[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1282 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1282

    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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2005

    Mr. Burns introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 
              considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 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.

    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.
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