,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eadj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ah1       
#bjai,mr4 ,nadler introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ag1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to narrow the category of
 households eligible to receive signals 
under a distant-signal satellite        
license1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,satellite ,television ,community   
,protection and ,promotion ,act of      
#bjai4  #b4 ,eligibility to receive     
signals under a distant-signal satellite
 license  7a7 ,in general ,section #aai 
of title #ag1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#b7--  7i7 in            
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,i7 by striking    
signals1 and and inserting signals12 and
  7,,ii7 by inserting 1 and the carrier 
provides local-into-local service to all
 ,d,m,as after receiving the secondary  

transmission2 and  7ii7 in subparagraph 
7,b7--  7,i7 by striking clauses 7ii7   
and 7iii72 and  7,,ii7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7ii7 ,short markets 
,in the case of secondary transmissions 
to households located in short markets1 
subject to clause 7i71 the statutory    
license shall be further limited to     
secondary transmissions of only those   
primary transmissions of network        
stations that embody the programming of 
networks not offered on the primary     
stream or the multicast stream          
transmitted by any network station in   
that market4  2  7,b7 by striking       
paragraphs 7#c71 7#f77;,e71 7#i71 7#aj71
 and 7#ac72 and  7,c7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 7#f71 7#g71 7#h71
 7#aa71 7#ab71 and 7#ad7 as paragraphs  
7#c7 through 7#aj71 respectively2  7#b7 
in subsection 7c77#a77;,e7--  7,a7 by   
striking the comma after in the         
agreement2  7,b7 by striking until      
,december #ca1 #bjai1 or2 and  7,c7 by  
striking 1 whichever is later and       

inserting until the subscriber for which
 the royalty is payable is no longer    
eligible to receive a secondary         
transmission pursuant to the license    
under this section2  7#c7 in subsection 
7d7--  7,a7 in paragraph 7#aj7-- 7i7 in 
subparagraph 7,d71 by striking          
subsection 7a77#aa7 and inserting       
subsection 7a77#h72  7ii7 by striking   
subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 and     
7,e72  7iii7 by redesignating           
subparagraph 7,d7 as subparagraph 7,a72 
and  7iv7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,b7 is a subscriber located
 in a short market4  2  7,b7 by striking
 paragraph 7#ac72  7,c7 by redesignating
 paragraphs 7#ad7 and 7#ae7 as          
paragraphs 7#ac7 and 7#ad71             
respectively2 and  7,d7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#ae7              
,local-into-local service to all ,d,m,as
 ,the term local-into-local service to  
all ,d,m,as has the meaning given such  
term in subsection 7f77#g74  7#af7      
,short market ,the term short market    

means a local market in which           
programming of one or more of the four  
most widely viewed television networks  
nationwide is not offered on either the 
primary stream or multicast stream      
transmitted by any network station in   
that market4  2  7#d7 by striking       
subsections 7e7 and 7h72 and  7#e7 by   
redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7e7 and 7f74  7b7          
,previously covered subscribers under   
the ,,stela ,reauthorization ,act of    
#bjad  7#a7 ,in general ,a subscriber of
 a satellite carrier who receives the   
secondary transmission of a network     
station under the statutory license in  
section #aai of title #ag1 ,united      
,states ,code1 as in effect on the day  
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 and to whom subsection           
7a77#b77;,b7 of such section1 as amended
 by subsection 7a71 does not apply1     
shall continue to be eligible to receive
 that secondary transmission from such  
carrier under such license1 and at the  

royalty rate established for such       
license by the ,copyright ,royalty      
,board or voluntary agreement1 as       
applicable1 until the date that is the  
earlier of--  7,a7 #abj days after the  
date of the enactment of this ,act2 or  
7,b7 the date on which such carrier     
provides local-into-local service to all
 ,d,m,as4  7#b7 ,definitions ,in this   
subsection1 the terms satellite carrier1
 subscriber1 secondary transmission1    
network station1 and local-into-local   
service to all ,d,m,as have the meaning 
given those terms in section #aai of    
title #ag1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,conforming amendments ,title #ag1      
,united ,states ,code1 is further       
amended--  7#a7 in section #aai1 as     
amended by subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in     
subsection 7a7--  7i7 in paragraph 7#a71
 by striking paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 and 
7#g7 and inserting paragraphs 7#c71     
7#d71 and 7#f72 and  7ii7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by striking paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71
 7#f71 and 7#g7 and inserting paragraphs

 7#c71 7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f72 and  7,b7  
in subsection 7g71 by striking          
subsection 7a77#g77;,b7 each place it   
appears and inserting subsection        
7a77#e77;,b72 and  7#b7 in section      
#eja7;e71 by striking section           
#aai7;a77#e7 and inserting section      
#aai7;a77#c74