,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dehh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjad ,mrs4 
,blackburn 7for herself and ,ms4 ,eshoo7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,communications ,act of #aicd 
to deny the right to grant              
retransmission consent to a television  
broadcast station if an ,,am or ,,fm    
radio broadcast station licensed to the 
same licensee transmits a sound         
recording without providing compensation
 for programming4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting the ,rights of ,musicians   
,act4  #b4 ,effect of certain radio     
transmissions on right to grant         
television retransmission consent       
,section #cbe7;b77#b7 of the            
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #cbe7;b77#b77 is amended--    
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking  
or at the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph    

7,e71 by striking the period at the end 
and inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by        
inserting after subparagraph 7,e7 the   
following3  7,f7 to retransmission of   
the signal of a television broadcast    
station if the licensee of such station 
is also the licensee of an ,,am or ,,fm 
radio broadcast station and1 during the 
term of the license for such television 
broadcast station in which such         
retransmission occurs1 such licensee has
 transmitted a sound recording over such
 radio station without providing        
compensation for all programming carried
 over the signal4  4