EXHIBIT B A BILL To amend section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended by amending subsections (h) and (o) thereof and by adding a new subsection (gg) as follows: "SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "(h) 'Common carrier' or 'carrier' means any person engaged as a common carrier for hire, in interstate or foreign communications by wire or radio or in interstate or foreign transmission of energy except, where reference is made to common carriers not subject to this Act; but a person engaged in radio broadcasting or in operating a community antenna television system shall not, insofar as the person is so engaged, be deemed a common carrier. "(o) 'Broadcasting' means the dissemination of radio communications intended to be received by the public, directly or by the intermediary of relay stations; but a person engaged in operating a community antenna television system shall not, insofar as the person is so engaged, be deemed to be engaged in broadcasting. "(gg) 'Community Antenna Television System' means a facility utilizing a receiving antenna or antennas, connecting wire, cable, or relay facilities and associated equipment to which members of the public may obtain an attachment or connection of their television receivers to facilitate or make possible reception by such members of the public of the signals of one or more television broadcast stations, but such term shall not include for the purposes of this Act any such facility which (i) only receives television signals from transmitters located no more than thirty miles from the main post office of the community in which such community antenna television system is located; or (ii) only originates its own television programs; or (iii) only carry audio programs; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii), and (iii) or of any of them." SEC. 2. Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEMS "SEC. 331. The Commission shall, as the public interest, convenience or necessity requires, have authority "(a) To issue orders, make rules and regulations, and prescribe such conditions or restrictions with respect to the technical characteristics and operation of community antenna television systems to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act with due regard to both the establishment and maintenance of broadcast services and the provision of multiple reception services; provided, however, that the Commission shall have no authority "(1) To require a community antenna television system to receive on its system the signals of a television broadcast station whose transmitter is located more than thirty miles from the main post office of the community in which the community antenna television system is located; or "(2) To require a community antenna television system to receive on its system the signals of a television broadcast station which originates fewer than ten hours per week of its own programs; or "(3) To require a community antenna television system to receive on its system the signals of a television broadcast station which duplicates in whole or in substantial part (that is, more than 75 percent) the programs of another television broadcast station received by such community antenna television system; or "(4) To require a community antenna television system to delete or refrain from receiving signals carrying any program of any television broadcast station unless (i) such program is broadcast by a television broadcast station whose transmitter is located more than thirty miles |