residing in a covered county, the signal of the sta-
tion shall be deemed to be significantly viewed in 
that county within the meaning of section 76.54 of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor regulation.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET 
NETWORK STATION RETRANSMISSIONS
BY SATELLITE 
CARRIERS.—Section 339 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 339) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘In-State, adjacent-market 
network station retransmissions to subscribers 
residing in covered counties shall not count to-
ward the limit set forth in this subparagraph.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(I) IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET
NET-
WORK STATION RETRANSMISSIONS.—Nothing in 
this paragraph shall apply to or affect in-State, 
adjacent-market 
network 
station 
retrans-
missions to subscribers residing in covered 
counties.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (3), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
COUNTY.—The term ‘covered 
county’ has the meaning given the term in section 
119(d) of title 17, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET
NETWORK 
STATION RETRANSMISSION.—The term ‘in-State, ad-
jacent-market network station retransmission’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 119(d) of title 
17, United States Code.’’. 
(c) NO EFFECT ON ABILITY TO RECEIVE SIGNIFI-
CANTLY VIEWED SIGNALS.—Section 340(b)(3) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 340(b)(3)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or to a subscriber who elects under section 
346(b), with respect to the network with which the station 
whose signal is being retransmitted pursuant to this sec-
tion is affiliated, to receive an in-State, adjacent-market 
network station retransmission (as defined in section 
119(d) of title 17, United States Code) instead of the sig-
nal of a local network station (as defined in section 346)’’. 
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SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF COPYRIGHT LICENSE. 
(a) SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS OF DISTANT TELE-
VISION PROGRAMMING BY SATELLITE.—Section 119 of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘In-State, adjacent-market net-
work station retransmissions to subscribers residing 
in covered counties shall not count toward the limit 
set forth in this clause.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) with respect to an in-State, adjacent- 
market network station retransmission, is a 
subscriber residing in a covered county.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET NETWORK 
STATION RETRANSMISSION.—The term ‘in-State, ad-
jacent-market network station retransmission’ means 
the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of 
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the primary transmission of any network station 
whose community of license is located— 
‘‘(A) in the State of a subscriber; and 
‘‘(B) in a local market that is adjacent to 
the local market of the subscriber. 
‘‘(18) COVERED COUNTY.—The term ‘covered 
county’ means, with respect to an in-State, adjacent- 
market network station retransmission to a sub-
scriber, any county to which both of the following 
apply: 
‘‘(A) The county is one of the following 
counties in the State of Wisconsin: Ashland, 
Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, 
Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, 
or Washburn. 
‘‘(B) The county is not in the local market 
of any television broadcast station— 
‘‘(i) that is affiliated with the same 
network; and 
‘‘(ii) whose community of license is lo-
cated in the State of the subscriber.’’. 
(b) SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS OF LOCAL TELE-
VISION PROGRAMMING BY SATELLITE.—Section 122(a) of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ the following: ‘‘(or in-State, 
adjacent-market network station retransmissions in-
stead of secondary transmissions under that para-
graph, in accordance with an election under section 
346(b) of the Communications Act of 1934)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘under paragraph (1)’’ the following: ‘‘(or in-State, 
adjacent-market network station retransmissions in-
stead of secondary transmissions under that para-
graph, in accordance with an election under section 
346(b) of the Communications Act of 1934)’’. 
Æ 
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