,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #h1        
#bjai,mr4 ,smith of ,nebraska introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,communications ,act of #aicd 
and title #ag1 ,united ,states ,code1 to
 enhance the ability of direct broadcast
 satellite providers to offer additional
 local broadcast services to consumers  
under limited circumstances1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,western       
,expanded ,in-,state ,television ,access
 ,act of #bjai or the ,,west ,access    
,act4  #b4 ,secondary transmissions of  
local television programming by         

satellite ,section #abb7;a77#d7 of title
 #ag1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
7,f7 ,certain network stations ,on      
,january #a1 #bjai1 if #af counties in a
 single ,state were in a local market   
comprised principally of counties       
located in another ,state and within the
 top #abj markets for the year #bjai    
according to ,nielsen ,media ,research1 
the statutory license provided for in   
this paragraph shall apply to the       
secondary transmission by a satellite   
carrier to subscribers in any of those  
#af counties of the primary             
transmissions of any network station    
assigned to a local market that includes
 not more than #d counties in the ,state
 in which such #af counties are located 
and all counties encompassed by such    
local market are located in the same    
time zone4  4  #c4 ,carriage of local   
television signals by satellite carriers
 ,section #cch7l7 of the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #cch7l77  

is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating      
paragraphs 7#c71 7#d71 and 7#e7 as      
paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f71        
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#b7 the following3     
7#c7 ,special consideration for requests
 involving an orphan county ,pursuant to
 a request under paragraph 7#a71 the    
,commission may modify the local market 
of a television broadcast station to add
 an orphan county1 as defined by the    
,commission1 solely on the basis of     
paragraph 7#b77;,b77iii71 if the        
,commission considers whether the       
station provides programming            
specifically related to the ,state of   
residence of the orphan county          
subscribers4  4