,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cebd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1
 #bjah ,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,warren7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide for the carriage of       
certain television broadcast stations1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,carriage  
of television broadcast stations  7a7   
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 a cable operator may  
transmit to subscribers in any county in
 the designated market area of ,albany1 
,new ,york1 any television broadcast    
station that--  7#a7 was retransmitted  
to subscribers located in that          
designated market area on ,december #a1 
#bjaf2 and  7#b7 as of the date of      
enactment of this ,act1 is not          
retransmitted to all subscribers in that
 designated market area4  7b7           
,negotiations ,a cable operator that    

engages in the retransmission described 
in subsection 7a7 shall engage in good  
faith negotiations within the meaning of
 section #gf4fe of title #dg1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
thereto1 with a television broadcast    
station regarding the terms of such     
retransmission4  7c7 ,rules of          
construction ,nothing in this ,act shall
 be construed-- 7#a7 to alter any       
nonduplication or syndicated exclusivity
 rights of an in-market station network 
that are prescribed by contract or      
provided under section #cbe of the      
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #cbe72 or  7#b7 to affect the 
applicability of any other              
communications or copyright law related 
to the retransmission of a television   
broadcast station by a cable operator4