[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2406 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2406

To amend title 17, United States Code, relating to the definition of a 
  local service area of a primary transmitter, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            August 18, 1994

  Mrs. Hutchison (for herself and Mr. Hatch) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 17, United States Code, relating to the definition of a 
  local service area of a primary transmitter, 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. LOCAL SERVICE AREA OF A PRIMARY TRANSMITTER.

    (a) In General.--Section 111(f) of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended in the paragraph relating to the definition of ``local service 
area of a primary transmitter''--
            (1) by striking out ``comprises the area'' and inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``comprises either the area''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``April 15, 1976,'' the following: 
        ``or such station's television market as defined in section 
        76.55(e) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
        on September 18, 1993), or any subsequent modifications to such 
        television market made pursuant to section 76.55(e) or 76.59 of 
        title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made under subsection (a), 
relating to the definition of the local service area of a primary 
transmitter, shall take effect on July 1, 1994.
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