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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Satellite Access to Local Stations
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:
''Sec. 122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by
satellite carriers within local markets
''(a) Secondary Transmissions of Television Broadcast Stations by
Satellite Carriers.--A secondary transmission of a primary transmission
of a television 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 secondary transmission is permissible under the
rules, regulations, or authorizations of the Federal
Communications Commission; and
''(3) the satellite carrier makes a direct or indirect
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.--A satellite carrier whose secondary
transmissions are subject to statutory licensing under subsection (a)
shall, on a semiannual basis, submit to the Register of Copyrights, in
accordance with requirements that the Register shall prescribe by
regulation, a statement of account, covering the preceding 6-month
period, specifying--
''(1) the names and locations of all television broadcast
stations whose signals were secondarily transmitted within the
local markets of those stations at any time during that period;
and
''(2) the total number of, and addresses provided by, all
subscribers receiving those secondary transmissions.
''(c) No Royalty Fee Required.--A satellite carrier whose secondary
transmissions are subject to statutory licensing under subsection (a)
shall have no royalty obligation for such secondary transmissions.
''(d) Noncompliance With Reporting Requirements.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the willful or repeated secondary transmission to the
public by a satellite carrier of a television broadcast station and
embodying a performance or display of a work is actionable as an act of
infringement under section 501, and is fully subject to the remedies
provided under sections 502 through 506 and 509, if the satellite
carrier has not submitted the statement of account required under
subsection (b).
''(e) Definitions.--As used in this section--
''(1) Distributor.--The term 'distributor' means an entity
that contracts to distribute secondary transmissions from a
satellite carrier and, either as a single channel or in a
package with other programming, provides the secondary
transmission either directly to subscribers or indirectly
through other program distribution entities.
''(2) Local market.--The 'local market' of a television
broadcast station has the meaning given that term in section
337(g) of the Communications Act of 1934.
''(3) Television broadcast station.--The term 'television
broadcast station' means an over-the-air, commercial, or
noncommercial television broadcast station licensed by the
Federal Communications Commission under subpart E of part 73 of
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.
''(4) Subscriber.--The term 'subscriber' means a person or
entity that receives a secondary transmission service by means
of a secondary transmission from a satellite and pays a fee for the
service, directly or indirectly, to the satellite carrier or to a
distributor.
''(5) Other terms.--The terms 'satellite carrier' and
'secondary transmission' have the meanings given such terms
under section 119(d).''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table of sections for
chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding after
the item relating to section 121 the following:

''122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by
satellite carriers within local markets.''.

SEC. 3. RETRANSMISSION CONSENT.

Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b))
is amended--
(1) by striking ''(b)(1)'' and all that follows through the
end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
''(b)(1) No cable system or other multichannel video programming
distributor shall retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or
any part thereof, except--
''(A) with the express authority of the station;
''(B) pursuant to section 614, in the case of a station
electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the
right to carriage under such section; or
''(C) pursuant to section 337, in the case of a station
electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the
right to carriage under such section.''; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
''(C) Within 45 days after the effective date of the Satellite
Access to Local Stations Act, the Commission shall commence a
rulemaking proceeding to revise the regulations governing the exercise
by television broadcast stations of the right to grant retransmission
consent under this subsection. Such regulations shall establish
election time periods that correspond with those regulations adopted
under subparagraph (B). The rulemaking shall be completed within 180
days after the effective date of the Satellite Access to Local Stations
Act.''.

SEC. 4. MUST-CARRY FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS RETRANSMITTING TELEVISION
BROADCAST SIGNALS.

Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting
after section 336 the following new section:

''SEC. 337. CARRIAGE OF LOCAL TELEVISION SIGNALS BY SATELLITE CARRIERS.

''(a) Carriage Obligations.--Each satellite carrier providing
secondary transmissions of a television broadcast station to
subscribers located within the local market of such station shall offer
to carry all television broadcast stations located within that local
market, subject to section 325(b), except that the carriage obligations
of this section shall not apply to satellite carriers that do not
retransmit the signals of broadcast television stations pursuant to the
statutory license under section 122 of title 17, United States Code.
Carriage of additional television broadcast stations within the local
market shall be at the discretion of the satellite carrier, subject to
section 325(b).
''(b) Duplication Not Required.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a
satellite carrier shall not be required to offer to carry the signal of
any local television broadcast station that substantially duplicates
the signal of another local television broadcast station which is
secondarily transmitted by the satellite carrier, or to offer to carry
the signals of more that one local television broadcast station
affiliated with a particular broadcast network (as the term is defined
by regulation).
''(c) Carriage of All Local Television Stations on Contiguous
Channels.--All local television broadcast stations retransmitted by a
satellite carrier to subscribers in the stations' local markets shall
be made available to subscribers in their local markets on contiguous
channels and in a nondiscriminatory manner on any navigational device,
on-screen program guide, or menu.
''(d) Compensation for Carriage.--A satellite carrier shall not
accept or request monetary payment or other valuable consideration in
exchange either for carriage of local television broadcast stations in
accordance with the requirements of this section or for channel
positioning rights provided to such stations under this section, except
that any such station may be required to bear the costs associated with
delivering a good quality signal to the principal headend of the
satellite carrier. No station carried in accordance with the
requirements of this section shall be required to bear the costs of
delivering a good quality signal to a location other than the principal
headend of the satellite carrier.
''(e) Remedies.--
''(1) Complaints by broadcast stations.--Whenever a local
television broadcast station believes that a satellite carrier
has failed to meet its obligations under this section, such
station shall notify the carrier, in writing, of the alleged
failure and identify its reasons for believing that the
satellite carrier is obligated to offer to carry the signal of
such station or has otherwise failed to comply with other
requirements of this section. The satellite carrier shall, within 30
days after such written notification, respond in writing to such
notification and either begin carrying the signal of such station in
accordance with the terms requested or state its reasons for believing
that it is not obligated to carry such signal or is in compliance with
other requirements of this section. A local television broadcast
station that is denied carriage in accordance with this section by a
satellite carrier may obtain review of such denial by filing a
complaint with the Commission. Such complaint shall allege the manner
in which such satellite carrier has failed to meet its obligations and
the basis for such allegations. A failure by a satellite carrier to
carry a local television broadcast station within its local market if
there has been a change in that station's local market, or to carry a
local broadcast television station that is significantly viewed outside
its local market due to technical limitations of that satellite
carrier's existing facilities, shall not constitute a failure by the
satellite carrier to comply with its obligations under this section.
''(2) Opportunity to respond.--The Commission shall afford
such satellite carrier an opportunity to present data and
arguments to establish that there has been no failure to meet
its obligations under this section.
''(3) Remedial actions; dismissal.--Within 120 days after
the date a complaint is filed, the Commission shall determine
whether the satellite carrier has met its obligations under
this section. If the Commission determines that the satellite
carrier has failed to meet such obligations, the Commission
shall order the satellite carrier, in the case of an obligation
to carry a station, to begin carriage of the station and to
continue such carriage for at least 12 months. If the
Commission determines that the satellite carrier has fully met
the requirements of this section, it shall dismiss the
complaint.
''(f) Regulations by Commission.--Within 180 days after the
effective date of this section, the Commission shall, following a
rulemaking proceeding, issue regulations implementing the requirements
imposed by this section.
''(g) Definitions.--As used in this section:
''(1) Television broadcast station.--The term 'television
broadcast station' means a full-power television broadcast
station, and does not include a low-power or translator
television broadcast station.
''(2) Local market.--The term 'local market' means the
designated market area in which a station is located and--
''(A) for a commercial television broadcast station
located in any of the 150 largest designated market
areas, all commercial television broadcast stations
licensed to a community within the same designated
market area are within the same local market;
''(B) for a commercial television broadcast station
that is located in a designated market area that is not
one of the 150 largest, the local market includes all
commercial television broadcast stations licensed to a
community within the same designated market area, and
may also include any station that is significantly
viewed, as such term is defined in section 76.54 of the
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; and
''(C) for a noncommercial educational television
broadcast station, the local market includes any
station that is licensed to a community within the same
designated market area as the noncommercial educational
television broadcast station.
''(3) Designated market area.--The term 'designated market
area' means a designated market area, as determined by the
Nielsen Media Research and published in the DMA Market and
Demographic Report.
''(4) Principal headend of the satellite carrier.--The term
'principal headend of the satellite carrier' means the
reception point in the local market of a broadcast television
station or in a market contiguous to the local market of a
broadcast television station at which the satellite carrier
initially receives the signal of the station for purposes of
transmission of such signals to the facility which uplinks the
signals to the carrier's satellites for secondary transmission
to the satellite carrier's subscribers.
''(5) Secondary transmission.--The term 'secondary
transmission' has the meaning given that term in section 119(d)
of title 17, United States Code.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
January 1, 1999.
Output:
Satellite Access to Local Stations Act - Amends Federal copyright law to cite circumstances under which the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of a primary transmission of a television broadcast station into the station's local market shall be subject to statutory licensing. Sets forth reporting requirements for a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to such licensing requirements.
Precludes any royalty obligation for such secondary transmissions. States that noncompliance with such reporting requirements by a satellite carrier of a television broadcast station is actionable as an act of infringement and fully subject to copyright remedies.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 regarding the retransmission of broadcasting station signals. Prohibits cable systems and other multichannel video programming distributors from retransmitting a broadcasting station's signal without the station's express consent. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to commence a rulemaking proceeding to revise regulations governing the exercise by television broadcast stations of the right to grant retransmission consent.
Prescribes requirements for the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers, including: (1) carriage obligations; (2) carriage of all local television stations on contiguous channels and in a nondiscriminatory manner on any navigational device, on-screen guide, or menu; (3) compensation for carriage; and (4) remedies for failure to meet obligations.