SEC. 26. [47 U.S.C. 521 nt] SPORTS PROGRAMMING MIGRATION STUDY AND REPORT. (a) STUDY REQUIRED.-The Federal Communications Commission shall conduct an ongoing study on the carriage of local, regional, and national sports programming by broadcast stations, cable programming networks, and pay-per-view services. The study shall investigate and analyze, on a sport-by-sport basis, trends in the migration of such programming from carriage by broadcast stations to carriage over cable programming networks and pay-perview systems, including the economic causes and the economic and social consequences of such trends. (b) REPORT ON STUDY.-The Federal Communications Commission shall, on or before July 1, 1993, and July 1, 1994, submit an interim and a final report, respectively, on the results of the study required by subsection (a) to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Such reports shall include a statement of the results, on a sport-by-sport basis, of the analysis of the trends required by subsection (a) and such legislative or regulatory recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate. (c) ANALYSIS OF PRECLUSIVE CONTRACTS REQUIRED. (1) ANALYSIS REQUIRED.-In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Commission shall analyze the extent to which preclusive contracts between college athletic conferences and video programming vendors have artificially and unfairly restricted the supply of the sporting events of local colleges for broadcast on local television stations. In conducting such analysis, the Commission shall consult with the Attorney General to determine whether and to what extent such preclusive contracts are prohibited by existing statutes. The reports required by subsection (b) shall include separate statements of the results of the analysis required by this subsection, together with such recommendations for legislation as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate. (2) DEFINITION.-For purposes of the subsection, the term "preclusive contract" includes any contract that prohibits (A) the live broadcast by a local television station of a sporting event of a local college team that is not carried, on a live basis, by any cable system within the local community served by such local television station; or (B) the delayed broadcast by a local television station of a sporting event of a local college team that is not carried, on a live or delayed basis, by any cable system within the local community served by such local television station. SEC. 27. [47 U.S.C. 521 nt] APPLICABILITY OF ANTITRUST LAWS. Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to alter or restrict in any manner the applicability of any Federal or State antitrust law. SEC. 28. [47 U.S.C. 325 nt] EFFECTIVE DATE. Except where otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act and the amendments made thereby shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1992 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992”. 1 [Sections 201 to 209 contained amendments to the Communications Act of 1934.] SEC. 211. REVIEW OF LICENSE TRANSFER. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR HEARING.-The Federal Communications Commission shall not approve any assignment or transfer of control of a license held by any corporation identified in subsection (b) without first holding a full hearing on the record, with notice and opportunity for comment. (b) APPLICABILITY.-Subsection (a) applies to any corporation holding a television broadcast license, the transfer of which was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on November 14, 1985, and which is a corporation owned or controlled directly or indirectly by a corporation organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The Federal Communications Commission shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate concerning the proposed transfer 30 days prior to authorizing any such transfer. The report required by this subsection shall include a review of the consistency of such transfer with the Commission's minority ownership policies. (d) WAIVER.-The requirements of subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply in any case in which the Native Regional corporation identified in subsection (b) requests in writing that this section be waived by the Federal Communications Commission. |