‘‘subscription digital’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subscription’’; and 
(bb) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(viii), by striking ‘‘digital sig-
nal’’ and inserting ‘‘signal’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (4)— 
(aa) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘a digital audio trans-
mission’’ and inserting ‘‘an audio 
transmission’’; and 
(bb) in subparagraph (B)(i), 
by striking ‘‘a digital audio 
transmission’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
audio transmission’’; 
(ii) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘a digital’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (j)— 
(I) in paragraph (6)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘digital’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘retrans-
missions 
of 
broadcast 
trans-
missions’’ and inserting ‘‘broad-
cast transmissions and retrans-
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missions 
of 
broadcast 
trans-
missions’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (8), by striking 
‘‘subscription digital’’ and inserting 
‘‘subscription’’; and 
(C) in section 1401— 
(i) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘a 
digital audio’’ and inserting ‘‘an audio’’; 
and 
(ii) in subsection (d)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘a digital audio’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
audio’’; 
(II) in paragraph (2)(A), by 
striking ‘‘a digital audio’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an audio’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (4)(A), by 
striking ‘‘a digital audio’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an audio’’. 
SEC. 3. TIMING OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTIONS 112(e) 
AND 114(f). 
Paragraph (3) of section 804(b) of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(D) A proceeding under this chapter shall 
be commenced as soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this subparagraph to de-
termine royalty rates and terms for nonsubscrip-
tion broadcast transmissions, to be effective for 
the period beginning on such date of enactment, 
and ending on December 31, 2028. Any payment 
due under section 114(f)(1)(D) shall not be due 
until the due date of the first royalty payments 
for nonsubscription broadcast transmissions that 
are determined, after the date of the enactment 
of this subparagraph, by the Copyright Royalty 
Judges. Thereafter, such proceeding shall be re-
peated in each subsequent fifth calendar year.’’. 
SEC. 4. SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR SMALL BROADCASTERS. 
(a) SPECIFIED ROYALTY FEES.—Section 114(f)(1) of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
subparagraphs (A) through (C), the royalty rate 
shall be as follows for nonsubscription broadcast 
transmissions by each individual terrestrial 
broadcast station licensed as such by the Federal 
Communications Commission that satisfies the 
conditions in clause (ii)— 
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‘‘(I) $10 per calendar year, in the case 
of nonsubscription broadcast transmissions 
by a broadcast station that generated rev-
enue in the immediately preceding calendar 
year of less than $100,000; 
‘‘(II) $100 per calendar year, in the 
case of nonsubscription broadcast trans-
missions by a broadcast station that is a 
public broadcasting entity as defined in sec-
tion 118(f) and generated revenue in the 
immediately preceding calendar year of 
$100,000 or more, but less than $1,500,000; 
and 
‘‘(III) $500 per calendar year, in the 
case of nonsubscription broadcast trans-
missions by a broadcast station that is not 
a public broadcasting entity as defined in 
section 118(f) and generated revenue in the 
immediately preceding calendar year of 
$100,000 or more, but less than $1,500,000. 
‘‘(ii) An individual terrestrial broadcast 
station licensed as such by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission is eligible for a royalty 
rate set forth in clause (i) if— 
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‘‘(I) the revenue from the operation of 
that individual station was less than 
$1,500,000 during the immediately pre-
ceding calendar year; 
‘‘(II) the aggregate revenue of the 
owner and operator of the broadcast station 
and any person directly or indirectly con-
trolling, controlled by, or under common 
control with such owner or operator, from 
any source, was less than $10,000,000 dur-
ing the immediately preceding calendar 
year; and 
‘‘(III) the owner or operator of the 
broadcast station provides to the nonprofit 
collective designated by the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges to distribute receipts from the 
licensing of transmissions in accordance 
with subsection (f), by no later than Janu-
ary 31 of the relevant calendar year, a 
written and signed certification of the sta-
tion’s eligibility under this clause and the 
applicable subclause of clause (i), in accord-
ance with requirements the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges shall prescribe by regulation. 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii)— 
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