Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017”.
Direct Broadcast Satellite Expansion Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to include a territory or possession of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Geographic limitations on secondary transmissions
Geographic limitations on secondary transmissions— Section 122(h) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, including each territory or possession of the United States” after “locations in the United States”.
State defined— Section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8); and
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
“(6) State—The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory or possession of the United States.”
Carriage of signals of local stations in certain markets— Section 338(a)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338(a)(4)) is amended by inserting “(including a territory or possession of the United States)” after “within a State”.