[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1203 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1203

  To amend title 17, United States Code, to include the United States 
territories in the application of certain statutory copyright licenses 
               related to low power television stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2011

  Mr. Pierluisi (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
  Bordallo, and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 17, United States Code, to include the United States 
territories in the application of certain statutory copyright licenses 
               related to low power television stations.

    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 ``Fairness for the U.S. Territories 
Under STELA Act''.

SEC. 2. COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT.

    Section 122(a)(3) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``For the purposes of this subparagraph only, each 
        of the following shall be considered a separate designated 
        market area: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (D)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Certain territories.--Notwithstanding 
                subparagraph (A), but subject to subparagraphs (B) and 
                (C), secondary transmission of a performance or display 
                of a work embodied in a primary transmission of a 
                television broadcast station shall be subject to 
                statutory licensing under this paragraph if the 
                secondary transmission is of the primary transmission 
                of a television broadcast station that--
                            ``(i) qualifies as a specialty station 
                        pursuant to the rules and regulations of the 
                        Federal Communications Commission in effect on 
                        June 24, 1981; and
                            ``(ii) is licensed as a low power 
                        television station located in American Samoa, 
                        Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 
                        Rico, or the United States Virgin Islands, to a 
                        subscriber who resides within the same 
                        territory as the station that originates the 
                        transmission.''.
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