[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4074 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4074

  To provide certain counties with the ability to receive television 
                   broadcast signals of their choice.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2006

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL



  To provide certain counties with the ability to receive television 
                   broadcast signals of their choice.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Satellite and Cable Access Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. SATELLITE CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNALS.

    Section 119(a)(2)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi);
            (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(v) Further additional stations.--If 2 
                        adjacent counties in a single State are in a 
                        local market comprised principally of counties 
                        located in another State, the statutory license 
                        provided for in subparagraph (A) shall apply to 
                        the secondary transmission by a satellite 
                        carrier to subscribers in those 2 counties of 
                        the primary transmissions of any network 
                        station located in the capital of the State in 
                        which such 2 counties are located, if--
                                    ``(I) the 2 counties are located in 
                                the 46th largest designated market area 
                                for the year 2005 according to Nielsen 
                                Media Research; and
                                    ``(II) the total number of 
                                television households in the 2 counties 
                                combined did not exceed 30,000 for the 
                                year 2005 according to Nielsen Media 
                                Research.''; and
            (3) in clause (vi) as redesignated, by striking ``and 
        (iv)'' and inserting ``(iv), and (v)''.

SEC. 3. CABLE CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNALS.

    Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 342. CARRIAGE OF SIGNALS TO CERTAIN TELEVISION MARKET AREAS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each 
cable operator providing service in an eligible area may elect to carry 
the primary signal of any network station located in the capital of the 
State in which such area is located.
    ``(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) Eligible area.--The term `eligible area' means 1 of 2 
        counties that--
                    ``(A) are all in a single State;
                    ``(B) on the date of enactment of the Satellite and 
                Cable Access Act of 2006, were each located in--
                            ``(i) the 46th largest designated market 
                        area for the year 2005 according to Nielsen 
                        Media Research; and
                            ``(ii) a designated market area comprised 
                        principally of counties located in another 
                        State; and
                    ``(C) as a group had a total number of television 
                households that when combined did not exceed 30,000 for 
                the year 2005 according to Nielsen Media Research.
            ``(2) Network station.--The term `network station' has the 
        same meaning as in section 119(d) of title 17, United States 
        Code.''.
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