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(2) The sale or delivery of weapons or weapons-related technologies from Ukraine to any country, the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405 (j)(1)), has repeatedly provided support for acts of international...
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(4) An identification of the goods, services, credits, or other consideration received by Ukraine in exchange for the weapons or weapons-related technologies involved in such sale. (c) Form A report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 7. Definitions ...
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with respect to Ukraine— (A) any official of the Government of Ukraine who is personally involved in the suppression of freedom and free, fair, and transparent elections in Ukraine, including judges, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, regional governors, mayors, and administrators, including the president, prime m...
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and (B) any other individual determined by the Secretary of State to be personally involved in the formulation or execution of policies or activities that are in contradiction of internationally recognized human rights and free, fair, and transparent elections standards.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) It is in the highest national security interests of the United States to ensure secure access to reliable energy sources. (2) The United States relies heavily upon the foreign supply ...
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(3) Revenues from the sale of oil by some of these countries directly or indirectly provide funding for terrorism and propaganda hostile to the United States and Western values. (4) In the past, these countries have manipulated the dependence of the United States on their oil supplies to exert undue influence upon Unit...
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(5) Research by the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy has shown that the dependence of the United States on foreign oil will increase by 33 percent over the next 20 years. (6) A rise in the price of imported oil sufficient to increase gasoline prices by 10 cents per gallon at the pump would ...
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(8) The state of Israel has been a steadfast ally and a close friend of the United States since its creation in 1948. (9) Like the United States, Israel is a democracy which holds civil rights and liberties in the highest regard and is a proponent of the democratic values of peace, freedom, and justice. (10) Cooperatio...
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(11) The special relationship between Israel and the United States has been and continues to be manifested in a variety of jointly-funded cooperative programs in the field of scientific research and development, such as the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundations (BSF), the United States-Israel Binational A...
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(12) These programs, supported by the matching contributions from the Government of Israel and the Government of the United States and directed by key scientists and academics from both countries, have made possible many scientific breakthroughs in the fields of life sciences, medicine, bioengineering, agriculture, bio...
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(15) Among the technological breakthroughs made by Israeli scientists and researchers in the field of alternative, renewable energy sources are the development of a cathode that uses hexavalent iron salts which accept 3 electrons per ion and enable rechargeable batteries to provide 3 times as much electricity as they c...
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(16) Cooperation between the United States and Israel in the field of research and development of alternative renewable energy sources would be in the interests of both countries, and both countries stand to gain much from such cooperation. 3. Grant Program (a) Establishment The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Poli...
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(b) Eligible entities For the purposes of this Act, eligible entity means a joint venture comprised of both Israeli and United States private business entities or a joint venture comprised of both Israeli academic persons (who reside and work in Israel) and United States academic persons, which— (1) carries out an eli...
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(c) Eligible projects For the purposes of this Act, eligible project means a project to encourage cooperation between the United States and Israel on research, development, and commercialization of alternative energy, improved energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources. (d) Application (1) Submission of applicat...
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(2) Selection of eligible entities by BIRD and BSF The Directors of BIRD and BSF may review any application submitted by any eligible entity and select any eligible entity meeting criteria established by the Advisory Board for a grant under this section. (e) Amount of grant The amount of each grant to be awarded in a...
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(f) Report Not later than 6 months after receiving a grant under this section, each recipient shall submit a report to the Assistant Secretary documenting how the recipient used the grant funds and evaluating the level of success of each project funded by the grant. 4. International Energy Advisory Board (a) Establis...
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(b) Duties The Advisory Board shall— (1) establish criteria for the recipients of grants awarded under the grant program established in section 3(a); and (2) determine the total amount of grant money to be awarded to all grantees selected by BIRD and the total amount of grant money to be awarded to all grantees select...
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(B) One member shall be appointed by the Secretary of Energy. (C) Two members shall be Israeli citizens and shall be appointed by the Secretary of Energy after consultation with appropriate officials in the Israeli government. (2) Deadline for appointments The appointments under paragraph (1) shall be made before the ...
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(5) Basic pay (A) Compensation Members shall serve without pay. (B) Travel expenses Each member shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. (6) Quorum 3 members of the Advisory Boa...
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(d) Termination Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not apply to the Advisory Board. 5. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and each...
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1. Treatment of internment of remains in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery as unavailable for the purposes of placement of memorial markers in national cemeteries Paragraph (3) of section 2306(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of subparagraph (C); (2) by strik...
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1. Clarification of treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (a) In general Section 114(b)(1)(I) of title 4, United States Code, is amended by inserting including such a plan, program, or arrangement for a self-employed individual, after section 3121(v)(2)(C) ...
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Play Fair at the Olympics Act. 2. Labor standards and observance (a) Labor standards and observance Subchapter I of chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 220513. Labor standards and observance The corporat...
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and (B) submit to arbitration for the resolution of an allegation of a violation of such rights that is alleged to have occurred in such company, or in a subcontractor or supplier of such company; (2) include the following language in licensing agreements with companies to which the corporation is a party: The licensee...
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The licensee further agrees to observe applicable domestic laws and International Labor Organization declarations and conventions relating to internationally recognized worker rights, including rights relating to the freedom of association and to collective bargaining, a minimum age for employment of children, minimum ...
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(3) publish quarterly the names of all companies, including subcontractors and suppliers of such companies, that produce goods pursuant to licensing agreements with the corporation; (4) establish a fund to which one percent of all fees earned pursuant to licensing agreements with companies to which the corporation is a...
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and (5) cancel a licensing agreement with a company if such company, or a subcontractor or supplier of such company, violates an arbitration ruling made pursuant to paragraph (4) against such company, or against a subcontractor or supplier of such company, relating to a violation of internationally recognized worker ri...
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and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: (6) internationally recognized worker rights means the rights of workers specified in International Labor Organization declarations and conventions, including the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, including— (A) the freedom of...
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and (iii) occupational health and safety standards. (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to licensing agreements with companies that are entered into by the United States Olympic Committee on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Clerical amendm...
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as a condition of a licensing agreement, that a company licensed by the corporation, including a subcontractor or supplier of such company— (A) observe internationally recognized worker rights; and (B) submit to arbitration for the resolution of an allegation of a violation of such rights that is alleged to have occurr...
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or restrain employees in the exercise of such rights. The licensee further agrees to observe applicable domestic laws and International Labor Organization declarations and conventions relating to internationally recognized worker rights, including rights relating to the freedom of association and to collective bargaini...
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For purposes of this licensing agreement, the term licensee includes a subcontractor or supplier of the licensee. (3) publish quarterly the names of all companies, including subcontractors and suppliers of such companies, that produce goods pursuant to licensing agreements with the corporation; (4) establish a fund to...
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or in subcontractors or suppliers of such companies; and (5) cancel a licensing agreement with a company if such company, or a subcontractor or supplier of such company, violates an arbitration ruling made pursuant to paragraph (4) against such company, or against a subcontractor or supplier of such company, relating t...
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2004. 2. Protection of health and safety of individuals in a disaster area Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is amended by inserting after section 408 ( 42 U.S.C. 5174 ) t...
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including— (i) a police officer; (ii) a firefighter; (iii) an emergency medical technician; (iv) any participating member of an urban search and rescue team; and (v) any other relief or rescue worker or volunteer that the President determines to be appropriate; (B) a worker who responds to a disaster by assisting in th...
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and (E) any other person that the President determines to be appropriate. (2) Program The term program means a program described in subsection (b) that is carried out for a disaster area. (3) Substance of concern The term substance of concern means a chemical or other substance that is associated with potential acute...
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released in an area declared to be a disaster area under this Act, the President may carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of individuals to ensure that— (A) the individuals are adequately informed about and protected against potential health impacts of any s...
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(C) the individuals receive health care referrals as needed and appropriate; and (D) information from any such monitoring and studies is used to prevent or protect against similar health impacts from future disasters.
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(2) Activities A program under paragraph (1) may include such activities as— (A) collecting and analyzing environmental exposure data; (B) developing and disseminating information and educational materials; (C) performing baseline and followup clinical health and mental health examinations and taking biological sample...
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(3) Timing To the maximum extent practicable, activities under any program established under paragraph (1) (including baseline health examinations) shall be commenced in a timely manner that will ensure the highest level of public health protection and effective monitoring. (4) Participation in registries and studies ...
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(5) Cooperative agreements (A) In general The President may carry out a program under paragraph (1) through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution, including a local health department, or a consortium of medical institutions. (B) Selection criteria To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall s...
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and (II) any other area in which there reside groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster; and (ii) has appropriate experience in the areas of environmental or occupational health, toxicology, and safety, including experience in— (I) developing clinical protocols and conducting clinical...
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(6) Involvement (A) In general In establishing and maintaining a program under paragraph (1), the President shall involve interested and affected parties, as appropriate, including representatives of— (i) Federal, State, and local government agencies; (ii) groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response ...
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(B) Committees Involvement under subparagraph (A) may be provided through the establishment of an advisory or oversight committee or board. (7) Privacy The President shall carry out each program under paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations relating to privacy promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insur...
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(c) Reports Not later than 1 year after the establishment of a program under subsection (b)(1), and every 5 years thereafter, the President, or the medical institution or consortium of such institutions having entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection (b)(5), shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Secur...
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Protection of health and safety of individuals in a disaster area (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Individual The term individual includes— (A) a worker or volunteer who responds to a disaster, including— (i) a police officer; (ii) a firefighter; (iii) an emergency medical technician; (iv) any participating memb...
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(C) a person whose place of residence is in a disaster area; (D) a person who is employed in or attends school, child care, or adult day care in a building located in a disaster area; and (E) any other person that the President determines to be appropriate. (2) Program The term program means a program described in sub...
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(3) Substance of concern The term substance of concern means a chemical or other substance that is associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects, the risk of exposure to which could potentially be increased as the result of a disaster, as determined by the President. (b) Program (1) In general If t...
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and study of the health and safety of individuals to ensure that— (A) the individuals are adequately informed about and protected against potential health impacts of any substance of concern and potential mental health impacts in a timely manner; (B) the individuals are monitored and studied over time, including throug...
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and (D) information from any such monitoring and studies is used to prevent or protect against similar health impacts from future disasters.
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(2) Activities A program under paragraph (1) may include such activities as— (A) collecting and analyzing environmental exposure data; (B) developing and disseminating information and educational materials; (C) performing baseline and followup clinical health and mental health examinations and taking biological sample...
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(3) Timing To the maximum extent practicable, activities under any program established under paragraph (1) (including baseline health examinations) shall be commenced in a timely manner that will ensure the highest level of public health protection and effective monitoring. (4) Participation in registries and studies ...
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(5) Cooperative agreements (A) In general The President may carry out a program under paragraph (1) through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution, including a local health department, or a consortium of medical institutions. (B) Selection criteria To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall s...
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and (II) any other area in which there reside groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster; and (ii) has appropriate experience in the areas of environmental or occupational health, toxicology, and safety, including experience in— (I) developing clinical protocols and conducting clinical...
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(6) Involvement (A) In general In establishing and maintaining a program under paragraph (1), the President shall involve interested and affected parties, as appropriate, including representatives of— (i) Federal, State, and local government agencies; (ii) groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response ...
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(B) Committees Involvement under subparagraph (A) may be provided through the establishment of an advisory or oversight committee or board. (7) Privacy The President shall carry out each program under paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations relating to privacy promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insur...
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(c) Reports Not later than 1 year after the establishment of a program under subsection (b)(1), and every 5 years thereafter, the President, or the medical institution or consortium of such institutions having entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection (b)(5), shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Secur...
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National Academy of Sciences report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly enter into a contract with the National Acad...
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including pediatrics; (4) toxicology; (5) epidemiology; (6) mental health; (7) medical monitoring and surveillance; (8) environmental monitoring and surveillance; (9) environmental and industrial hygiene; (10) emergency planning and preparedness; (11) public outreach and education; (12) State and local health departmen...
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(c) Contents The report under subsection (a) shall provide advice and recommendations regarding protecting and monitoring the health and safety of individuals potentially exposed to any chemical or other substance associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects as the result of a disaster, including ad...
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including sampling methodologies and locations; (C) chemical- or substance-specific methods of sample analysis; (D) health-based threshold levels to be used and response actions to be taken in the event that thresholds are exceeded for individual chemicals or other substances; (E) procedures for providing monitoring re...
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and (G) capabilities and capacity within the Federal Government to conduct appropriate environmental monitoring and response in the event of a disaster, including a terrorist attack; and (2) other issues as specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrato...
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5133(m) ) is amended by striking December 31, 2003 and inserting September 30, 2006.
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1. Community service requirement (a) Community service requirement Section 12(c)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking 62 and inserting 60 ; (2) at the end of subparagraph (D) by striking or ; (3) at the end of subparagraph (E) by strikin...
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and (4) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraphs: (F) is in her third trimester of pregnancy; (G) is a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 5 and resides with the child; (H) has reported being the victim of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime...
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3796gg–2 )) to a local law enforcement agency on at least one occasion during the previous 12 months and such agency has not found that the individual’s report is without merit; (I) is unemployed and resides with a child under the age of 14 and the individual’s spouse, who is employed full-time; (J) provides more than ...
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2011 et seq. )..
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1. Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4737 Mile Stretch Drive in Holiday, Florida, shall be known and designated as the Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building. (b) References Any reference in a law, ma...
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1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004. (b) Table of contents Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Title I—Statutory license for satellite carriers Sec. 101. Extension of authority Sec. 102. Reporting of subscri...
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Extension of authority (a) In general Section 4(a) of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 ( 17 U.S.C. 119 note; Public Law 103–369 ; 108 Stat. 3481) is amended by striking December 31, 2004 and inserting December 31, 2009. (b) Extension for certain subscribers Section 119(e) of title 17, United States Code, is ame...
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technical amendments Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking and pbs satellite feed ; (B) in the first sentence, by striking (3), (4), and (6) and inserting (5), (6), and (8) ; (C) in the first sentence, by striking or by the Public Br...
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(4), (5), and (6) and inserting (5), (6), (7), and (8) ; and (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: (C) Submission of subscriber lists to networks (i) Initial lists A satellite carrier that makes secondary transmissions of a primary transmission made by a network station pursuant to subparagraph (A) sha...
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including county and zip code) all subscribers to which the satellite carrier makes secondary transmissions of that primary transmission to subscribers in unserved households; and (II) a separate list, aggregated by designated market area (as defined in section 122(j)) (by name and street address, including county and ...
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the satellite carrier shall submit to the network— (I) a list identifying (by name and street address, including county and zip code) any persons who have been added or dropped as subscribers under clause (i)(I) since the last submission under clause (i); and (II) a separate list, aggregated by designated market area (...
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(iii) Use of subscriber information Subscriber information submitted by a satellite carrier under this subparagraph may be used only for purposes of monitoring compliance by the satellite carrier with this subsection. (iv) Applicability The submission requirements of this subparagraph shall apply to a satellite carri...
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(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) States with single commercial full-power network station In a State in which there is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission a single full-power station that was a network station on January 1, 1995, the statutory license provided for in subparagr...
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51). (4) by striking paragraph (8); (5) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as paragraphs (10) through (13), respectively; (6) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; (7) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) Secondary transmissions of significant...
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the statutory license provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to the secondary transmission of the signal of a network station or a superstation to a subscriber who resides outside the station’s local market (as defined in section 122(j)) but within a community in which the signal of that station is determin...
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(B) Limitation Subparagraph (A) shall apply only to secondary transmissions of network stations and superstations to subscribers who receive secondary transmissions from a satellite carrier pursuant to the statutory license under section 122. ; and (8) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by adding at the end the following new sen...
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is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3), as added by section 102 of this Act, the following: (4) Statutory License where retransmissions into local market available (A) Rules for subscribers under subsection (e) In the case of a subscriber of a satellite carrier who is el...
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the following shall apply: (i) In a case in which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network is made available by that satellite carrier to the subscriber pursuant to the statutory license under section 122, the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary t...
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but (II) only until such time as the subscriber elects to receive such local signal. (ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall not apply to any subscriber who is eligible to receive the signal of a network station solely by reason of subsection (e) unless the subscriber's satellit...
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that— (I) identifies that subscriber by name and address (street or RFD number, city, State, and zip code) and specifies the distant signals received by the subscriber; and (II) states, to the best of the satellite carrier’s knowledge and belief, after having made diligent and good faith inquiries, that the subscriber ...
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(B) Rules for other subscribers In the case of a subscriber of a satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the signal of a network station under the statutory license under paragraph (2) (in this subparagraph referred to as a distant signal ), other than subscribers to whom subparagraph (A) applies, the following s...
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the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary transmissions by that satellite carrier of the distant signal of such network station to that subscriber— (I) (aa) if, on such date of enactment, the subscriber is receiving such distant signal and is also receiving such local signal, and (bb) the ...
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and zip code) and specifies the distant signals received by the subscriber; or (II) (aa) if, on such date of enactment, the subscriber is receiving such distant signal and is not receiving such local signal; but (bb) only until such time as the subscriber elects to receive such local signal. (ii) In a case in which the...
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the statutory license under paragraph (2) shall apply only to secondary transmissions by that satellite carrier of the distant signal of such network station to any person— (I) who is subscriber of that satellite carrier on such date of enactment, or (II) who becomes a subscriber of that satellite carrier after such da...
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(C) Future applicability The statutory license under paragraph (2) shall not apply to secondary transmissions by a satellite carrier of a primary transmission of a network station to a subscriber in a location to which the signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network was made available...
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(D) Nullification of existing waivers In the case of any subscriber to whom subparagraph (B)(i)(II) or (B)(ii) applies, at such time as the subscriber elects to receive the local signal of a network station, any waiver by that network station under section 339(c)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 shall cease to be ...
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(2) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) a royalty fee for that 6-month period, computed by multiplying the total number of subscribers receiving each secondary transmission of each superstation or network station during each calendar month by the appropriate rate i...
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a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall have no royalty obligation for secondary transmissions to a subscriber who resides outside the station’s local market (as defined in section 122(j)(2)) but within a community in which ...
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(4) Subsection (c) is amended— (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) Applicability and determination of royalty fees The appropriate rate for purposes of determining the royalty fee under subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be the appropriate rate set forth in part 258 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, ...
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(C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by redesignating that paragraph as paragraph (2); (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking January 1, 1997, and inserting January 1, 2005, ; and (II) by striking who are not parties to a voluntary agreement filed with the Copyright Office in accordance with paragraph (2) ; (iii) in subparagra...
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and (D) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following: (3) Cost of living adjustment The royalty rates set forth in subsection (b)(1)(B), as adjusted under paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall be adjusted by the Librarian of Congress— (A) on January 1, 2005, to reflect any changes occurring during ...
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in the cost of living as determined by the most recent Consumer Price Index (for all consumers and items) published by the Secretary of Labor during that period; and (B) on January 1, 2007, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, to reflect any changes occurring during the preceding 12 months in the cost of living as...
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(4) Reductions The rate of the royalty fee determined under paragraph (2)— (A) for superstations shall be reduced by 30 percent; and (B) for network stations shall be reduced by 45 percent.. (5) Subsection (d) is amended— (A) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows: (9) Superstation The term superstation means a...
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; (B) in paragraph (10)(D), by striking (a)(11) and inserting (a)(12) ; and (C) by striking paragraph (12). 104. Study No later than June 30, 2008, the Register of Copyrights shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate the Register’s f...
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The report should include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A comparison of the royalties paid by licensees under such sections, including historical rates of increases in these royalties, a comparison between the royalties under each such section and the prices paid in the marketplace for comparable programmi...
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(2) An analysis of the differences in the terms and conditions of the licenses under such sections, an analysis of whether these differences are required or justified by historical, technological, or regulatory differences that affect the satellite and cable industries, and an analysis of whether either the cable or sa...
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(4) An analysis of the correlation, if any, between the royalties, or lack thereof, under such sections and the fees charged to cable and satellite subscribers, addressing whether cable and satellite companies have passed to subscribers any savings realized as a result of the royalty structure and amounts under such se...