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<congress>108th CONGRESS</congress> <session>2d Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 4518</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<action> 
<action-date date="20040604">June 4, 2004</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S000583">Mr. Smith of Texas</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="C000714">Mr. Conyers</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="B000410">Mr. Berman</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc> 
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> 
<official-title>To extend the statutory license for secondary transmissions under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code.</official-title> 
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<section id="H9F4ECBE4052248D0AB3CD158FFF621B9" section-type="section-one" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; table of contents</header> 
<subsection id="H879620D17FF84FF883A816C5D176464"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H1A709395AB3E483282F2D8F3BD80001D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header> 
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<toc-entry idref="H9F4ECBE4052248D0AB3CD158FFF621B9" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HF03EBFA16AFC4DF7B56938833BECB4BF" level="title">Title I—Statutory license for satellite carriers</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H8CC164DB62CF49609763DC473D9DCD88" level="section">Sec. 101. Extension of authority</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H41F713844A934F2299E3CBFDF5AC96A7" level="section">Sec. 102. Reporting of subscribers; significantly viewed and other signals; technical amendments</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HB62CCB6CE78F4209AFAC7EA53E8FB682" level="section">Sec. 103. Statutory license for satellite carriers outside local markets</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HFF54501154E4490D945109AA8D9A77C" level="section">Sec. 104. Study</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H87BF69AC9AA04CEB00005276D3D3F76E" level="section">Sec. 105. Effect on certain proceedings</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section> 
<title id="HF03EBFA16AFC4DF7B56938833BECB4BF"><enum>I</enum><header>Statutory license for satellite carriers</header> 
<section id="H8CC164DB62CF49609763DC473D9DCD88"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of authority</header> 
<subsection id="H23D6E43114944B66B45900D2C4E9AA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4(a) of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">17 U.S.C. 119</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/369">Public Law 103–369</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 3481) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2009</quote>.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H499DB70E0AE44211B700CF2E7CD8E21E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension for certain subscribers</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">Section 119(e)</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2009</quote>.</text></subsection></section> 
<section id="H41F713844A934F2299E3CBFDF5AC96A7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reporting of subscribers; significantly viewed and other signals; technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">Section 119(a)</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H441716D01CEC4176A75BA1B5BABEA9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HC64B72BD78004C80B78E9EECB8BEE7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">and pbs satellite feed</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H638BEEB2BF364FF7B29054035E33FA86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>(3), (4), and (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5), (6), and (8)</quote>; </text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H6C43AFF7EB4647ABB793ABDB52592D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H3B8EB9415E664FD3B28081AF6BC7093E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD716BD5F3462447AA4FD54B89B48DD4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H8E642FEB1283457AA1238C757BDED01D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(3), (4), (5), and (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5), (6), (7), and (8)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HB3AB6461F8174249B7BEDD07DDF6A682"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="H4EC6FCB4356E491D9511FACAC388443"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Submission of subscriber lists to networks</header> 
<clause id="H19339523FC384867A1C444062EE96400"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial lists</header><text>A satellite carrier that makes secondary transmissions of a primary transmission made by a network station pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall, 90 days after commencing such secondary transmissions, submit to the network that owns or is affiliated with the network station—</text> 
<subclause id="HE56B84C649654BB9AB9090F054C27E00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list identifying (by name and street address, including county and zip code) all subscribers to which the satellite carrier makes secondary transmissions of that primary transmission to subscribers in unserved households; and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H35F3D2C292FF44E9A608E8A46364B15C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a separate list, aggregated by designated market area (as defined in section 122(j)) (by name and street address, including county and zip code), which shall indicate those subscribers being served pursuant to subsection (a)(3), relating to significantly viewed stations.</text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H5F46CF1337BD4293A829E56FCAE8AD71"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Monthly lists</header><text>After the submission of the initial lists under clause (i), on the 15th of each month, the satellite carrier shall submit to the network—</text> 
<subclause id="HA2B38BA86CFF41F2BA8532BC1E2F0666"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list identifying (by name and street address, including county and zip code) any persons who have been added or dropped as subscribers under clause (i)(I) since the last submission under clause (i); and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HAF180E50E29E4943A9EC03A907288F6B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a separate list, aggregated by designated market area (by name and street address, including county and zip code), identifying those subscribers whose service pursuant to subsection (a)(3), relating to significantly viewed stations, has been added or dropped.</text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H4C33E58398C84EF796115D5EAFA48864"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Use of subscriber information</header><text>Subscriber information submitted by a satellite carrier under this subparagraph may be used only for purposes of monitoring compliance by the satellite carrier with this subsection.</text></clause> 
<clause id="HFDF9A196ACB34A83853564D8E9DABFAE"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The submission requirements of this subparagraph shall apply to a satellite carrier only if the network to whom the submissions are to be made places on file with the Register of Copyrights a document identifying the name and address of the person to whom such submissions are to be made. The Register shall maintain for public inspection a file of all such documents.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H13C2A302D2B14BA9BF22006500AF64E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="H613B87E2E4474F108DBA4F56C504B5BC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>States with single commercial full-power network station</header><text>In a State in which there is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission a single full-power station that was a network station on January 1, 1995, the statutory license provided for in subparagraph (A) shall apply to the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of the signal of that station to any subscriber in a community that is located within that State and that is not within the first 50 major television markets as listed in the regulations of the Commission as in effect on such date (47 CFR 76.51).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD80EDB025DFD493C88006202FC507016"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (8);</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H3AEA41FAD32A449DA14720B190E212C0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as paragraphs (10) through (13), respectively;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H006534715BB9465DA17D45E7D8998EB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H8FCB4C5602E149A2B78FF690A18D30F9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HE7A3E1D206404E54A954EDA6CA9BFECE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secondary transmissions of significantly viewed signals</header> 
<subparagraph id="H2C99D3DDD39246DD8428A35835AD3DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2)(B), and subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the statutory license provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to the secondary transmission of the signal of a network station or a superstation to a subscriber who resides outside the station’s local market (as defined in section 122(j)) but within a community in which the signal of that station is determined to be significantly viewed under section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H0601A83A61314B44BDB054C3EFDC9D7B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall apply only to secondary transmissions of network stations and superstations to subscribers who receive secondary transmissions from a satellite carrier pursuant to the statutory license under section 122.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H8F8D9C0A11C14E6FAAD4EF87F2092800"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The limitation in this clause shall not apply to secondary transmissions under paragraph (3).</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> 
<section id="HB62CCB6CE78F4209AFAC7EA53E8FB682"><enum>103.</enum><header>Statutory license for satellite carriers outside local markets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">Section 119</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows:</text> 
<paragraph id="H640494EC2266409D8F33BEF9A736A65B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (a) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3), as added by section 102 of this Act, the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H66C246085F23428A937DE34157DE6ECD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Statutory License where retransmissions into local market available</header> 
<subparagraph id="H4A21FDA44E434BC389567034F7FD63E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rules for subscribers under subsection <enum-in-header>(e)</enum-in-header></header><text>In the case of a subscriber of a satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the signal of a network station solely by reason of subsection (e) (in this subparagraph referred to as a <quote>distant signal</quote>), the following shall apply:</text> 
<clause id="H0317EBB7E77F492781B14092494E3F67"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network is made available by that satellite carrier to the subscriber pursuant to the statutory license under section 122, the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary transmissions by that satellite carrier of the distant signal of such network station to that subscriber—</text> 
<subclause id="H9D8F7C75D92D4DAA9BAFF79D3700F1D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if, within 60 days after receiving the notice of the satellite carrier under section 338(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, the subscriber elects to retain the distant signal; but</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HE8085CF02FF945048761877B088100DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>only until such time as the subscriber elects to receive such local signal. </text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H2B6F57A071EB472D913C0104538B2F6F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Notwithstanding clause (i), the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall not apply to any subscriber who is eligible to receive the signal of a network station solely by reason of subsection (e) unless the subscriber's satellite carrier, within 60 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004</short-title>, submits to that television network a list, aggregated by designated market area (as defined in section 122(j)(2)(C)), that—</text> 
<subclause id="H0F2183E56F364D0288F5C46EE793EB5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identifies that subscriber by name and address (street or RFD number, city, State, and zip code) and specifies the distant signals received by the subscriber; and </text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H8B8E95E2E9E049DEB46F97655123DDAC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>states, to the best of the satellite carrier’s knowledge and belief, after having made diligent and good faith inquiries, that the subscriber is eligible under subsection (e) to receive the distant signals.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H773E36ED90034301ABFFEEB6F22E05E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rules for other subscribers</header><text>In the case of a subscriber of a satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the signal of a network station under the statutory license under paragraph (2) (in this subparagraph referred to as a <quote>distant signal</quote>), other than subscribers to whom subparagraph (A) applies, the following shall apply:</text> 
<clause id="HE6C07B12EDE44BDFB26366E395E749E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network is made available by that satellite carrier, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004</short-title>, to the subscriber pursuant to the statutory license under section 122, the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary transmissions by that satellite carrier of the distant signal of such network station to that subscriber—</text> 
<subclause id="H68F969443D824E8B8454CF00D217EBF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text/> 
<item id="HCB6D2AA050AC495B835F872DABD2D581" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>if, on such date of enactment, the subscriber is receiving such distant signal and is also receiving such local signal, and </text></item> 
<item id="HAE85E7D69C624074BDDC95063D873816" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the subscriber's satellite carrier, within 60 days after such date of enactment, submits to that television network a list, aggregated by designated market area (as defined in section 122(j)(2)(C)), that identifies that subscriber by name and address (street or RFD number, city, State, and zip code) and specifies the distant signals received by the subscriber; or</text></item></subclause> 
<subclause id="H0DCFEA27BFB345E3A0237040D56C49BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text/> 
<item id="H3EECA28FE390429996B22E0031DF53DD" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>if, on such date of enactment, the subscriber is receiving such distant signal and is not receiving such local signal; but </text></item> 
<item id="H70B6CF3AA36E4AE88C1B768210F7D524" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>only until such time as the subscriber elects to receive such local signal. </text></item></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H1C0972F15AE0484981BD00049C95589E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network is not made available by that satellite carrier, on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004</short-title>, to a subscriber pursuant to the statutory license under section 122, the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary transmissions by that satellite carrier of the distant signal of such network station to any person—</text> 
<subclause id="HF5E7CB618B9942ABA88029BFB4B4BDFD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who is subscriber of that satellite carrier on such date of enactment, or </text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HAF76996BF5BC41D0B5A95286B42502BA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>who becomes a subscriber of that satellite carrier after such date but before the local signal is available, </text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">but only until such time as the subscriber elects to receive the local signal from that satellite carrier.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H8E56967464324285A8FEB129BDA8EC7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Future applicability</header><text>The statutory license under paragraph (2) shall not apply to secondary transmissions by a satellite carrier of a primary transmission of a network station to a subscriber in a location to which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network was made available by that satellite carrier, before that person became a subscriber to that satellite carrier, pursuant to the statutory license under section 122.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HA28C7955999E4DFC90D837BDA45964A3"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Nullification of existing waivers</header><text>In the case of any subscriber to whom subparagraph (B)(i)(II) or (B)(ii) applies, at such time as the subscriber elects to receive the local signal of a network station, any waiver by that network station under section 339(c)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 shall cease to be effective with respect to that subscriber. </text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HEA9DD7144E6F472EB22BFFF1EA6E8EBE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Other provisions not affected</header><text>This paragraph shall not affect the applicability of the statutory license to secondary transmissions under paragraph (3) or to unserved households included under subsection (a)(12). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H9040F96A58DE4E1DB56827EFCF58146"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (b)(1) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="H29D2C0630E794211B07369A524A4E13F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a royalty fee for that 6-month period, computed by multiplying the total number of subscribers receiving each secondary transmission of each superstation or network station during each calendar month by the appropriate rate in effect under this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H627E24BAB67540BD8BAA537872317393"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection (b)(1) is further amended by adding at the end the following flush sentence:</text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFAEBF637F0304D8BBB359E4E78EF9ED8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (B), a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall have no royalty obligation for secondary transmissions to a subscriber who resides outside the station’s local market (as defined in section 122(j)(2)) but within a community in which the signal of that station is determined to be significantly viewed under section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HCF0E351657DB481C89AFB0E55E000248"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (c) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H9205430248D646398F10EF332337ABE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H02A6DECDE5AC4739BDA58BDDA4DA3815"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability and determination of royalty fees</header><text>The appropriate rate for purposes of determining the royalty fee under subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be the appropriate rate set forth in part 258 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004</short-title>, as modified under this subsection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HEAED14BB3AA84C15A804AAD19E1272DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H76A480C040E2406CABA6BF8329C7CE7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> 
<clause id="HE1748EF571B54A0B004342C18813A42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating that paragraph as paragraph (2);</text></clause> 
<clause id="H66B4A6E432484159A3025056587BEB3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> 
<subclause id="HA0A17B4314944E7EB02CCD00B37C469"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>January 1, 1997,</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2005,</quote>; and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HB3B44AD1A0F44947BC95FD3B54134980"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>who are not parties to a voluntary agreement filed with the Copyright Office in accordance with paragraph (2)</quote>;</text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="HEFF1B62D56B24EFD9E11C7EE6FD0B6F2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>as provided</quote> and all that follows through <quote>later</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2006</quote>; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H47B035248DF54985BA532C39B82CAB9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D); and</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H21A6AEA4F3AC4EDEBEEC25F04FFB98B7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H5B49FDEF18494B42A58B37F80000638E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost of living adjustment</header><text>The royalty rates set forth in subsection (b)(1)(B), as adjusted under paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall be adjusted by the Librarian of Congress—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HAA06ECEC8D9D45EB82DD987D3DCFF8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on January 1, 2005, to reflect any changes occurring during the period beginning on January 1, 2000, and ending on November 30, 2004, in the cost of living as determined by the most recent Consumer Price Index (for all consumers and items) published by the Secretary of Labor during that period; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H088C5DC1C7814CB8896F08A7E6A9EB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on January 1, 2007, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, to reflect any changes occurring during the preceding 12 months in the cost of living as determined by the most recent Consumer Price Index so published.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HBB5906EA6855400DB078DF34BFAE0553"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reductions</header><text>The rate of the royalty fee determined under paragraph (2)—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H282AD44E8F9543E5A429C911B9B0BC6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for superstations shall be reduced by 30 percent; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HE38F90CFB65F4E789689E5ED4CA89710"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for network stations shall be reduced by 45 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0D915F49467846BB9F7D7192511F03A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subsection (d) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H6816CAD4D25F4E8198AE4CF6F8AD7F08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HA66320DB00E8427C8E651191AE6B00F2"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Superstation</header><text>The term <quote>superstation</quote> means a television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite carrier.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HB2B9D4D7CB8A4AFFB56BD13B099F49A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)(D), by striking <quote>(a)(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(12)</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H27EC9CB7C9C945D7A99E64C64433C03C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (12).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> 
<section id="HFF54501154E4490D945109AA8D9A77C"><enum>104.</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> No later than June 30, 2008, the Register of Copyrights shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate the Register’s findings and recommendations on the operation and revision of the statutory licenses under sections 111, 119, and 122 of title 17, United States Code. The report should include, but not be limited to, the following:</text> 
<paragraph id="H477E432872A9412F9E1198AC3F9E4E16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comparison of the royalties paid by licensees under such sections, including historical rates of increases in these royalties, a comparison between the royalties under each such section and the prices paid in the marketplace for comparable programming.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H1FAB93DD6970446D8B9D51A3584221AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An analysis of the differences in the terms and conditions of the licenses under such sections, an analysis of whether these differences are required or justified by historical, technological, or regulatory differences that affect the satellite and cable industries, and an analysis of whether either the cable or satellite industry is placed in a competitive disadvantage due to these terms and conditions.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H36E03E77C52A44D9AD25F07A83C7FED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An analysis of whether the licenses under such sections are still justified by the bases upon which they were originally created.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H9ECA1A49C4D5463FB8CC80BC53B0C278"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An analysis of the correlation, if any, between the royalties, or lack thereof, under such sections and the fees charged to cable and satellite subscribers, addressing whether cable and satellite companies have passed to subscribers any savings realized as a result of the royalty structure and amounts under such sections.</text></paragraph></section> 
<section id="H87BF69AC9AA04CEB00005276D3D3F76E"><enum>105.</enum><header>Effect on certain proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall modify any remedy imposed on a party that is required by a final judgment of a court in any action that was brought before May 1, 2004, against that party for a violation of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/119">section 119</external-xref> of title 17, United States Code.</text></section></title> 
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