3.0.0 3675 2019-11-15T21:34:59Z 2019-11-15T21:34:59Z House H HR 2011-12-15 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCALISE:H.R. 3675.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H9431]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee Referred to 2012-01-06T18:42:45Z Referred to 2011-12-15T15:03:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2011-12-16T16:32:03Z Referred to 2011-12-15T15:03:05Z Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011 112 2008 S 2011-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2012-01-06 hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. Committee 2011-12-16 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2011-12-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-12-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2011-12-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-12-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001176 Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] Steve Scalise R LA 1 N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Contracts and agency Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Intellectual property Telecommunication rates and fees Science, Technology, Communications 00 2011-12-15 Introduced in House 2012-01-26T18:09:40Z Next Generation Television Marketplace Act - Repeals provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning: (1) the carriage of distant television stations and significantly viewed signals by satellite carriers, (2) the retransmittal of television signals to eligible state counties in the designated market area of another state by cable operators or satellite carriers, (3) the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) qualified carrier certification process, (4) the designation of cable channels for commercial video programming use, (5) the carriage of local commercial television signals and qualified low power stations by cable operators, (6) the FCC's authority to adopt syndicated exclusivity rules for private home viewing of secondary transmissions by satellite of broadcast station signals, and (7) the requirement that cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors obtain consent to retransmit a broadcasting station signal.

Repeals and revises provisions concerning: (1) the carriage of local television signals by satellite carriers, and (2) the regulation of rates and broadcast signal carriage. Makes several existing requirements concerning the carriage of local television broadcast stations applicable only to qualified noncommercial educational television stations.

Repeals federal copyright laws requiring statutory licenses for certain secondary transmissions of distant and local television programming by satellite carriers.

Extends exemptions from copyright infringement laws to certain secondary transmissions by cable systems and satellite carriers. Repeals provisions concerning cable system: (1) nonsimultaneous transmission infringement, and (2) statutory licenses for secondary transmissions.

Directs the FCC to repeal related FCC rules and eliminate: (1) restrictions on the number of broadcast television stations that a person or entity may own, operate, or control in the same designated market area under the local television multiple ownership rule; (2) the radio-television cross-ownership rule; and (3) limitations on the direct or indirect ownership, operation, or control of a broadcast television station by a person or entity that owns, operates, or controls a daily newspaper under the daily newspaper cross-ownership rule.

Requires that this Act take effect on July 1, 2014, subject to the exception that contracts, understandings, and arrangements related to retransmission consent and the distribution of video programming entered into prior to its enactment be provided for under special transitional provisions.

]]> Next Generation Television Marketplace Act Short Titles as Introduced Next Generation Television Marketplace Act Display Title Next Generation Television Marketplace Act Official Title as Introduced To repeal certain provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, title 17 of the United States Code, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission that intervened in the television marketplace, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-12-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3675ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3675ih.xml 2012-01-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.