SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO H.R.2223

SUBMITTED BY

NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION,

June 11, 1975

INC.

AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2223

1. A basic premise of the FCC's restrictions over the years has been that CATV is somehow engaged in unfair competition because it doesn't pay for the programs it carries. Once CATV pays copyright for over-the-air signals, this rationale is destroyed and CATV ought then to get what it pays for. Thus, the bill should contain language directing the FCC to eliminate the non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity

rules.

On page 15, line 17, strike out "in" and all that follows down through line 23 and insert in lieu thereof

the following:

where the cable system, at least one month before
the date of the secondary transmission, has not
recorded the notice specified by subsection (d).
(3) A cable system whose secondary transmissions
have been subject to compulsory licensing under
subsection (c) shall not be required to delete
any programming from any signals authorized by
the Federal Communications Commission or lawfully
carried by such system.

AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2223

2.

This amendment would make the fee schedule in

H.R.2223 applicable only to revenues in excess of the first $25,000 of quarterly gross. It is felt that this initial $25,000 reflects, on an industry-wide basis, the amount of revenue earned from the carriage of purely local

signals.

On page 16, line 20, strike out "up to $40,000" and insert in lieu thereof "totalling more than $25,000 but not more than $40,000".