Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.
I at 1501A-530 and 543. The Act states that these
amendments shall be effective as of July 1, 1999,
except for a portion of the second item, starting
with “performance or display” through “superstation.”
Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.
I at 1501A-544. The Act also amended section
119(a) by inserting the phrase “with regard to
secondary transmissions the satellite carrier is in
compliance with the rules, regulations, or authorization
of the Federal Communications Commission governing
the carriage of television broadcast stations signals”
in paragraphs (1) and (2) and by inserting into paragraph
(2), “a performance or display of a work embodied
in a primary transmission made by a network station”
in lieu of “programming contained in a primary
transmission made by a network station and embodying
a performance or display of a work.”
Id.
at 1501A-531 and 544. The Act amended section
119(a)(2) by substituting new language for paragraph
(B) and, in paragraph (C), by deleting “currently”
after “the satellite carrier” near the
end of the first sentence.
Id. at 1501A-528
and 544. It also amended section 119(a)(4) by
inserting “a performance or display of a work
embodied in” after “by a satellite carrier
of” and by deleting “and embodying a performance
or display of a work.”
Id. at 1501A-544.
The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999
further amended section 119(a) by adding subparagraph
(E) to paragraph (5).
Id. at 1501A-528.
It amended section 119(a)(6) by inserting “performance
or display of a work embodied in” after “by
a satellite carrier of” and by deleting “and
embodying a performance or display of a work."* Id.*
The Act also amended section 119(a) by adding paragraphs
(11) and (12).
Id. at 1501A-529 and 531.
The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999
amended section 119(b) (1) by inserting “or
the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed”
into subparagraph (B). (See endnote 60, infra.)
Id. at 1501A-530. The Act amended section
119(c) by adding a new paragraph (4). Id. at
1501A-527. The Act amended section 119(d) by substituting
new language for paragraphs (9) through (11) and by
adding paragraph (12).* Id.* at 1501A-527, 530 and
531. The Act substituted new language for section
119(e). Id. at 1501A-529.
56 The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999
amended section 119(a)(1) by deleting “primary
transmission made by a superstation and embodying
a performance or display of a work” and inserting
in its place “performance or display of a work
embodied in a primary transmission made by a superstation.”
Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.
I at 1501A-543. This amendatory language did
not take into account a prior amendment which had
inserted “or by the Public Broadcasting Service
satellite feed” after “superstation”
into the phrase quoted above that was deleted.
Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.
I at 1501A-530. There was no mention of the phrase
“or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite
feed” in that second amendment. To accommodate
both amendments, the phrase “or by the Public
Broadcasting Service satellite feed” has been
placed at the end of the new language, after “superstation.”