Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow satellite or cable retransmission of signals of broadcast television stations located in the capital of a state to counties in that state if the counties meet specified criteria.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1860 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1860
To provide certain counties with the ability to receive television
broadcast signals of their choice.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 1, 2009
Mr. Salazar (for himself and Mr. Coffman of Colorado) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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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 ``Four Corners Television Access Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. SATELLITE CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNALS.
Section 119(a)(2)(C)(iv) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa)
and (bb) and inserting ``(I)'' before ``(aa)''; and
(2) in item (bb), as so redesignated by paragraph (1),
after ``Nielsen Media Research'' insert the following: ``; or
``(II)(aa) the 2 counties are
located in the 46th largest designated
market area for the year 2005 according
to Nielsen Media Research; and
``(bb) 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''.
SEC. 3. CABLE CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN TELEVISION BROADCAST SIGNAL.
Section 341 of Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 341) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Rule of Construction.--
``(1) Significantly viewed.--Each television broadcast
station broadcasting in the designated market area of a State
capital is deemed significantly viewed within the meaning of
section 76.54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, for
purposes of the carriage and retransmission of the signals of
such broadcast station by a cable system, translator, or other
multichannel video programming distributor.
``(2) Retransmission permitted.--Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 325(b), a cable system, translator, or
other multichannel video programming distributor may retransmit
the signal of any television broadcast station described in
paragraph (1) within a covered county.
``(3) Definition of covered county.--For purposes of this
subsection, a county is a covered county if--
``(A) it is 1 of 2 counties located in the 46th
largest designated market area for the year 2005
according to Nielsen Media Research; and
``(B) 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.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
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