SEC. 106. DEFINITIONS.
Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 153) is amended—
(1) by redesignating—
(A) paragraphs (49) through (52) as para-
graphs (52) through (55), respectively;
(B) paragraphs (39) through (48) as para-
graphs (41) through (50), respectively; and
(C) paragraphs (27) through (38) as para-
graph (28) through (39), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (26) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(27) LOCAL MARKET.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘local mar-
ket’, in the case of both commercial and non-
commercial television broadcast stations, means
the designated market area in which a station
is located, and—
‘‘(i) in the case of a commercial tele-
vision broadcast station, all commercial tel-
evision broadcast stations licensed to a
community within the same designated
market area are within the same local mar-
ket; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of a noncommercial
educational television broadcast station,
the market includes any station that is li-
censed to a community within the same
designated market area as the noncommer-
cial educational television broadcast sta-
tion.
‘‘(B) COUNTY OF LICENSE.—In addition to
the area described in subparagraph (A), a sta-
tion’s local market includes the county in which
the station’s community of license is located.
‘‘(C) DESIGNATED
MARKET
AREA.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘des-
ignated market area’ means a designated mar-
ket area, as determined by Nielsen Media Re-
search and published in the DMA Market and
Demographic Report.’’;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (39) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this section) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(40) SATELLITE
CARRIER.—The term ‘sat-
ellite carrier’ means an entity that uses the facilities
of a satellite or satellite service licensed by the Com-
mission, and operates in the Fixed-Satellite Service
under part 25 of title 47 of the Code of Federal
Regulations or the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service
under part 100 of title 47 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, to establish and operate a channel of
communications for point-to-multipoint distribution
of television station signals, and that owns or leases
a capacity or service on a satellite in order to pro-
vide such point-to-multipoint distribution, except to
the extent that such entity provides such distribution
pursuant to tariff under this Act.’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (50) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1) of this section) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(51) TELEVISION NETWORK; TELEVISION NET-
WORK STATION.—
‘‘(A) TELEVISION
NETWORK.—The term
‘television network’ means a television network
in the United States which offers an inter-
connected program service on a regular basis
for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25
affiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more
States.
‘‘(B) TELEVISION
NETWORK
STATION.—
The term ‘television network station’ means a
television broadcast station that is owned or op-
erated by, or affiliated with, a television net-
work.’’.
SEC. 107. COMPLETION OF BIENNIAL REGULATORY RE-
VIEW.
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Commission shall complete the biennial review re-
quired by section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act
of 1996.
SEC. 108. RESULT OF LOSS OF NETWORK SERVICE.
Until the Federal Communications Commission
issues regulations under section 712(b)(2) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, if a subscriber’s network service
is terminated as a result of the provisions of section 119
of title 17, United States Code, the satellite carrier shall,
upon the request of the subscriber, provide to the sub-
scriber free of charge an over-the-air television broadcast
receiving antenna that will provide the subscriber with an
over-the-air signal of Grade B intensity for those network
stations that were terminated as a result of such section
119.
SEC. 109. INTERIM PROVISIONS.
Until the Federal Communications Commission
issues and implements regulations under section 712(b)(2)
of the Communications Act of 1934, no subscriber whose
household is located outside the Grade A contour of a net-
work station shall have his or her satellite service of an-
other network station affiliated with that same network
terminated as a result of the provisions of section 119 of
title 17, United States Code.
TITLE 
II—SECONDARY 
TRANS-
MISSIONS BY SATELLITE CAR-
RIERS WITHIN LOCAL MAR-
KETS
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Satellite Copyright
Compulsory License Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 202. LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS; SEC-
ONDARY TRANSMISSIONS BY SATELLITE CAR-
RIERS WITHIN LOCAL MARKETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by adding after section 121 the
following new section:
‘‘§ 122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary
transmissions by satellite carriers within
local markets
‘‘(a) SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS
OF TELEVISION
BROADCAST STATIONS BY SATELLITE CARRIERS.—A sec-
ondary transmission of a primary transmission of a tele-
vision broadcast station into the station’s local market
shall be subject to statutory licensing under this section
if—
‘‘(1) the secondary transmission is made by a
satellite carrier to the public;
‘‘(2) the satellite carrier is in compliance with
the rules, regulations, or authorizations of the Fed-
eral Communications Commission governing the car-
riage of television broadcast station signals; and
‘‘(3) the satellite carrier makes a direct or indi-
rect charge for the secondary transmission to—
‘‘(A) each subscriber receiving the sec-
ondary transmission; or
‘‘(B) a distributor that has contracted with
the satellite carrier for direct or indirect deliv-
ery of the secondary transmission to the public.
‘‘(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) INITIAL
LISTS.—A satellite carrier that
makes secondary transmissions of a primary trans-
mission made by a network station under subsection
(a) shall, within 90 days after commencing such sec-
ondary transmissions, submit to the network that
owns or is affiliated with the network station a list
identifying (by name in alphabetical order and street
address, including county and zip code) all sub-
scribers to which the satellite carrier currently
makes secondary transmissions of that primary
transmission pursuant to this section.