text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009''.
  
  SEC. 2. SECONDARY TRANSMISSION OF NONCOMMERCIAL STATIONS BY SATELLITE 
                CARRIERS OUTSIDE LOCAL MARKETS.
  
      (a) Secondary Transmissions.--Section 119(a)(2)(C) of title 17, 
  United States Code, is amended--
              (1) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) as 
          clauses (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively; and
              (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                              ``(iii) Noncommercial educational broadcast 
                          stations.--
                                      ``(I) Secondary transmissions 
                                  within state-wide network.--In the case 
                                  of a State-wide network of 
                                  noncommercial educational broadcast 
                                  stations, the statutory license 
                                  provided for in subparagraph (A) shall 
                                  apply to the secondary transmission of 
                                  any noncommercial educational broadcast 
                                  station in that State-wide network to 
                                  any subscriber in any county within 
                                  that State that is located outside that 
                                  station's local market and is not 
                                  served by a noncommercial educational 
                                  television broadcast station that is 
                                  located within that State.
                                      ``(II) State-wide network 
                                  defined.--In this clause, the term 
                                  `State-wide network of noncommercial 
                                  educational broadcast stations' is a 
                                  network of three or more noncommercial 
                                  educational broadcast stations that are 
                                  licensed to a single State, political, 
                                  educational, or special purpose 
                                  subdivision of a State, or a single 
                                  public agency.''.
      (b) Royalty Fee.--Section 119(b)(1)(B) of title 17, United States 
  Code, is amended by inserting ``or paragraph (2)(C)(iii)'' after 
  ``subscriber under paragraph (3)''.
  
  SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 325(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 
  1934 (47 U.S.C. 325 (b)(2)) is amended--
              (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
              (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
          and inserting ``; or''; and
              (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
          subparagraph:
                      ``(F) to retransmission of the signal of a 
                  television broadcast station outside the station's 
                  local market by a satellite carrier directly to its 
                  subscribers, if--
                              ``(i) such station is a part of a network 
                          of three or more noncommercial educational 
                          broadcast stations that are licensed to a 
                          single State, political, educational, or 
                          special purpose subdivision of a State, or a 
                          single public agency; and
                              ``(ii) the satellite carrier retransmits 
                          the secondary signal of such eligible 
                          noncommercial educational broadcast station 
                          only to its subscribers--
                                      ``(I) located in any county within 
                                  that State that is located outside that 
                                  station's local market; and
                                      ``(II) not served by another 
                                  noncommercial educational broadcast 
                                  station that is located within that 
                                  State;''.
      (b) Distant Signals.--Section 339(a)(1) of the Communications Act 
  of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 339 (a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following new subparagraph:
                      ``(C) In the case of a network of three or more 
                  noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are 
                  licensed to a single State, political, educational, or 
                  special purpose subdivision of a State, or public 
                  agency, a satellite carrier may carry the signals of 
                  such network to all subscribers in any county within 
                  that State that is located outside that station's 
                  designated market area and is not served by another 
                  noncommercial educational broadcast station located 
                  within that State.''.
target: Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 - Permits a satellite carrier to retransmit the signals of a state-wide network of noncommercial educational broadcast stations to any subscriber in any county within such state that is: (1) outside that station's local market; and (2) not served by an in-state noncommercial educational television broadcast station.
  
  Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit a satellite carrier to retransmit the signals of a television broadcast station outside the station's local market directly to its subscribers if: (1) such station is a part of a network of three or more noncommercial educational broadcast stations that are licensed to a single state, political, educational, or special purpose subdivision of a state, or to a single public agency; and (2) the carrier retransmits such signal only to subscribers in a county within that state that is outside the station's local market and is not served by another in-state noncommercial educational broadcast station.
feat_title: To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain noncommercial, educational broadcast stations outside their local markets, and for other purposes.