I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6966 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States 
Code, to provide greater access to in-State television broadcast program-
ming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2024 
Mr. GALLAGHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, 
United States Code, to provide greater access to in- 
State television broadcast programming for cable and 
satellite subscribers in certain counties. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Go Pack Go Act of 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. CARRIAGE OF NETWORK STATION SIGNALS IN CER-
TAIN COUNTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title III of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 346. CARRIAGE OF NETWORK STATION SIGNALS IN 
CERTAIN COUNTIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘cable operator’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 602; 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘covered county’ and ‘in-State, 
adjacent-market network station retransmission’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
119(d) of title 17, United States Code, except that, 
in the case of a cable operator, any reference to a 
satellite carrier or a subscriber of a satellite carrier 
shall be considered to be a reference to a cable oper-
ator or a subscriber of a cable operator, respectively; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘local market’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 122(j) of title 17, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘local network station’ means, 
with respect to a subscriber and a television net-
work, the network station— 
‘‘(A) that is affiliated with the television 
network; and 
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‘‘(B) within the local market in which the 
subscriber is located; and 
‘‘(5) the terms ‘network station’ and ‘satellite 
carrier’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 119(d) of title 17, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) SUBSCRIBER ELECTION.—A cable operator or 
satellite carrier shall, at the election of a subscriber in a 
covered county with respect to a television network, pro-
vide to the subscriber— 
‘‘(1) retransmission of the signal of any local 
network station that the operator or carrier is re-
quired to retransmit to the subscriber without re-
gard to this section; 
‘‘(2) an in-State, adjacent-market network sta-
tion retransmission; or 
‘‘(3) both retransmissions described in para-
graphs (1) and (2). 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO LOCAL SIGNAL CARRIAGE 
REQUIREMENTS.—If a subscriber elects to receive only an 
in-State, adjacent-market network station retransmission 
under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) the provision of that retransmission to the 
subscriber shall be deemed to fulfill any obligation of 
the cable operator or satellite carrier to provide to 
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the subscriber the signal of a local network station 
under section 338, 614, or 615; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a satellite carrier that has 
been recognized as a qualified carrier under section 
119(f) of title 17, United States Code, the provision 
of that retransmission instead of the signal of a local 
network station shall not affect the status of the sat-
ellite carrier as a qualified carrier for purposes of 
that section and section 342 of this Act. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT SUBJECT TO TECHNICAL FEASI-
BILITY FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS.—A satellite carrier 
shall be required to provide a retransmission under sub-
section (b) only to the extent that such provision is tech-
nically feasible, as determined by the Commission. 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF IN-STATE, ADJACENT-MARKET 
NETWORK STATION RETRANSMISSIONS BY CABLE OPER-
ATORS.— 
‘‘(1) RETRANSMISSION CONSENT EXCEPTION.— 
Section 325(b) shall not apply to an in-State, adja-
cent-market network station retransmission by a 
cable operator to a subscriber residing in a covered 
county. 
‘‘(2) DEEMED SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED.—In the 
case of an in-State, adjacent-market network station 
retransmission by a cable operator to a subscriber 
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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)’’. 
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