S.Amdt. 119

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   Change 1: Adds SEC. 18. TELEVISION ACCESS on page 104, between lines 22 and 23

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   Inserted: SEC. 18. TELEVISION ACCESS.

   Inserted: (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the "Four Corners Television Access Act of 2011".

   Inserted: (b) Satellite Carriage of Certain Television Broadcast Signals.--Section 122(a)(4)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively;

   Inserted: (2) by striking "In the case of that State" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(ii) In the case of that State"; and

   Inserted: (3) by inserting before clause (ii) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following:

   Inserted: "(i) In the case of that State in which are located 2 counties that--

   Inserted: "(I) are located in the 44th largest designated market area for the year 2008 according to Nielsen Media Research; and

   Inserted: "(II) had a combined total of 27,540 television households, according to the Nielsen DMA Market Atlas by Nielsen Media Research for 2008, the statutory license provided under this paragraph shall apply to secondary transmissions by a satellite carrier to subscribers in any such county of the primary transmissions of any network station located in that State, if the satellite carrier was making such secondary transmissions to any subscribers in that county on January 1, 2008.".

   Inserted: (c) Cable Carriage of Certain Television Broadcast Signal.--Section 341 of Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 341) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(c) Rule of Construction.--

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   Inserted: "(1) Significantly viewed.--Each television broadcast station broadcasting in the designated market area of a State capital is deemed significantly viewed in a covered county within the meaning of section 76.54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of the carriage and retransmission of the signals of such broadcast station by a cable system, translator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.

   Inserted: "(2) Retransmission permitted.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section 325(b), a cable system, translator, or other multichannel video programming distributor may retransmit the signal of any television broadcast station described in paragraph (1) within a covered county.

   Inserted: "(3) Definition of covered county.--For purposes of this subsection, a county is a covered county if--

   Inserted: "(A) it is 1 of 2 counties located in the 44th largest designated market area for the year 2008 according to Nielsen Media Research; and

   Inserted: "(B) it had a combined total of 27,540 television households, according to the Nielsen DMA Market Atlas by Nielsen Media Research for 2008.".

   Original wording

   On page 104, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:

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   Change 2: Replaces “SEC. 18.” with “SEC. 19.”

   ReplacesPage 104, line 23Printed page

   In S. 23 · Reported to Senate

   (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to any civil action commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   SEC. [struck: 18][inserted: 19]. EFFECTIVE DATE.

   Effective Date</DELETED>.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any patent issued on or after that effective date.

   Original wording

   On page 104, line 23, strike “SEC. 18.” and insert “SEC. 19.”.

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