A bill to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the privatization criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain restrictions on separated and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for other purposes.

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[S. 1282 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

S.1282

One Hundred Ninth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five

An Act

To amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to strike the
privatization criteria for INTELSAT separated entities, remove certain
restrictions on separated and successor entities to INTELSAT, and for
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF OFFICERS, MANAGERS, OR DIRECTORS.

Section 621(5)(D) of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47
U.S.C. 763(5)(D)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(I)'' in clause (ii);
(2) by striking ``signatories, or (II)'' in clause (ii) and all
that follows through ``mechanism;'' and inserting ``signatories;
and'';
(3) by striking ``organization; and'' in clause (iii) and
inserting ``organization.''; and
(4) by striking clause (iv).

SEC. 2. CRITERIA FOR INTELSAT SEPARATED ENTITIES.

Subtitle B of title VI of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962
(47 U.S.C. 763 et seq.) is amended by striking section 623 (47 U.S.C.
763b).

SEC. 3. PRESERVATION OF SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.

Section 624 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C.
763c) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 624. SPACE SEGMENT CAPACITY OF THE GMDSS.

``The United States shall preserve the space segment capacity of
the GMDSS. This section is not intended to alter the status that the
GMDSS would otherwise have under United States laws and regulations of
the International Telecommunication Union with respect to spectrum,
orbital locations, or other operational parameters, or to be a barrier
to competition for the provision of GMDSS services.''.

SEC. 4. SATELLITE SERVICE REPORT.

(a) Annual Report.--The Federal Communications Commission shall
review competitive market conditions with respect to domestic and
international satellite communications services and shall include in an
annual report an analysis of those conditions. The Commission shall
transmit a copy of the report to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee
on Energy and Commerce.
(b) Content.--The Commission shall include in the report--
(1) an identification of the number and market share of
competitors in domestic and international satellite markets;
(2) an analysis of whether there is effective competition in
the market for domestic and international satellite services; and
(3) a list of any foreign nations in which legal or regulatory
practices restrict access to the market for satellite services in
such nation in a manner that undermines competition or favors a
particular competitor or set of competitors.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.