[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

119 STAT. 377

Public Law 109-34
109th Congress

An Act


 
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. NOTE: July 12, 2005 -  [S. 1282]

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. NOTE: 47 USC 703. 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--

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(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.

Approved July 12, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1282:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
June 21, considered and passed Senate.
June 29, considered and passed House.