SPECIAL RULES.

SEC. 111. SPECIAL RULES.(a) Restrictions on Transmission of Distant Television Stations in Areas of Alaska Where Local-Into-Local Service Is Available.—Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(16) Restricted transmission of out-of-state distant network signals into certain markets.—“(A) Out-of-state network affiliates.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the statutory license in this subsection and subsection (b) shall not apply to any secondary transmission of the primary transmission of a network station located outside of the State of Alaska to any subscriber in that State to whom the secondary transmission of the primary transmission of a television station located in that State is made available by the satellite carrier pursuant to section 122.“(B) Exception.—The limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the secondary transmission of the primary transmission of a digital signal of a network station located outside of the State of Alaska if at the time that the secondary transmission is made, no television station licensed to a community in the State and affiliated with the same network makes primary transmissions of a digital signal.”. 118 STAT. 3409(b) Extra DMA Deemed Local.—Section 122(j)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:“(D) Certain areas outside of any designated market area.—Any census area, borough, or other area in the State of Alaska that is outside of a designated market area, as determined by Nielsen Media Research, shall be deemed to be part of one of the local markets in the State of Alaska. A satellite carrier may determine which local market in the State of Alaska will be deemed to be the relevant local market in connection with each subscriber in such census area, borough, or other area.”.