A bill to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the privatization criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain restrictions on separated and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for other purposes.
PL 109-34 (S.1282), enacted 07/12/2005

119 STAT. 377
PUBLIC LAW 109–34—JULY 12, 2005
Public Law 109–34
109th Congress
An Act
To amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the privatization
criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain restrictions on separated
and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF OFFICERS, MANAGERS, OR
DIRECTORS.
Section 621(5)(D) of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962
(47 U.S.C. 763(5)(D)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ in clause (ii);
(2) by striking ‘‘signatories, or (II)’’ in clause (ii) and all
that follows through ‘‘mechanism;’’ and inserting ‘‘signatories;
and’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘organization; and’’ in clause (iii) and
inserting ‘‘organization.’’; and
(4) by striking clause (iv).
SEC. 2. CRITERIA FOR INTELSAT SEPARATED ENTITIES.
Subtitle B of title VI of the Communications Satellite Act
of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 763 et seq.) is amended by striking section
623 (47 U.S.C. 763b).
SEC. 3. PRESERVATION OF SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.
Section 624 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47
U.S.C. 763c) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 624. SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.
‘‘The United States shall preserve the space segment capacity
of the GMDSS. This section is not intended to alter the status
that the GMDSS would otherwise have under United States laws
and regulations of the International Telecommunication Union with
respect to spectrum, orbital locations, or other operational param-
eters, or to be a barrier to competition for the provision of GMDSS
services.’’.
SEC. 4. SATELLITE SERVICE REPORT.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall review competitive market conditions with respect to
domestic and international satellite communications services and
shall include in an annual report an analysis of those conditions.
The Commission shall transmit a copy of the report to the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the
House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
(b) CONTENT.—The Commission shall include in the report—
47 USC 703.
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119 STAT. 378
PUBLIC LAW 109–34—JULY 12, 2005
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1282:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
June 21, considered and passed Senate.
June 29, considered and passed House.
(1) an identification of the number and market share of
competitors in domestic and international satellite markets;
(2) an analysis of whether there is effective competition
in the market for domestic and international satellite services;
and
(3) a list of any foreign nations in which legal or regulatory
practices restrict access to the market for satellite services
in such nation in a manner that undermines competition or
favors a particular competitor or set of competitors.
Approved July 12, 2005.
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