``(A) Consent to collection.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier shall not use any
                facilities used by the satellite carrier to collect
                personally identifiable information concerning any
                subscriber without the prior written or electronic
                consent of the subscriber concerned.
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--A satellite carrier may use such
                facilities to collect such information in order to--
                          ``(i) obtain information necessary to render a
                      satellite service or other service provided by the
                      satellite carrier to the subscriber; or
                          ``(ii) detect unauthorized reception of
                      satellite communications.
            ``(4) Disclosure.--
                    ``(A) Consent to disclosure.--Except as provided in
                subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier shall not disclose

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                personally identifiable information concerning any
                subscriber without the prior written or electronic
                consent of the subscriber concerned and shall take such
                actions as are necessary to prevent unauthorized access
                to such information by a person other than the
                subscriber or satellite carrier.
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--A satellite carrier may disclose
                such information if the disclosure is--
                          ``(i) necessary to render, or conduct a
                      legitimate business activity related to, a
                      satellite service or other service provided by the
                      satellite carrier to the subscriber;
                          ``(ii) subject to paragraph (9), made pursuant
                      to a court order authorizing such disclosure, if
                      the subscriber is notified of such order by the
                      person to whom the order is directed;
                          ``(iii) a disclosure of the names and
                      addresses of subscribers to any satellite service
                      or other service, if--
                                    ``(I) the satellite carrier has
                                provided the subscriber the opportunity
                                to prohibit or limit such disclosure;
                                and
                                    ``(II) the disclosure does not
                                reveal, directly or indirectly, the--
                                            ``(aa) extent of any viewing
                                        or other use by the subscriber
                                        of a satellite service or other
                                        service provided by the
                                        satellite carrier; or
                                            ``(bb) the nature of any
                                        transaction made by the
                                        subscriber over any facilities
                                        used by the satellite carrier;
                                        or
                          ``(iv) to a government entity as authorized
                      under chapter 119, 121, or 206 of title 18, United
                      States Code, except that such disclosure shall not
                      include records revealing satellite subscriber
                      selection of video programming from a satellite
                      carrier.
            ``(5) Access by subscriber.--A satellite subscriber shall be
        provided access to all personally identifiable information
        regarding that subscriber which is collected and maintained by a
        satellite carrier. Such information shall be made available to
        the subscriber at reasonable times and at a convenient place
        designated by such satellite carrier. A satellite subscriber
        shall be provided reasonable opportunity to correct any error in
        such information.
            ``(6) Destruction of information.--A satellite carrier shall
        destroy personally identifiable information if the information
        is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was
        collected and there are no pending requests or orders for access
        to such information under paragraph (5) or pursuant to a court
        order.
            ``(7) Penalties.--Any person aggrieved by any act of a
        satellite carrier in violation of this section may bring a civil
        action in a United States district court. The court may award--
                    ``(A) actual damages but not less than liquidated
                damages computed at the rate of $100 a day for each day
                of violation or $1,000, whichever is higher;
                    ``(B) punitive damages; and

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                    ``(C) reasonable attorneys' fees and other
                litigation costs reasonably incurred.
        The remedy provided by this subsection shall be in addition to
        any other lawful remedy available to a satellite subscriber.
            ``(8) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this title shall be
        construed to prohibit any State from enacting or enforcing laws
        consistent with this section for the protection of subscriber
        privacy.
            ``(9) Court orders.--Except as provided in paragraph
        (4)(B)(iv), a governmental entity may obtain personally
        identifiable information concerning a satellite subscriber
        pursuant to a court order only if, in the court proceeding
        relevant to such court order--
                    ``(A) such entity offers clear and convincing
                evidence that the subject of the information is
                reasonably suspected of engaging in criminal activity
                and that the information sought would be material
                evidence in the case; and
                    ``(B) the subject of the information is afforded the
                opportunity to appear and contest such entity's
                claim.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--Section 338(i) <<NOTE: 47 USC 338 note.>> of
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(i)) as amended by
subsection (a) of this section shall be effective 60 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 207. RECIPROCAL BARGAINING OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Within 45 days'' and all that follows
        through ``1999, the'' and inserting ``The'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence;
            (3) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i);
            (4) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``January 1, 2006'' and inserting
                ``January 1, 2010''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                          ``(iii) until January 1, 2010, prohibit a
                      multichannel video programming distributor from
                      failing to negotiate in good faith for
                      retransmission consent under this section, and it
                      shall not be a failure to negotiate in good faith
                      if the distributor enters into retransmission
                      consent agreements containing different terms and
                      conditions, including price terms, with different
                      broadcast stations if such different terms and
                      conditions are based on competitive marketplace
                      considerations.''.

    (b) Deadline.--The <<NOTE: Regulations. 47 USC 325 note.>> Federal
Communications Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the
amendment made by subsection (a)(5) within 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 208. STUDY OF IMPACT ON CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE.

    (a) Study Required.--No <<NOTE: Deadline.>> later than 9 months
after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
Reauthorization Act of 2004, the Federal Communications Commission shall
complete an inquiry regarding the impact on competition in the
multichannel video programming distribution market of the current

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retransmission consent, network nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity,
and sports blackout rules, including the impact of those rules on the
ability of rural cable operators to compete with direct broadcast
satellite industry in the provision of digital broadcast television
signals to consumers. Such report shall include such recommendations for
changes in any statutory provisions relating to such rules as the
Commission deems appropriate.

    (b) Report Required.--The Federal Communications Commission shall
submit a report on the results of the inquiry required by subsection (a)
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 209. REDUCTION OF REQUIRED TESTS.

    Section 339(c)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
339(c)(4)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following
new subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) Reduction of verification burdens.--Within 1
                year after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home
                Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the
                Commission shall by rule exempt from the verification
                requirements of subparagraph (A) any request for a test
                made by a subscriber to a satellite carrier to whom the
                retransmission of the signals of local broadcast
                stations is available under section 338 from such
                carrier.
                    ``(E) Exception.--A satellite carrier may refuse to
                engage in the testing process. If the carrier does so
                refuse, a subscriber in a local market in which the
                satellite carrier does not offer the signals of local
                broadcast stations under section 338 may, at his or her
                own expense, authorize a signal intensity test to be
                performed pursuant to the procedures specified by the
                Commission in section 73.686(d) of title 47, Code of
                Federal Regulations, by a tester who is approved by the
                satellite carrier and by each affected network station,
                or who has been previously approved by the satellite
                carrier and by each affected network station but not
                previously disapproved. A tester may not be so
                disapproved for a test after the tester has commenced
                such test. The tester <<NOTE: Notice.>> shall give 5
                business days advance written notice to the satellite
                carrier and to the affected network station or stations.
                A signal intensity test conducted in accordance with
                this subparagraph shall be determinative of the signal
                strength received at that household for purposes of
                determining whether the household is capable of
                receiving a Grade B intensity signal.''.

SEC. 210. SATELLITE CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION STATIONS IN NONCONTIGUOUS
            STATES.

    Section 338(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Carriage of <<NOTE: Deadlines.>> signals of local
        stations in certain markets.--A satellite carrier that offers
        multichannel video programming distribution service in the
        United States to more than 5,000,000 subscribers shall (A)
        within 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Satellite
        Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004,
        retransmit the signals originating as analog signals of each
        television broadcast station

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        located in any local market within a State that is not part of
        the contiguous United States, and (B) within 30 months after
        such date of enactment retransmit the signals originating as
        digital signals of each such station. The retransmissions of
        such stations shall be made available to substantially all of
        the satellite carrier's subscribers in each station's local
        market, and the retransmissions of the stations in at least one
        market in the State shall be made available to substantially all
        of the satellite carrier's subscribers in areas of the State
        that are not within a designated market area. The cost to
        subscribers of such retransmissions shall not exceed the cost of
        retransmissions of local television stations in other States.
        Within 1 <<NOTE: Regulations.>> year after the date of enactment
        of that Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations
        concerning elections by television stations in such State
        between mandatory carriage pursuant to this section and
        retransmission consent pursuant to section 325(b), which shall
        take into account the schedule on which local television
        stations are made available to viewers in such State.''.

SEC. 211. CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION SIGNALS TO CERTAIN SUBSCRIBERS.

     Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 339 the following:

``SEC. 341. <<NOTE: 47 USC 341.>> CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION SIGNALS TO
            CERTAIN SUBSCRIBERS.

    ``(a)(1) In General.--A cable operator or satellite carrier may
elect to retransmit, to subscribers in an eligible county.--
            ``(A) any television broadcast stations that are located in
        the State in which the county is located and that any cable
        operator or satellite carrier was retransmitting to subscribers
        in the county on January 1, 2004; or
            ``(B) up to 2 television broadcast stations located in the
        State in which the county is located, if the number of
        television broadcast stations that the cable operator or
        satellite carrier is authorized to carry under paragraph (1) is
        less than 3.

    ``(2) Deemed Significantly Viewed.--A station described in
subsection (a) is deemed to be significantly viewed in the eligible
county within the meaning of section 76.54 of the Commission's
regulations (47 CFR 76.54).
    ``(3) Definition of Eligible County.--For purposes of this section,
the term `eligible county' means any 1 of 4 counties that--
            ``(A) are all in a single State;
            ``(B) on January 1, 2004, were each in designated market
        areas in which the majority of counties were located in another
        State or States; and
            ``(C) as a group had a combined total of 41,340 television
        households according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates
        by Nielsen Media Research for 2003-2004.

    ``(4) Limitation.--Carriage of a station under this section shall be
at the option of the cable operator or satellite carrier.
    ``(b) Certain Markets.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
a satellite carrier may not carry the signal of a television station
into an adjacent local market that is comprised of only a portion of a
county, other than to unserved households located in that county.''.

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SEC. 212. <<NOTE: 47 USC 325 note.>> DIGITAL TRANSITION SAVINGS
            PROVISION.

    Nothing in the dates by which requirements or other provisions are
effective under this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be
construed--
            (1) to impair the authority of the Federal Communications
        Commission to take any action with respect to the transition by
        television broadcasters to the digital television service; or
            (2) to require the Commission to take any such action.

SEC. 213. AUTHORIZING BROADCAST SERVICE IN UNSERVED AREAS OF ALASKA.

    Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended as follows:
            (1) <<NOTE: 47 USC 307.>> In section 307(c)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``any hearing'' and inserting ``any
                administrative or judicial hearing''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or section 402'' after ``section
                405''.
            (2) In section 307, by adding at the end the following new
        subsection:

    ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) any holder of
a broadcast license may broadcast to an area of Alaska that otherwise
does not have access to over the air broadcasts via translator,
microwave, or other alternative signal delivery even if another holder
of a broadcast license begins broadcasting to such area, (2) any holder
of a broadcast license who has broadcast to an area of Alaska that did
not have access to over the air broadcasts via translator, microwave, or
other alternative signal delivery may continue providing such service
even if another holder of a broadcast license begins broadcasting to
such area, and shall not be fined or subject to any other penalty,
forfeiture, or revocation related to providing such service including
any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or revocation for continuing to operate
notwithstanding orders to the contrary.''.
            (3) In section 312(g), <<NOTE: 47 USC 312.>> by inserting
        before the period at the end the following: ``, except that the
        Commission may extend or reinstate such station license if the
        holder of the station license prevails in an administrative or
        judicial appeal, the applicable law changes, or for any other
        reason to promote equity and fairness. Any broadcast license
        revoked or terminated in Alaska in a proceeding related to
        broadcasting via translator, microwave, or other alternative
        signal delivery is reinstated''.

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    Approved December 8, 2004.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4818 (S. 2812):
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HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 108-599 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 108-792
(Comm. of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 108-346 accompanying S. 2812 (Comm. on
Appropriations).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004):
            July 13, 15, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of
                S. 2812.
            Nov. 20, House and Senate agreed to conference report.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 40 (2004):
            Dec. 8, Presidential statement.

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