[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3524 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3524

 To provide for the carriage of certain television broadcast stations, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2018

Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) 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 for the carriage of certain television broadcast stations, 
                        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. CARRIAGE OF TELEVISION BROADCAST STATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
cable operator may transmit to subscribers in any county in the 
designated market area of Albany, New York, any television broadcast 
station that--
            (1) was retransmitted to subscribers located in that 
        designated market area on December 1, 2016; and
            (2) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not 
        retransmitted to all subscribers in that designated market 
        area.
    (b) Negotiations.--A cable operator that engages in the 
retransmission described in subsection (a) shall engage in good faith 
negotiations within the meaning of section 76.65 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, with a television 
broadcast station regarding the terms of such retransmission.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed--
            (1) to alter any nonduplication or syndicated exclusivity 
        rights of an in-market station network that are prescribed by 
        contract or provided under section 325 of the Communications 
        Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325); or
            (2) to affect the applicability of any other communications 
        or copyright law related to the retransmission of a television 
        broadcast station by a cable operator.
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