Union Calendar No. 52
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1027
[Report No. 106–86, Part I]
A BILL
To provide for the carriage by satellite carriers of
local broadcast station signals, and for other pur-
poses.
APRIL 16, 1999
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 52
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1027
[Report No. 106–86, Part I]
To provide for the carriage by satellite carriers of local broadcast station
signals, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 8, 1999
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
APRIL 12, 1999
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
APRIL 12, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not
later than April 16, 1999
APRIL 16, 1999
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 8, 1999]
A BILL
To provide for the carriage by satellite carriers of local
broadcast station signals, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Copyright Compulsory
License Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS; SECONDARY
TRANSMISSIONS BY SATELLITE CARRIERS
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 Federal
Communications Commission governing the carriage
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 secondary
transmission; or
‘‘(B) a distributor that has contracted with
the satellite carrier for direct or indirect delivery
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 that station a list
identifying (by name in alphabetical order and street
address, including county and zip code) only those
subscribers located in that station’s local market to
which the satellite carrier currently makes secondary
transmissions of that primary transmission.
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT LISTS.—After the list is sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the satellite carrier
shall, on the 15th of each month, submit to the station
a list identifying (by name and street address, includ-
ing county and zip code) any subscribers who have
been added or dropped as subscribers since the last
submission under this subsection.