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            ``(10) Television network station.--The term `television 
        network station' means--
                    ``(A) a television network station (as defined in 
                section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934); or
                    ``(B) a noncommercial educational broadcast station 
                (as defined in section 397 of such Act).
    ``(d) Exclusivity of This Section With Respect to Secondary 
Transmissions of Television Broadcast Stations by Satellite to Members 
of the Public.--No provision of section 111 of this title or any other 
law (other than this section) shall be construed to contain any 
authorization, exemption, or license through which secondary 
transmissions by satellite carriers of programming contained in a 
primary transmission may be made without obtaining the consent of the 
copyright owner.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Table of contents.--The table of sections for chapter 1 
        of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
        item relating to section 119 and inserting the following:

``119.    Limitation on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by 
                            satellite carriers.''.
            (2) Standing.--Subsection (e) of section 501 of title 17, 
        United States Code, is repealed.

SEC. 202. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY FEES.

    The royalty fee prescribed in section 119(b)(1)(B)(i) of title 17, 
United States Code, as amended by section 201(a) of this Act, is 
reduced by 45 percent, effective upon July 1, 1999. The royalty fee 
prescribed in section 119(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such title, as so amended, is 
reduced by 30 percent, effective upon July 1, 1999.

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